Who we are

Fac­ts and fi­gu­res

938 stu­dents from over 50 na­ti­ons stu­dy at the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts (HfMDK). They are taught by 67 pro­fes­sors, 39 ar­tis­tic and aca­de­mic tea­ching staff and 302 free­lan­ce lec­tu­rers. 95 em­ployees work in the ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­on. The ran­ge of ar­tis­tic, pe­dago­gi­cal and aca­de­mic tea­ching is re­flec­ted in the 28 de­gree pro­grams in which the HfMDK suc­cess­ful­ly and prac­ti­cal­ly trains stu­dents for ca­re­ers in mu­sic, thea­ter and dance. Around 2,200 pro­s­pec­tive stu­dents ap­p­ly for a place each year. (Fi­gu­res: core data set 2025)

Our cen­tral task

Our cen­tral task is to pro­vi­de our stu­dents with an ex­cel­lent edu­ca­ti­on. The spe­cial qua­li­ty of edu­ca­ti­on at the HfMDK is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by the in­ten­si­ve per­so­nal ar­tis­tic and aca­de­mic su­per­vi­si­on of stu­dents, the com­bi­na­ti­on of theo­ry and prac­tice and the wide va­rie­ty of pro­jec­ts and col­la­bo­ra­ti­ons. One fo­cus is on con­tem­pora­ry art.

As Hes­sen's only uni­ver­si­ty for the per­forming arts and their me­dia­ti­on, we are lo­ca­ted right in the heart of Frank­furt and the cul­tu­ral­ly vi­brant Rhi­ne-Main re­gi­on: a li­vely arts lo­ca­ti­on in the midd­le of so­cie­ty, whe­re the fu­ture of the arts is re­se­ar­ched and shaped - shaped by the peop­le who stu­dy, teach and work here with a love of ex­pe­ri­men­ta­ti­on, pas­si­on and com­mit­ment.

Our mis­si­on

The HfMDK also has a clear mis­si­on: we want to in­spi­re en­thu­si­asm for the arts - and thus en­su­re the pre­ser­va­ti­on and ex­pan­si­on of a vi­brant cul­tu­ral life.

As a "net­wor­ked" uni­ver­si­ty, we coope­ra­te with all im­portant cul­tu­ral in­sti­tu­ti­ons in the re­gi­on and bey­ond, and are com­mit­ted to the par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on of all peop­le in the arts with long-term pro­jec­ts.