Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien

The Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna... from the Vienna Conservatory to the Vienna Conservatory Private University, since 2015 the MUK - a young university with history The Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna (MUK) sees itself as a municipal art university in the here and now that creates cultural values ​​for the future through tireless research into music, dance and drama. As a subsidiary of Wien Holding GmbH, MUK is 100% owned by the City of Vienna. Today's MUK goes back to the efforts of private sponsors and the public administration of the City of Vienna, which began in the 1920s, to provide broad sections of the population with access to the highest standards of appropriate artistic-musical and music-pedagogical education and professional training. Since university accreditation in 2005(at that time still known as the Konservatorium Wien private university), the city of Vienna enables around 850 students from all over the world to study in the arts in accordance with the guidelines of the Bologna Declaration of the European Union, which is also highly demanding by international comparison and yet is financially affordable. Together with the 280 teachers , many of whom also enjoy a high artistic or scientific reputation outside of their teaching activities, the young artists form a university community of competence and innovative strength, which is constantly developing both through individual support in teaching and through intensive research becomes. That The small but efficient management team not only provides state-of-the-art administrative support, but is also actively involved in the development of the mediation formats, which include 450 public events each year. In close consultation between the university management and the teachers, students and administrators, a new structure was developed for the young university, in particular to reposition the master’s degree courses in line with future artistic and scientific requirements. The reference point in terms of content is contemporary art , which closes the circle to the founding ideals of the past.