For years, the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar has been facilitating interdisciplinary perspectives by offering artistic-scientific project seminars. Now, in collaboration with the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, this area is to be given a new status by the university supporting the PhD programme there. The aim of this doctoral programme is to provide an academic qualification for artists and designers who have already completed a master's or diploma degree at an art or design university. The four-year programme concludes with a PhD thesis that is equally divided between an academic and an artistic/design component. The collaboration between the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar and the Bauhaus University Weimar (Faculty of Art and Design) enables a wide range of specialist links in the tradition of interdisciplinarity in the arts. 

The programme leads to a dual qualification that is unique in Germany, with a practical and academic degree. Both qualifications can be used in teaching and research, as well as in the field of artistic-reflective practice, in the organisation of cultural events or in culturally active institutions. Applications must be submitted exclusively online via the Bauhaus.CampusPortal: https://campusportal.uni-weimar.de. 

Further information can be found at https://www.uni-weimar.de/de/kunst-und-gestaltung/studium/informationen-fuer-studienbewerberinnen/bewerbung/bewerbung-fuer-den-promotionsstudiengang-kunst-und-design/

Applicants are requested to contact professors at the Bauhaus University Weimar or the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar based on their research profile and professional expertise in good time before the application period begins, providing a short letter of motivation and a summary of their research project. For successful admission to the doctoral programme, For successful admission to the doctoral programme, a mentor must be a member of the Bauhaus University Weimar. For applicants who wish to establish close ties with the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, the disciplines of composition and music theory are particularly suitable.

Contact persons:
Composition: Prof. Maximilian Marcoll
Music Theory: Prof. Jörn Arnecke
Musicology: Prof. Dr. Nina Noeske
Music Education: Prof. Dr. Anna Wolf

Next application period: 1 February 2026–31 March 2026 for admission to the programme in the winter semester 2026/27