Music Therapy
About the Program
Music is your passion and you enjoy working with people? You're also interested in how music affects our mind and body? Then the Music Therapy program at SRH University Heidelberg is the right choice for you!
Clinical facilities and therapeutic centers are increasingly recognizing the potential of music and are turning to evidence-based creative therapeutic and artistic methods. In our Music Therapy bachelor's program, your practical training is the focus – here you develop your therapeutic and musical skills to make a real difference.
Imagine using music intentionally to support people of all ages and promote their health. You'll learn the art of improvisation, the art of song accompaniment, and the nuances of therapeutic communication – all before your first internship. Step by step, you'll be prepared to treat people with specific conditions and open new pathways through music for the restoration, maintenance, and promotion of health.
What Will You Learn?
- Music therapy approaches: humanistic, depth-psychological, systemic, and behavioral therapeutic methods
- Active methods: Improvisation, songs, band project
- Receptive methods: Music-based relaxation, musical request concert
- Practice: Two internships, practical projects, group self-experience
- Medical and psychological foundations
- Neuroscientific findings on the effects of music
- Therapeutic communication and relationship building
The theoretical foundation consists of content from music therapy research as well as medicine, psychology, neuroscience, and other related scientific disciplines. Turn music into your tool for health promotion and bring your talent where it's needed most.
Curriculum
First & Second Semester – Foundations8 modules+
Third to Fifth Semester – Advanced Studies10 modules+
Sixth & Seventh Semester – Specialization & Thesis6 modules + thesis+
Your Career Prospects After Graduation
The scientific foundations, methodological competence, and profession-related qualifications acquired in the Music Therapy bachelor's program in Heidelberg qualify you for practical work as a music therapist in clinical or special education contexts. Additionally, there is the option of postgraduate studies in health and therapy sciences and other music therapy-related fields.
