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The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is a barrier-free building. The building has barrier-free access, the bus stop in front of the building is also barrier-free and therefore easy to reach by public transport. The Popakademie has a handicapped parking space, a handicapped accessible WC with a pull cord and emergency call switch, the doors are suitable for wheelchair users according to DIN18040 and can be operated by pushbuttons and are equipped with finger protection. A lift with Braille lettering and a stretcher are available in case of failure. In the house there are generous movement areas with turning possibilities and there are no thresholds. A pictorial description with common pictograms ensures easy orientation in the house. Ramps and fall protection are available for the stages. Additional ergonomic barriers for staff, students and visitors are available by appointment.

For all questions regarding accessibility in the house, please contact Alexandra Reiter Alexandra.Reiter@popakademie.de.

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.


28. November 2025

Popländ Award: Students present concept at the ministry

Students Tim Fischböck, Simon Kidane, and Johann Fürstenberg presented their concept for the further development of the Popländ Award at the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts. The presentation was part of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg's project workshop, in which students work on real-life tasks from the music and creative industries. This practice-oriented format is a central component of the Bachelor's degree program in Music Business and the Master's degree program in Music and Creative Industries, enabling theoretical knowledge to be directly transferred into concrete projects—as in this case, the conceptual further development of a state-wide music award.


© Sebastian Weindel
20. November 2025

Successful Study Information Day 2025

On November 19, 2025, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg opened its doors to music-loving students and prospective students as part of the state-wide study information day. The event was fully booked in advance – the high level of interest shows how great the demand for information about creative studies is.


© Marc Wilhelm
12. November 2025

Popakademie renames major field of study

The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is renaming the Mediterranean/Middle Eastern Percussion specialization in its Bachelor's degree program in Global Music in Percussion with immediate effect. This makes it clear that the range of teaching in the various percussion traditions is being expanded.


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16
Dec
Popakademie Talks with Anna Schwenk
In the “Popakademie Talks” series, guests from the music and culture sector discuss various current topics. In the 2025/26 winter semester, three talks will be held on the topic of “Populism and Extremism.”

On Tuesday, December 16, cultural sociologist Dr. Anna Schwenck will speak on populism and music. Her research focuses on popular music and food as material for populist and national performances, and her new research project examines the extent to which moral capital is becoming more important for social advancement, self-optimization, and the search for meaning—under the conditions of a globally strengthening flexible capitalism. In the winter semester 2025/2026, she will be a postdoctoral fellow in the Sociology Department of the Institute for Eastern European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin.

Participation in the talk is free of charge.
Start
19:00
Popakademie, Hafenstr. 33
17
Dec
Work in Progress Club
Popakademie bands live on stage!

At the "Work in Progress Club" the students of the Department of Popular Music present their current projects. The Popakademie choir will also be on stage on December 17.

Admission is free.
Start
20:00
Popakademie, Hafenstr. 33, Raum 001