Cologne University of Music and Dance (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, HfMT Köln) is a public arts university in Cologne and one of Europe’s largest music universities. It offers bachelor’s and master’s programmes in music and dance, including performance, composition, conducting, jazz and pop, music education, musicology, and contemporary dance. In addition to its main location in Cologne, the university has departments in Aachen and Wuppertal and runs talent-development formats such as Pre-College Cologne for highly gifted young musicians. Teaching is practice-intensive and closely connected to concerts, productions, and artistic projects.