Dance - mediation, research, artistic practice

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University Sports University of Cologne
Degree Master's degree

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
Application Deadline for Beginning Students 02.06.2026 — 15.07.2026
Standard period of study (amount) 6 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) part time
Location (main / branches campus) Köln
Admission semester winter semester
Subject

Das Dance gehört zum Studienbereiche Performing Arts, Dance, Theatre der Fächergruppe Art, Music, Design.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Performing Arts, Dance, Theatre.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Art, Music, Design.
Dance
Areas of Concentration Artistic / Artistic-pedagogical Graduation Project, Colloquium Master Thesis and Research, Cultural Aspects of Movement and Dance, Historical Aspects of Dance, Dance Aesthetics, Diversity and Participation, Direction and Staging in the Scenic Arts, Professional Field Orientation in Artistic Practice, Mediation, Practical Training, Theories and Methods, Movement and Dance, Choreographic Practice, Dance Education, Dance, Movement-scientific Aspects of Dance, Staging and Performance

Field of study
- Target group The study program of the further education Master in Dance - Mediation, Research, Artistic Practice, located at the Institute of Dance and Movement Culture of the German Sport University Cologne, is characterised by the following special features: Interweaving of mediation, research and artistic practice The study program combines three perspectives on access to dance, theatre, performance and movement culture: the artistic, the artistic-pedagogical and the scientific perspectives. The interweaving of these perspectives forms the basic structure of the further education Master, which, according to its understanding of the object, is completed with a scientifically oriented master thesis and an artistic project. Applicants include those who want to experience, reflect and develop their movement-artistic practice in this trinity
- kind of Master course according to the KMK providing further education
- Main instruction language German
- Further language(s) English
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
- Link to the Higher Education Institution ranking at CHE
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
- Admission semester winter semester
- - Completed first degree course
  - At least one year of professional artistic and/or teaching experience
  - Good dancing/practical movement skills (successful entrance examination)
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Required ECTS credits: 180
- Required practical experience
  Access and/or admission to this degree programme is also possible without completion of a first university degree if you can prove the following minimum practical experience:
  - 1 year Work experience in the field of Dance, Movement Art or Education
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Wintersemester 2026/2027
- - Lecture period
  - 01.10.2026 — 31.03.2027
  - Application Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    02.06.2026 — 15.07.2026
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 02.06.2026 — 15.07.2026
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 20.04.2026 — 31.05.2026
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee 2.050 EUR / Semester
  more information regarding tuition fees
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office (Abteilung der Stabsstelle Akademische Planung und Steuerung)
- Street address Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Köln
- Phone 0221 4982-2160
- Fax 0221 4982-8120
- international(at)dshs-koeln.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Institut für Tanz und Bewegungskultur/ Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln Jun. Prof. Dr. Denise Temme
- Contact person Studiengangsleitung Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinberg & Tessa Temme
- Street address Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Köln
- Phone 0221 / 4982-5782
- ma-tanz(at)dshs-koeln.de
- Studienberatung
- Street address Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Köln
- Phone 0221 4982-2520
- studienberatung(at)dshs-koeln.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Stephanie Ebbert
- Function Abteilungsleitung
- Phone 0221 4982-2520
- studienberatung(at)dshs-koeln.de
- Internet page

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