The Franz Liszt School of Music is a lively, internationally oriented university in the European cultural city of Weimar. It offers its approximately 750 students from around 50 countries a wide range of subjects in the fields of art, music education and musicology. It also sets international standards with its international master classes, competitions, exchange programs, festivals and congresses.

The idea of founding the college came from the superstar of the 19th century: the great pianist, composer and teacher Franz Liszt. In 1835, he first formulated ideas for the establishment of "progressive schools of music", in which highly qualified orchestral musicians were trained for the new music of their time. In 1872, this dream became reality under the leadership of Liszt's pupil Carl Müllerhartung. Since 1956, the college has borne the name of its initiator.