In the third stage you can choose between three different programs at the University of Music Stuttgart.

• The concert exam/stage exam program.
• The academic doctorate degree program.
• The artistic scientific doctorate program (available soon).

The artistic concert exam is purely artistic and focuses on your excellence in training as a soloist or chamber soloist. In the academic doctorate degree program you can complete your doctorate (Dr.phil) in musicology and music pedagogy.  

In the artistic scientific doctorate program you can complete your doctorate in an artistic program as well.