On January 1st 2021, under the aegis of the Franco-German University in Saarbrücken, the Université de Strasbourg (Unistra), the Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin (HEAR) and the Hochschule für Musik (HfM) Freiburg founded the European Doctoral College for Musical Interpretation and Artistic Research (Collège Doctoral Européen d'Interprétation et de Création Musicales / Europäisches Doktorandenkolleg für musikalische Interpretation und künstlerische Forschung, CDE ICM), which has been offering a PhD programme since the academic year 2020-2021.
This bi-national doctoral college, currently the only one of its kind in Europe in the field of music practice, provides training for highly-proficient musicians who are mobile and able to apply their research expertise and performance skills throughout the world.