The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is a higher education institution and competence center for the music and creative industries and their pop cultural scenes. By focusing its study courses on popular music, in economic as well as artistic terms, it offers an academic education that is unique in Germany's public university landscape. Numerous successful careers of musicians and creatives have been founded here.

Our degree programs are B.A. Pop Music Design, B.A. Music Business, B.A. World Music, M.A. Popular Music, M.A. Music and Creative Industries.

Parallel to its function as a teaching institution, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, as a competence center, realises numerous projects in a regional, national and international context. The competence centre with its various departments constitutes an optimal supplement to the courses of study at the Popakademie and is a significant contributor to our reputation in business, politics and society. This unique model allows us to bring together relevant aspects of pop music culture at various levels and create synergies for the creative and economic output of the music and creative branches in Germany and beyond.

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