International Relations

(as of August 2024)

Belgium

• Erasmushogeschool Brussel
• IMEP – Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie, Namur
• LUCA – School of the Arts
• Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
• Orpheus Instituut Ghent

Bulgaria

• Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
• Conservatorio di Musica “A. Corelli” Messina

Croatia

• Academy of Music, Zagreb

Czech Republic

• Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Brno
• Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Music and Dance Faculty

Denmark

• The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen

Germany

• Universität der Künste Berlin
• Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin
• Hochschule für Musik Detmold
• Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden
• Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf
• Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
• Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
• Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
• Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
• Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy" Leipzig
• Musikhochschule Lübeck
• Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim
• Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
• Universität Potsdam
• Universität Vechta
• Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart
• Musikhochschule Trossingen
• Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar
• Hochschule für Musik Würzburg
• TU Dortmund
• Folkwang Universität der Künste
• Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main
• Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
• Hochschule für Musik Mainz 
• Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg | Nuremberg University of Music

Estonia

• Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn

Finnland

• University of the Arts Helsinki, Sibelius Academy
• University of the Arts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts
• Turku University of Applied Sciences, Arts Academy

France

• Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Besançon / Franche-Comté
• Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon
• Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris

Greece

• Ionian University

Hungary

• Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest 
• Szecheny Istvan Egyetem

Ireland

• Royal Irish Academy of Music

Iceland

• Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik

Italy

• Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica "Silvio d'Amico"
• Conservatorio di Musica “Claudio Monteverdi” di Bozen
• Scuola di Musica di Fiesole
• Conservatorio di Musica “Arrigo Boito”, Parma
• Conservatorio di Musica "F. A. Bonporti", Trento
• Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia, Roma
• Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Giuseppe Tartini", Trieste
• Conservatorio Statale di Musica "E. F. Dall'Abaco", Verona
• Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
• Conservatorio di Musica “Benedetto Marcello” di Venezia
• Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella
• Conservatorio di Musica "G. Verdi" di Milano
• Lucca Conservatorio di musica "Luigi Boccherini"
• Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi
• Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali "Vincenzo Bellini" Catania
• Conservatorio di Musica “Alessandro Scarlatti”, Palermo
• Conservatorio di Musica "Luigi Cherubini", Florenz
• Conservatorio Statale di Musica C. Pollini – Padua
• Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Pedrollo Vicenza, Vicenza

Latvia

• Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, Riga

Lithuania

• Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas, Music Academy
• Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius

Netherlands

• Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
• Codarts Rotterdam, University of the Arts
• Hogeschool der Kunsten, Den Haag

Norway

• University of Stavanger, Stavanger
• Norges Musikkhogskole, Oslo
• Kunsthogskolen i Oslo Khio, Academy of Opera
• Ostfold University College, Norwegian Theatre Academy, Halden
• Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt, Oslo
• Universität Bergen

Poland

• Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, Katowice
• AST National Academy of Theatre Arts, Krakau
• Musikakademie, Krakau
• Aleksander-Zelwerowicz-Theaterakademie Warschau
• The Frederyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw
• The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music Lodz

Portugal

• Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa
• Porto Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo

Romania

• Universitatea Nationala de Muzica Bukarest
• Akademia de Muzica „Georghe Dima“, Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg)

Sweden

• University of Gothenburg, Academy of Music and Drama
• Königliche Musikhochschule in Stockholm
• Umeå University, Department of Creative Studies

Switzerland

• Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Hochschule für Musik Basel
• Hochschule der Künste Bern
• Haute ecole de Musique de Geneve –HEM-GE X
• University of Music Lausanne
• Hochschule Luzern – Musik
• Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
• University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Accademia Teatro Dimitri, Verscio

Slovakia

• Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava

Slovenia

• University of Ljubljana, Music Academy & Faculty of Arts

Spain

• Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya, Barcelona (ESMUC)
• Institut del Teatre, Barcelona
• Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación
• Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
• Real Escuela Superior De Arte Dramático
• San Sebastian, Higher School of Music of the Basque Country
• Conservatorio Superior de Musica "Manuel Castillo" de Sevilla
• Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Vigo
• Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla-la Mancha
• Conservatorio Superior de Música "Eduardo Martínez Torner"
• Conservatorio Superior de Musica Andres de Vandelvira de Jaen
• Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Navarra
• Conservatorio superior de música "Joaquín Rodrigo" de Valencia
• Conservatorio Superior de Musica “Salvador Segui” De Castellon
• ESMAR, Escuela Superior de Música de Alto Rendimiento, Valencia
• Conservatorio Superior de Malaga – Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga

(as of June 2024)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

• University of Sarajevo

China

• Shanghai Conservatory of Music
• Shanghai Theatre Academy
• China Conservatory, Peking
• Zhejiang Conservatory of Music

Great Britain

• Goldsmiths University of London, Department of Theatre and Performance
• Royal College of Music, London

Israel

• Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Arts

 Japan

• Kobe College
• Nagoya College of Music
• Tokyo College of Music

Canada

• McGill University, Schulich School of Music, Montreal

Lebanon

• Holy Spirit University of Kaslik

Russia

• Moscow State Conservatory "P. I. Tchaikovsky"
• Saint Petersburg Conservatory "Rimsky Korsakov"

Taiwan

• Taipei National University of the Arts
• National Taiwan University of the Arts

Ukraine

• Odessa State A.V. Nezhdanova Academy of Music

In times when Europeanisation, internationalisation and globalisation are more than just buzzwords, and a common European educational area with a broad range of courses and teaching content is increasingly becoming a reality, educational institutions are tasked with supporting and further expanding cooperation at both national and international level. The geographical location of the city of Salzburg places it at the intersection of north to south, and trade routes - suggesting the cultivation of contacts througout Europe - can be traced back historically to the 8th century.

The idea of connecting Europe has a centuries-old tradition in Salzburg. W.A. Mozart travelled from his home to cities such as London, Paris, Milan, Naples and Prague, thus giving Salzburg's musical life a European dimension, which was continued in the century after his death by music festivals held in loose succession and reached a new dimension with the founding of the Salzburg Festival in the 20th century. Salzburg has thus long been open to pan-European and international cultural exchange, a trend that has become every stronger over the decades and in recent years.

Internationality has also always played a significant role in the history of the Mozarteum University. Gifted young musicians of many different nationalities take advantage of the opportunity to study an institution that counts renowned artistic personalities from all over the world among its faculty. They are keen to share their skills and art with their protégés and, through their own commitment and worldwide activities as artists, educators or jurors, contribute significantly to furthering contact and cultural exchange with European and international institutions, fulfilling the mission of cooperation both within and outside the Erasmus+ programme.

• Erasmus+ Charter for Higher Education

Mobility is an inherent theme and characteristic within the world of music and art, the importance of which manifests itself in numerous fields of action of the university. The Mozarteum University Salzburg sees international mobility as a natural part of university life. Mobility experiences and studying abroad enable students, young researchers, teachers and non-academic staff to gain additional knowledge and competencies. 

The University Mozarteum Salzburg is therefore very keen to consciously motivate students and teachers to participate in various mobility projects in order to make a stay abroad the norm. The Erasmus+ program enables our institution to cooperate with many European partners in the field of student and faculty mobility, which would not be possible to this extent without EU support. All students (regardless of social and economic background) should have access to quality education.

The new Erasmus+ programme generation will help the Mozarteum University Salzburg to create new incentives for participation in Erasmus+ mobilities (e.g. also for disadvantaged people). With the introduction of "blended mobility" and short-term mobilities, students who work alongside their studies to supplement their income will also have the opportunity to gain experience abroad. This opens up student mobility to an even wider target group at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.

Internationalisation strategy in relation to Erasmus+

Internationalisation at the Mozarteum University Salzburg is already very well developed. The 2000 or so students currently enrolled at the university come from five continents and around 70 countries. The approximately 550 teaching staff also come from a wide range of international backgrounds, with 38 different nationalities and three continents represented. The Mozarteum University Salzburg has risen from 32nd to 11th place in the international subject-related "QS World University Ranking" in the performance agreement period 2019-2021 (in 2018 it was still in 52nd place). Through numerous measures, it strives to continuously improve its international standing. For example, the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University Salzburg has earned a globally visible international reputation in its more than 100-year history, which is reflected in the high number of highly talented foreign applicants every year. The International Mozart Competition, which takes place every two years and whose final concert is regularly streamed by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), is firmly established in the league of top-class international music competitions.

In recent years, the Mozarteum University Salzburg has greatly increased its involvement in the relevant international networks and thus also assumes responsibility for the international shaping of the tertiary education sector in the field of the arts. Furthermore, the Development Plan 2022-2027 foresees the implementation of several international studies in order to further develop internationality in the field of teaching as well. The perspectives and strategic orientations of internationalisation are presented in detail in System Goal 6 of the GUEP 2022-2027, as well as in Chapter VI of the Development Plan 2022-2027 of the Mozarteum University Salzburg, 

Closely intertwined with the development planning, the Mozarteum University Salzburg has formulated the following six objectives for its internationalisation strategy:

• International visibility and profiling of the university as a whole
• Further development of study formats
• Perception, discourse and co-design of international quality standards in research, EEK and teaching
• Mobility as a broadening of the horizon of experience for students and teachers
• Dialogue of cultures
• Internationalisation at home

The ERASMUS+ programme contributes to the realisation of these objectives. The topic of mobility in particular, but also the initiatives "Dialogue of Cultures" and "Internationalisation at Home" have experienced an additional strengthening through the programme, since mobility - as a bilateral exchange with partner institutions - also promotes internationalisation on site. 

The Mozarteum University Salzburg would like to participate in the Erasmus Key Action 1 (KA1) - Learning Mobility. Known forms of mobility are to be continued and intensified as usual (study visits, Erasmus+ teacher mobilities and staff mobilities). The procedures are to be further digitalized step by step through the introduction of the Online Learning Agreement and the European Student Card. Through the new Erasmus generation, the University Mozarteum Salzburg can also further expand its existing cooperation projects with worldwide partners and launch new projects. 

The University Mozarteum Salzburg aims to implement the priorities of the new program by: 

• promoting environmentally friendly methods in all programme activities
• creating incentives for the participation of disadvantaged people
• implementing the program's digitisation measures
• promoting civic engagement before, during and after the stay

Goals and objectives

The University Mozarteum Salzburg has set the following mobility goals for the performance agreement period 2022-2024:

• Increase the number of regular students with participation in an international mobility program (outgoing students) as well as
• increase the number of regular students with participation in international mobility programs (incoming students)

In addition, short student mobilities are to be supported through the introduction of the Blended Intensive Programs in order to increase student mobilities at the university and to enable students to gain the important learning experiences abroad also through short stays. Through regular evaluation of the mobilities (student as well as staff mobilities), the quality of the mobility will be reviewed. The partnerships of the University Mozarteum will also continue to be evaluated regularly. An example of a concretely planned project in the area of mobility in the performance agreement period 2022-2024 is a project on artistic work in "being on the road" with the incentive of a travel grant including network support and presentation at an international Bob Dylan Symposium, which was implemented for the first time in 2022.  To support and promote mobility, the International Affairs Department was strengthened and reorganized in 2021. The expansion of the regional mapping project to the area of international cooperation planned for the performance agreement period 2022-2024 is intended to support the servicing and orientation of mobility as well as the quality of international cooperation. 

A project also supporting the area of mobility in the performance agreement period 2022-2024 is the planned relaunch of the website of the University Mozarteum Salzburg. This will be accompanied by a redesign of the "International Affairs" section, so that the information offered to students and teachers on mobility and exchange programs will be made more intuitively accessible.another objective in this performance agreement period is to promote the internationalization of teacher education and to increase the mobility of teacher educators.

In addition, the development plan 2022-2027 formulates as a major concern the conception of structural measures to promote project-related student mobility beyond ERASMUS. Further topics mentioned in this context are the development of mobility windows, the structural anchoring of cooperations, the special case of Brexit in the context of university mobility, and the quality management of international activities. In relation to the objective of "internationalization at home", the following measures at the study location are also formulated in the Development Plan 2022-2027 and in the Performance Agreement 2022-2024:

• Deepening the repertoire of a particular culture
• Multilingualism in performances
• Maintaining contact with consulates and embassies, arranging students for performances in order to realize joint cultural programs
• Special teaching offers and access to research results, e.g. in the research field "Music and Migration"

The Mozarteum University is a member of the following networks and organizations: 

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• AEC - Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen
• Erasmus+ - Bildungsprogramm der Europäischen Union
• Nationalagentur Erasmus+ Bildung
• Bologna-Prozess
• ELIA - The European League of Institutes of the Arts
• EUA - European University Association
• Forum Internationales der Österreichischen Universitätenkonferenz
• OeAD - Österreichische Agentur für internationale Mobilität und Kooperation in Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
• ASEA-UNINET - ASEAN-European Academic University Network
• EURASIA PACIFIC UNINET
• Mitos21
• E:UTSA
• European Platform for Artistic Research in Music (EPARM)
• European Textile Network (ETN)
• Salzburger Hochschulkonferenz (SHK) 

Mobility under Erasmus+ or under a Bilateral Agreement does not include automatic insurance coverage. Students are obliged to take care of their insurance coverage for the entire duration of their stay abroad. This includes accident, liability and health insurance. It should be noted that not all costs may be covered, therefore it is recommended to take out additional insurance for the duration of the stay abroad. We therefore advise students to take out the following insurances during their stay abroad (study or internship), if they do not have them anyway:

• Health and accident insurance
• Liability insurance
• Travel and repatriation insurance

The Mozarteum University Salzburg is not liable for the consequences of non-insurance or underinsurance.

Health insurance in other European countries:

With the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) - which can be found on the back of the e-card - you can prove that you are legally insured in Austria. The EHIC is valid in all 27 EU countries as well as a number of other European countries in hospitals and doctors' offices that have a contract with the local public health insurance. List of EHIC countries. In addition to the EHIC, it is advisable to take out private travel health insurance that also covers transport costs to Austria and leisure accidents. Check with your health insurance company in time before departure.

Health insurance outside of Europe:

If you are studying abroad in a country where the European Health Insurance Card is not valid, you must first pay for your own medical treatment on site. If you have a valid statutory health insurance in Austria, you can apply afterwards to the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) for reimbursement of costs  for treatment abroad. Only a part of the costs will be reimbursed. Again, we recommend that you take out additional private travel health insurance, which also includes transport costs to Austria and leisure accidents.

Accident and liability insurance:

As an ÖH member, you are insured against accidents and liability for the entire semester by paying the ÖH fee. This insurance coverage also applies to accidents or damages that occur during your studies at the host campus or on the way there. It is therefore recommended that you take out additional insurance that is also valid outside working hours. Especially for stays abroad with a limited duration, we strongly recommend taking out your own (private) travel health insurance including return transport to Austria. Detailed information on accident and liability insurance for stays abroad can be found on the ÖH website under OeH Versicherung.

Accident and liability insurance for study abroad and internships abroad in general:

As an ÖH member, you are insured against accidents and liability for the entire semester by paying the ÖH fee, even during stays abroad. In principle, accidents that occur during your studies/internship are insured. Liability insurance covers damage caused by students to other persons during their studies/internship. Detailed information on accident and liability insurance for stays abroad can be found on the ÖH website under OeH Versicherung.

The ÖH insurance does not include health insurance! There is no insurance coverage for liability claims in the USA, Australia and Canada!

Information for Erasmus+ Internship:

Regarding accident and liability insurance, you are obliged to clarify with the internship provider before starting your internship whether you will be covered by accident and/or liability insurance by the internship provider for the duration of your internship. Subsidiarily, students are insured against accidents and liability within the framework of the OeH Versicherung during the internship or on the way between the internship site and the place of residence, provided that the ÖH contribution has been paid in the respective semester.
However, it is recommended to take out an additional insurance policy that is also valid outside working hours.

Health insurance

Exchange students must have health insurance during their stay in Salzburg, which is subject to a fee in Austria.

• Students from EU/EEA countries or Switzerland bring their European Health Insurance Card EHIC with them. With this card they have access to all medically necessary public health care services in Austria (under the same conditions and at the same cost).
• If students are third country nationals (i.e. not from the EU/EEA or Switzerland), they need a health insurance valid in Austria.

In principle, travel health insurance  must be taken out in order to enter Austria with a visa (for the entire duration of the stay). Please note that this insurance must be valid in Austria and must provide sufficient coverage for various health issues (insurance coverage of well over 30,000 euros including a guarantee to cover any recovery and repatriation costs).

Medical assistance

Students in Salzburg who have special medical needs are advised to bring prescriptions or medical indications right from home. There is no special medical emergency service on the university campus. Students must independently arrange for a* suitable* doctor in the city in case of illness or for examinations.

• Doctors: https://arztsuche.aeksbg.at/finder/search/land/SA
• Hospitals: https://www.aeksbg.at/fuer-patienten/salzburgs-aerzte/salzburgs-krankenhaeuser
• Emergency numbers: ttps://www.oesterreich.gv.at/themen/gesundheit_und_notfaelle/notrufnummern.html

Accident and liability insurance

The ÖH fee, which is obligatory for all students, includes liability and accident insurance. This insurance covers all activities related to your studies. For more information, please contact the ÖH.

Any additional insurance coverage must be organized independently.

For general information and what to do in the event of damage during a stay abroad, please contact OeH Versicherung.