Education

In the last 20 years many universities and conservatories have established specific jazz programmes, offering mostly B.A. and M.A. degrees in Music, sometimes combined with a teaching degree. 

Around 20 programmes exist (as of 2020, see: http://www.miz.org/suche_4022.html and many more programmes which offer a fusion of styles as part of studying popular music (you can find a comprehensive list here: https://www.studis-online.de/Studiengaenge/Jazz-Popularmusik/, or see MIZ [http://www.miz.org/institutionen/musikunterricht-ausbildung-fortbildung] or Wegweiser Jazz [www.wegweiserjazz.de]).

However, Berlin (https://jib-berlin.de/) and Cologne (https://www.hfmt-koeln.de/) are probably the most attractive universities to study jazz, due not least to the opportunities by the local jazz scene in these cities.

Many German Jazz faculties on university level have exchange programs with conservatories in other European and international countries. Also, they are part of the European exchange scheme ERASMUS. Further exchange programmes exist via the German exchange programme DAAD, both for students coming from Germany and for those wanting to study in Germany (https://www.daad.de/en/study-and-research-in-germany/)

There are some private professional schools that specialise in preparing students for university or in state-recognised professional education in the field of jazz music, e.g. Frankfurter Musikwerkstatt (https://www.fmw.de/), the Jazzschule Berlin (https://www.jazzschule-berlin.de/), the Neue Jazzschool München (https://www.jazzschool.de/) or the Offene Jazzhaus Schule in Cologne (https://jazzhausschule.de/).