Master of Arts in Dance Movement Therapy

Would you like to live out your passion for dancing and do good at the same time? Our programme will help you learn to enhance your patients’ body awareness and to use the healing effect of movement.

Dance Movement Therapy and other arts therapies are increasingly popular in healthcare, and the research base for these fields is growing. The degree programme in Dance Movement Therapy takes a total of two years, including an intensive placement phase. The range of classes includes dance therapy techniques, psychological/medical expertise and scientific methods. The degree programme will enable you to use movement analysis and dance therapy techniques for targeted diagnostic purposes. In the campus outpatient clinic and during placements, you will practice the knowledge and skills gained under the guidance of mentors. You will have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of research projects.

It's great to see you. And we mean it literally: we look forward to welcoming you to SRH University Heidelberg. Whether you’re looking for a Bachelor’s, Master’s or continuing education programme, you’ll find the perfect study programme to suit you at our university. After all, at our campus university in one of Germany’s most beautiful cities, you and your personal goals take centre stage. Using our established study model – the CORE principle – we will help you to achieve those goals.

We believe that sustainable learning is only possible if there is enough space for experimentation, games and critical thinking. That is why we have completely restructured the classical course of studies. Based on our proven CORE principle, we have aligned all learning objectives, forms of examination, teaching and learning methods for you, in order to make learning as fun and successful as possible.