Music Therapy master degree programme
Do you want to define your own career path in music therapy? Our part-time master programme is a response to the growing demand for independent registered music therapy practitioners.
Alongside the development of music therapy skills, the advanced study of research-led practice is a defining feature of the course. After completing this two-year programme, you will be ideally prepared for working in established and emerging fields of music therapy.
This is the tuition fee for EU and EEA citizens. In addition, the Austrian National Union of Students (ÖH) dues amount to EUR 22.70. Please note that different tuition fees apply for non-EU citizens.
The degree programme
Our Music Therapy master programme is geared to providing music therapists with an academic education that equips them with professional and research skills. After completing this programme, you will meet all the legal requirements for becoming an independent registered music therapist (eigenverantwortliche Berufsausübung der Musiktherapie) in Austria.
The curriculum places a strong emphasis on research skills, the development of advanced therapeutic competences, as well as interdisciplinary cooperation with practitioners in other healthcare occupations. The content of our modular programme reflects international standards in music therapy. The Music Therapy master programme runs every two years, and the next degree starts in 2020.
Important: a qualification which entitles you to register as a music therapist is an entry requirement for the Music Therapy master programme.
" Our established position within the Department of Health Science’s interdisciplinary environment and links with international and multiprofessional research teams via the Josef Ressel Centre are what makes our master programme unique. "
Programme director Patrick Simon
Core topics
Professional skills and practice-driven research feature strongly on the curriculum, in addition to self-reflective practice, effective therapeutic communication and expertise in intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary work.
Career options for graduates of the Music Therapy master programme
As a university-educated music therapist you will play an important role in establishing the profession as an academic discipline.
As a university-educated music therapist you will play an important role in establishing the profession as an academic discipline.
After registering as a music therapist, you will be eligible to practise as an independent music therapist (eigenverantwortlich berufsberechtigte Musiktherapeutin) in accordance with the Musiktherapiegesetz (Austrian Music Therapy Act; Federal Law Gazette I No. 93/2008 as amended). Your options include opening your own practice or working on a freelance basis for a range of healthcare institutions.
You will also be in a position to continue your studies with a PhD.
- The professional areas open to graduates include
- Neonatology
- Neurology and neurorehabilitation
- Geriatrics
- Psychosomatics
- Psychiatry
- Palliative care
- Intensive care
- Disability and developmental delay
- Teaching and research
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