Welcome to the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar Detmold/Paderborn!

As a joint institution of the University of Paderborn and the University of Music Detmold, the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar is dedicated to the study and research of music and music culture. The focus is on study programs in the field of musicology at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, or doctoral level. At the same time, we are an established hub for research, with around forty researchers working here. The main location of the Musikwissenschschaftliches Seminar is the Detmold FORUM Wissenschaft–Bibliothek–Musik, together with the large music library. Additional locations include the university campus and HNI in Paderborn, as well as the Kreativ Campus Detmold.

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Sum­mer semester 2026

Courses +++ Overview (Download) +++ Registration +++ Annotated course catalogue

Lec­ture series “Mu­sic, demons and des­pots”

Cordial invitation to the public lecture series in the summer semester 2025!

Stu­dent Coun­selling Ser­vice

Student counselling for the degree programmes of the Department of Musicology