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The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is an higher education institution and competence centre for the music and creative industries and their pop cultural scenes. By focusing its study programmes on popular music - in economic as well as artistic terms - it offers an academic education that is unique in Germany's public university landscape. Numerous successful careers of musicians and creatives have been founded here.Parallel to its function as a teaching institution, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, as a competence centre, realises numerous projects in a regional, national and international context.
News
16. September 2025
Popakademie at the Reeperbahn Festival
The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will once again be participating in the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, which takes place from September 17 to 20, 2025, with a packed program. _ _ _
15. September 2025
Bandpool application phase begins
The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is looking for the 28th generation of its Bandpool program. Bandpool is the Popakademie's flagship support program, which operates outside of the regular _ _ _
12. September 2025
YouTube and Popakademie release AI toolboard
As part of a YouTube-sponsored project at SMIX.LAB, current AI tools in the music industry are being researched, described according to use cases, and summarized on an overview page. The project _ _ _