Ute Jung-Kaiser, née Jung (born 16 April 1942) is a German musicologist.
Born in Essen, Jung-Kaiser completed studies for the teaching profession at grammar schools in Cologne.
After her first Staatsexamen in the fields of musicology, German studies, philosophy and school music she was awarded a Doctorate in 1968.
In 1981 she received her habilitation in historical musicology at the University of Hamburg.
She researched historical musicology from the 18th to the 20th century and published numerous monographs on Thomas Mann, Richard Wagner, Walter Braunfels, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Joseph von Eichendorff, Ludwig van Beethoven, Georg Friedrich Händel, Gustav Mahler and Frédéric Chopin.