Full-time Vocational School – Application

There is no time limit for applications to the vocational school. Applicants must send a folder with the complete application documents (no online application). The yearly application deadline for the suitability test is February 28th.

PDF-Datei Full-time vocational school application

Application documents:
  • Letter explaining why one is applying
  • Curriculum vitae with photograph
  • School marks, attested copy (secondary or high school), foreign language documents must include an attested translation, mark system explanation and grade point average.
  • Proof of at least two years of regular musical instrument instruction related to the chosen program (bowed, plucked or stringed instrument) with a description of the acquired technical and musical repertoire.
  • Drawings (DIN A4), free-hand, free choice of perspectives and scale.
    • Violin making: violin scroll in two views
    • Plucked instrument making: guitar head and bridge in two views
    • Brass instrument making: brass instrument in two views without mechanism
    All drawings must be hand drawn (no CAD allowed). A written attest must be included signifying that the drawings were independently made.
  • Doctor's note describing visual acuity and a statement about how a possible degradation may be corrected
  • Doctor's note stating that the applicant posseses good acuity of hearing
  • Criminal Records Bureau check
  • A level C1 certificate from the Goethe Institute must be included by applicants whose native language is not German.
Please do not send work pieces and do not use plastic jackets. The submitted documents will be stored at the school for two years, after which they may be sent back upon request. A stamped envelope must be included for a return.

Based on their grade point average and the marks they get for the drawings that they have sent with their applications, 45 of the violin making applicants, 15 of the plucked instrument making applicants and 15 of the brass instrument making applicants will be invited to attend the suitability test. The admission order is determined by the average of school marks and the marks assigned to the submitted drawings.

Applicants who receive an invitation letter for the suitability test will also receive a preparatory assignment which they have to complete by the date of the suitability test.