Detmold Hochschule für Musik

Here you will find all relevant information on fees and financing of your study.

Fees

As with every German university the finance of studies per semester is divided into the following components:

• 500,00 € tuition fee for first year students at the HFM Detmold (not for their first und last semester)

or

• 100,00 € tuition fee for guest or secondary students (this fee is not applicable if tuition fees have been paid verifiably in full at another college or university within North Rhine Westphalia)

as well as

• 115,07 € registration fees (includes, amongst other, the fees for the semester ticket)

The Fee Structure of the Academy of Music Detmold can be downloaded here.

Special conditions apply for advanced studies.

Please inquire for more details at the Student Office.

Study Financing

There are many possibilities to finance studies:

1. BaföG

The "Studentenwerk Bielefeld" is responsible for students of the HfM Detmold

Studentenwerk Bielefeld
Amt für Ausbildungsförderung
Universitätsstraße 25
33615 Bielefeld
Tel. +49 521/1063581

www.studentenwerk-bielefeld.de

General information and downloads of the application forms are available on the internet site www.das-neue-bafoeg.de.


2. Student Loans, Student Funds, Student Credits

Various banks offer individual finance products for half-year study fees, and for monthly cost of living.

For detailed information on education funds, study loans or study credits we recommend the internet site www.studis-online.de/StudInfo/Studienfinanzierung/

Übersicht Studienfinanzierungsmöglichkeiten

Hier können Sie eine Übersicht über verschiedene Stipendien- und Studiendarlehensanbieter herunterladen.

HfM Detmold Bursaries

There are four points of contact for students of HfM Detmold to enquire about scholarships:

1. Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer (Society of Friends and Sponsors)

Students of the Detmold University have the opportunity to ask for support at the "Foerderverein" (Support Society) of the college:
The GFF gives priority to adequate assistance to the economically weak and performance worthy students.

2. Stipendium der HfM (HfM Scholarships)

For outstanding applicants, as well as for outstanding interdisciplinary projects, the Hfm grants bursaries of up to 1000, - € per annum per student. The Statute for the awarding of scholarships to Detmold students was developed in cooperation with the students.

3. Studienfonds OWL (Study Funds OWL)

The state universities in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, with nearly 45 000 students, start with the study funds OWL, a joint, countrywide unique initiative to:

• contribute, so that everyone, who is suitable and motivated, irrespective of their social background and financial position, may study in OWL. This against the background of the introduction of study fees.
• to give private persons and businesses the opportunity to engage in a societal way, and to support students in their personal and professional development
• Especially to attract gifted students for the OWL

4. Stiftung der Hochschule für Musik Detmold (Foundation of the University for Music Detmold)
The university possesses an additional, very effective instrument, which aids finance of extraordinary activities: The foundation of the Academy of Music Detmold.

The foundation, which is bound to the administration of the "Stiftung fuer Standortsicherung Kreis Lippe", aims particularly to support young talent, (for example, since 2004 the existence of "Detmolder Sommerakademie" and the "Detmolder Hochbegabtenzentrum"):

• Support of new musical talent
• Support of musically gifted children and adolescents
• Financial and ideal support for students, for example by granting bursaries, help for study residences or for the acquiring of instruments,
• Creation of professional conditions for research and education, for example by acquiring of necessary instruments, musical notes, books etc.,
• Networking with other institutes

5. Bursary for Paris

The federal state North Rhine-Westphalia owns several artists' studios in the Cité des Arts directly on the riverside of the Seine opposite to the Notre Dame cathedral. These furnished studios - on demand also equipped with a piano or a second bed - can be rented to students and lecturers of our university for a period of two to six months. Only the additional costs of approximately 300.00 Euros per month have to be paid by the tenants. The rent as such is free of cost. In this time, an additional financial support can be granted for special artistic or scientific development projects.

Art and Music Foundations

Eligible students are normally defined by § 8 BAföG. If denominationally or politically clear orientated foundations apply, one should clarify in advance if the orientation of the foundation matches the applicant. Moreover, foundations often expect certain performances (i.e. semester reports etc.).One needs to consider whether one wants to, or can comply with these conditions.

• Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V. | Breite Str. 29 | 10178 Berlin, Telephone +49 30 20 28 14 06 | Fax +49 30 20 28 24 06
• Jürgen-Ponto-Stiftung | Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1 | 60301 Frankfurt am Main, Telephone +49 692630 | Fax +49 69 263 54732
• Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben | Kontakt: Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben | Stubbenhuk 7 | 20459 Hamburg, Telephone 040 37035390 | Fax 040 37035843 |

Interdisciplinary Foundations

• Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes | Ahrstraße 41 | D-53175 Bonn, Telephone 0228 82096 -0 | Fax 0228 82096 -103
• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung | Rathausallee 12 | 53757 Sankt Augustin, Telephone 0 22 41 2 46-2 80 | Fax 0 22 41 2 46-8 69 |
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | Godesberger Allee 149 | 53175 Bonn, Telephone 0228 883-649
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung | Begabtenförderung | Karl-Marx-Str. 2 | 14482 Potsdam - Babelsberg, Telephone 0331 7019-0 | Fax 0331 7019-188 | www.fnst.de
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung | Studienwerk | Rosenthaler Str. 40/41 | 10178 Berlin, Telephone 030 285 34-400
• Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung | Lazarettstr. 33 | 80636 München, Telephone 089 125 80 | Fax 089 125 83 56
• Hans-Böckler-Stiftung | Hans-Böckler-Str. 39 | 40476 Düsseldorf | Telephone 0211 7778125 und 228 | Fax 0211-7778 - 4125 | www.boeckler.de
• Cusanuswerk | Baumschulallee 5 | 53115 Bonn, Telephone 0228 9 83 84 - 0 | Fax 0228 9 83 84 - 99
• Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst Bewerbungsreferat | Iserlohner Str. 25 | 58239 Schwerte, Telephone 02304 755 213 | Fax 02304 755 250