Course summary
Do you want to further your understanding of how music has developed across time and different cultures? On our course, you’ll explore the history of music across the globe, equipping you with valuable analytical skills that cross subject boundaries. Build your degree to suit your specific interests and explore topics in depth, preparing you for your future career. We’ve taught music since 1905 and have a strong reputation as a Music department. You’ll be based within our state-of-the-art Bramall Music Building - home to our 450-seat Elgar Concert Hall - and our Frankland Building’s University Music Hub, with its range of innovative rehearsal rooms and recording spaces.
- Our diverse study options include modules such as ‘Historically Informed Performance’, ‘Introduction to Global Popular Musics’ and ‘Postsocialist Music and Ethnography’.
- Our Collective for Early Music Performance and Research Centre offers lots of early music activities like lessons on Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque instruments and vocal techniques.
- Get ready to turn your passion for music into your career, with our practical employability module, providing you with the tools to be a successful music professional.
- Top 100 for Arts and Humanities (QS World University Rankings 2024).
Modules
The programme comprises 120 credits of taught modules and a 60-credit dissertation. Visit the course page on the University of Birmingham website for the most up-to-date module information.
Entry requirements
You should have, or expect to get, a 2:1 Honours degree in Music. We can consider an Honours degree in another subject if you have significant professional musical experience and relevant qualifications. In your personal statement, please include the MA Music pathway you're applying for in the first paragraph. All applicants for the Musicology and Sound Studies pathway must submit a sample of written work. This needs to be in English and at least 3,000 words. The written work should focus on a musical topic, with academic bibliography and references. You'll need to submit the document at the same time as your application, or upload this within two weeks of submitting your application. If the written work isn't provided in this timeframe, then your application may be declined.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT