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Potsdam/Berlin, Germany

June 2025 (deadline 7 February 2025)

We are pleased to advise that the department is offering suitable undergraduate students the opportunity to visit the University of Potsdam, including meeting music colleagues and students there, attending some musicology courses, visiting the musical instrument museum Berlin, and experiencing some of the musical culture in Berlin.

If there is a particular additional activity you wish to engage in or a site you wish to visit, please specify this in your application as it may be possible to include this in the itinerary.

You do not need to be able to speak German to attend this trip, as colleagues at the University of Potsdam can speak in English.

Eligibility

  • You must be a registered University of Liverpool undergraduate Music student. Students from any year may apply.
  • Incoming students on an exchange semester or exchange year are ineligible. Students who have previously been on a departmental GO short trip are ineligible. Students who have been on, or have been awarded, a University/SOTA international experience that is a non-departmental short trip are lower priority.
  • The trip must last at least 5 days, inclusive of travel days (i.e. you must stay a minimum of four nights). It must take place within the first two weeks of June.
  • Your application must make clear where appropriate how musicology / music / museums / German culture may be useful for your career interest.

The support you may receive:

  • The support offered towards accommodation and/or travel is in line with Turing guidance which specifies a higher amount of support for those with WP status.

If offered support for the trip, you must confirm acceptance within 7 days (contact lee.tsang@liverpool.ac.uk).

Things to note

Be aware that coordinating with fellow students over hostel accommodation may be a way to help you to keep costs down.

As a University of Liverpool choir is visiting Potsdam/Berlin within the first two weeks of June, you may wish to coordinate your trip with the choir’s visit. If you wish to do this, please contact: louise.ellinson@liverpool.ac.uk

Any student who confirms their attendance but does not proceed with the trip will be required to refund to the University all financial support. This refund must be settled no later than June 2025. Please be aware that graduating students must have any outstanding financial matters settled before they can graduate.

You will be required to complete a short post-trip report within 10 days of your trip. This form will be sent to you in June.

How to apply

Please complete the application form and select ‘Potsdam University and Berlin music/museums culture’ which will prompt you to provide relevant information about the trip.

https://forms.office.com/e/FxJx8u5JFA

Forms must be completed no later than Friday 7th February 2025 in order to have the greatest chance of success.

If you have any questions, please contact lee.tsang@liverpool.ac.uk