Who we are

Fac­ts and fi­gu­res

At the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts (HfMDK), 63 pro­fes­sors and 350 lec­tu­rers cur­r­ent­ly teach around 950 stu­dents from over 50 na­ti­ons. The ran­ge of ar­tis­tic, pe­dago­gi­cal and sci­en­ti­fic tea­ching is re­flec­ted in 26 de­gree pro­grams in which the HfMDK suc­cess­ful­ly trains stu­dents for ca­re­ers in mu­sic, thea­ter and dance in a prac­tice-ori­en­ted man­ner.

Our cen­tral task

Our cen­tral task is the ex­cel­lent edu­ca­ti­on of our stu­dents. The spe­cial qua­li­ty of the edu­ca­ti­on at the HfMDK is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by the in­ten­si­ve per­so­nal ar­tis­tic and sci­en­ti­fic su­per­vi­si­on of the stu­dents, the com­bi­na­ti­on of theo­ry and prac­tice as well as the most di­ver­se pro­jec­ts and coope­ra­ti­ons. One of the fo­cal points of the pro­gram is con­tem­pora­ry art.

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

Our mis­si­on

In ad­di­ti­on, the HfMDK 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 long-term pro­jec­ts to en­su­re that all peop­le can par­ti­ci­pa­te in the arts.

Our fu­ture

We look for­ward to the fu­ture with ex­ci­te­ment: The plan­ned new buil­ding on the Frank­furt cul­tu­ral cam­pus of­fers fa­sci­na­ting per­spec­tives for the HfMDK - but also for the peop­le in the city and the re­gi­on.