Admission

General Admission

Applications are made at the institute of your choice.
The school of your choice to take the EUJAM program will be your home institution. You will have to follow the admission requirements and procedure for this school at first. Once accepted to their Master they will decide if you can take part in the EUJAM program.

 ©Uwe Neumann/ Jazz Institute Berlin
© Uwe Neumann/ Jazz Institute Berlin

First Admission Dates

Amsterdam: December 1 – January 14
Basel: December 15 – February 15
Berlin: October 15 – November 14
Paris: Till February
Trondheim: Till Dec 15

Joint admission criteria

  • Academic qualifications: Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Music degree or have equivalent qualifications (according to national regulations)
  • Demonstrate artistic, musical and instrumental skills at a level, sufficient to commence the EUJAM studies
  • Demonstrate an ability to create, realise and express own artistic concepts at a level sufficient to commence the EUJAM studies;
  • Demonstrate ability to make well-argued individual, artistic decisions at a level, sufficient to commence the EUJAM studies
  • Demonstrate skills in conceiving, planning, realising and evaluating own artistic projects at a level, sufficient to commence the EUJAM studies
  • Demonstrate English language skills at a level, sufficient to commence the EUJAM studies

Joint admission requirements

  • Bachelor degree or certificate documenting that the applicant is expected to obtain the Bachelor degree before commencing the EUJAM or documentation showing that the applicant has obtained qualifications equivalent to a Bachelor degree (if applicable to national legislation)
  • Written application, including motivation for entering the programme
  • Digital documentation (10-15 minutes) of an artistic project for which the applicant has been totally/mainly responsible. The project will be subject for the follow up interview with the local admission board regarding the justification of the chosen subject, statement of the applicant’s artistic and professional considerations in relation to the project and the applicant’s own evaluation of the process and the outcome of the project
  • Institutions can define additional requirements according to local procedures.
 ©Uwe Neumann/ Jazz Institute Berlin
© Uwe Neumann/ Jazz Institute Berlin

Application deadlines

Amsterdam: December 1 – January 14
Basel: December 15 – February 15
Berlin: October 15 – November 14
Paris: February
Trondheim: Dec 15

Audition

The audition must include:
  • A musical performance
  • An interview about the applicant’s written application and the digitally documented project

Application procedure

  • Applicants can apply for one home institution only
  • Applicants must apply according to local deadlines (see below)
  • The students will be equally distributed across the partner institutions throughout the duration of the programme
  • Applicants can express their wish for specific exchange institutions in their application. The admission committee will try to accommodate (but can not guarantee) the applicants’ wishes
  • The final decision about each student’s combination of exchange institutions will be made at the end of June