The BA in Music is not a professional qualification. It prepares students for further study at Master’s level, which leads to professional qualification.
The main focus is on enhancing the major subject proficiency. Students will hone their technical skills, the performance and aesthetic fundamentals of music are developed, and a broad repertoire is acquired and further developed through regular stage practice.
In addition to the BA in Music, Basel Academy of Music also offers a BA in Music and Movement.

Bachelor of Arts
Music and Movement
Music and movement as forms of expression are creative and varied. Students studying music and movement can develop and hone their own musical and dance skills in different styles. Music and dance make it possible for a wide variety of people to come together and create space for communication. The programme prepares you to work in various fields of music and movement education. Please note: German Level C1 is required, the teaching language is German. Due to this reason this site is linked to the German-site.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 Semester

Bachelor of Arts
Music | Audio design
Study Creative Music Technology and Electronics in the cultural city of Basel in the border triangle of Switzerland, Germany and France! The Elektronisches Studio Basel and sonic space basel offer an inspiring, collaborative environment with a wide range of networking opportunities and space for artistic development.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semester

Bachelor of Arts
Music | Composition
Institut Klassik | Study Composition in the cultural city of Basel in the border triangle of Switzerland, Germany and France! As a platform for composition, contemporary performance, open creation, audio design and new music theory, sonic space basel offers an inspiring, collaborative environment with a wide range of networking opportunities and space for artistic creation.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semesters

Bachelor of Arts
Music | Early Music Medieval – Renaissance
A diverse and international community of lecturers and students awaits you at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The Medieval programme is the world’s only full-time Bachelor’s programme of its kind. It combines technical support on instruments from the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance with contemporary vocal techniques. The programme offers a specialisation in repertoire studies and historical improvisation practice. Students gain access to the theoretical and music-historical basis for musical practice.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semester

Bachelor of Arts
Music | Early Music Renaissance – Romantic
A diverse and international community of lecturers and students awaits you at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The bachelor’s degree programme is dedicated to a repertoire from the 16th to the end of the 19th century and its historical contexts. In the instrument/voice major, technical skills are honed and the practical and aesthetic principles of music are developed. The aim of the course is to achieve a high level of musical competence in solo and ensemble playing. The context of historical performance practice is explored through theory and complementary offerings.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semesters

Bachelor of Arts
Music | Instrument / Voice
Institut Klassik | Music lovers love Basel! The cultural city in the border triangle of Switzerland, Germany and France offers the ideal environment for studying music. Internationally renowned lecturers help students from all over the world make their dreams come true.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semesters
- Next start
- 14.9.2026

Bachelor of Arts
Music, Jazz Instrument/Voice or Composition
Find your own voice! The Bachelor Jazz gives you room to develop your personal musical expression while building a solid foundation in instrumental and theoretical skills. Our outstanding faculty guide you as artistic mentors. As part of an inspiring international community, you explore a wide range of musical approaches. Excellent facilities and Basel’s vibrant music scene provide an ideal environment for you to grow as an artist and expand your professional network.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semesters
- Next start
- 14.9.2026

Bachelor of Arts
Musik | Music Secondary Education I
The cultural city of Basel is the ideal place to study music: an outstanding cultural offer, a campus in the heart of the city. Renowned lecturers support students from all over the world to enhance their musical expertise and develop their artistic and/or teaching skills. Please remark: German Level C1 is required, the teaching language is German.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semesters
- Next start
- 14.9.2026

Bachelor of Arts
Musik | Music Secondary Education II
Would you like to inspire young people in Secondary Education II to take an interest in music and gain qualifications in this field? Is it your wish to teach music, e.g. at high schools, and to realise music projects with your pupils that they will remember for a long time to come? Then studying Music Secondary Education II in Basel is your next step. Please remark: German Level C1 is required, the teaching language is German.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semesters
- Next start
- 13.9.2027

Bachelor of Arts
Music | Music Theory
Institut Klassik | Study Music Theory in the cultural city of Basel in the border triangle of Switzerland, Germany and France! The Basel Academy of Music offers an inspiring, collaborative environment with a wide range of networking opportunities. Based on classical music theory, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and sonic space basel offer excellent specialisation options in the areas of early and new music.
- Studying mode
- Full-time
- Teaching language
- German
- Place
- Basel
- Duration
- 6 semesters
- Next start
- 14.9.2026
Schola student Josefa Winterfeld Schola student Jan Hofstetter
More Study programmes

Music and Movement & Educational Music
Artistic-pedagogic study programmes – In these study programmes you need very good German language knowledge (C1).

Master of Arts in Composition/Music Theory
Deepen Creativity in Audiodesign, Composition or Early Music

Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy
Developing an independent artistic and educational profile at our institutes

MA in Music Performance
In-depth, meaningful engagement with performance-related and instrumental/vocal issues at Institute Klassik, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis or Inastitute Jazz.

MA in Specialised Music Performance
A graduate qualification that meets the highest international standards at Institute Klassik or Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

MA Music and Scene in Transformation
Do you want to combine music, performance and theatre? Do you want to implement your own artistic and scenic projects? Are you curious about collaborative ways of working? Then our unique transdisciplinary degree programme will open up exciting prospects.
