The European Union´s Erasmus+ Programme supports the academic mobility of students at all phases of their studies. There are also extensive opportunities for funding the mobility of members of staff at higher education institutions(teachers, continuing professional development).

Erasmus+ is meant to support the objectives of the European educational agendas, develop the modernisation, internationalisation and qualitative improvement of higher education in Europe, to strengthen the international competencies, personal development and employability of students, increase the attractiveness of the EU as a study and academic location, and contribute towards the sustainable development of higher education in third countries.

All information on the Erasmus+ programme can be found here. 

At hmt Rostock, this DAAD programme primarily supports study trips. It is also possible to receive funding for travelling to competitions, as well as for periods of study and internships abroad.

Application deadline: The programme for 2025 will be advertised mid-June 2024.

More information is available here.

Applications for DAAD funding are submitted independently to DAAD. The International Office will be glad to provide support.

Scholarships for students of Music [de]: one-year period of study to a university abroad. The application deadline is in November for funding to commence in October of the following year.

Scholarships for students of Drama: one-year period of study to a university abroad. The application deadline is in November for funding to commence in October of the following year. 

Lehramt.International: 3 to 12-month periods of teaching practice abroad fornewly qualified teachers. Application deadlines in April and July for funding to start two months later. 

The DAAD has put together all of the required information for possible funding here: DAAD scholarship database

As part of the Erasmus+ Programme, hmt cooperates with numerous universities in Europe and outside of Europe and we are generally open to new partnerships.

Click on the image on the right to open the interactive map of our partner institutions. On the left hand-side you can select between the degree courses music, theatre and teacher-education under “Datenebenen ansehen”. Please let us know if you find any mistakes!

All higher education institutions are potential partner institutions for hmt Rostock. If the desired university or higher education institution is not on our list of partner institutions, please get in contact with us. hmt supports “Erasmus Without Paper”: contracts are closed via the Dashboard.

The long-standing partnership between the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and hmt began in 2001 through the ABAM (Association of Baltic Academies of Music).

Prof. Karola Theill, Professor of Lieder Interpretation at hmt, seized the opportunity and was invited to offer a first masterclass for lieder interpretation in the Voice Department at the JAMD. As part of the exchange with ABAM, Prof. Theill was invited to three further masterclasses in Jerusalem and was a member of the jury in a lieder competition at the JAMD in 2008. In return, hmt invited vocal lecturers Gilah Yaron in 2004 and Dr. Zvi Semel in 2012 and 2019 to give masterclasses on the subject of "Israeli song" at hmt. One of the areas of focus in these exchange activities was the topic of cultural transfer, which places compositions between European tradition and oriental influences. During the pandemic, Dr. Zvi Semel and Prof. Karola Theill provided a joint online seminar as a “joint class” on the topic of “Vienna around 1900”. A significant discussion point proved to be the political and social backgrounds of the historical contexts in which the music had been created. In recent years, the lecturers were able to greet a vocal student from Jerusalem for one semester at hmt, a vocal student from Rostock spent a year of her studies in Jerusalem.

The collaboration is now supported financially by Erasmus+. Students and members of teaching staff can receive funding for exchanges in both directions. If you are interested, apply through the Erasmus+ procedure.

hmt Rostock supports the full scope of MV’s Baltic Sea strategy: “Strategy of the State Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region”.

“The democratic Baltic Sea region is faced with major future tasks that we will only be able to tackle together. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wants to take this chance and expand our Baltic Sea cooperation. We see ourselves as the German gateway to the Baltic Sea and we would like to broaden access even further.” (Bettina Martin)

hmt is realising this strategy by reserving a large portion of its Erasmus+ budget exclusively for exchange in the Baltic Sea region. Furthermore, hmt is planning closer collaboration with two to three partner universities in the Baltic Sea region. We will keep you posted!

The cooperation activities under PUENTES – BRÜCKEN aim to build bridges between various topics, cultures and people through music as art, but also by examining composers’ biographies and social conditions for activities linked to musical culture. Argentina and Germany are therefore representative of this topic as the music history of both countries can hardly be described without the respective cultural transfers.

Lecturers from the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA) and the Rostock University of Music and Drama started exchange activities in the subjects singing/lieder interpretation in 2012. This foundation was built on by the project “Puentes – Brücken II” that took place in February 2022 with a masterclass and a workshop on the topic of Argentinian music that was held by Prof. Graciela de Gyldenfeldt (singing, UNA) and Henning Lucius (lieder interpretation, hmt). The workshop was accompanied by an exhibition that displayed paintings by the painter and philosopher Prof. Oscar de Gyldenfeldt in hmt’s cloister. Lieder and arias from Argentinian composers were performed at two public concerts that featured students from hmt. The intercultural art project was accompanied by musicological workshops held by Prof. Dr. Friederike Wißmann and Dr. des. Gabriele Groll (both hmt) with the aim of connecting art and academia. The third project “Puentes – Brücken III: Generation – Teacher-Student Networks between Argentina and Europe” that is planned to take place at UNA in October 2024 shall build on the previous projects, but as a logical consequence, places its focus on the present. The focus of attention shall be on teacher-student networks that formed at the beginning of the 20^th century and are still in existence today.

The aim is to create a cross-university network that is dedicated to the topic of cultural transfer between Argentina and Germany in its many different facets. A central objective is to promote the development of a global understanding of democracy through the creation of art and the examination of the respective cultures and their views of history. This includes the reappraisal of mechanisms for cultural identity formation, dealing with the past in dictatorships, but also the dialogue on current political developments in both countries, which is to be conducted from an international perspective. In a globalised world, the understanding of democracy and the practice of democracy are unthinkable without international exchange. This is where the project would like to make a contribution by providing educational offers in the fields of art and academia to create awareness for the necessity of strong democratic structures.