Academic and artistic development

All students receive individual supervision and further tuition in the academic skills they need for their research.

The elements addressed include:

• designing and implementing a research study
• placing the research topic in a broader context
• research methods, skills and techniques
• understanding the process of continual redefinition
• comparative study, especially of related research
• understanding the relations and tensions between theory, practice and criticism
• presentational, documentation and information processing skills
• structuring the academic thesis
• bringing one´s own artistic accomplishments into line with the academic thesis and vice versa.

Special attention is devoted to the students´ artistic development. That may take many different forms, depending on the topic of research. Although creative or performing achievements at a high international level are already required for admission to the programme, the doctoral students may need to develop further in a particular artistic direction or to expand their musical imagination. All students receive the individual support and guidance they need in all such areas.