Masters Degrees in Musicology, United Kingdom

Enjoy a strong focus on theory, methodology and current debates in musicology. Develop advanced research skills and presentational techniques suitable for doctoral study or applied work.

Explore how music is created, disseminated and received. This course draws on a range of methodologies and disciplines. Benefit from a thriving international centre for Musicology.

Our MMus in Music (Musicology) is distinctive in its range of musicological, compositional and performance-based elements. You will benefit from our diverse research strengths, many ensemble performance opportunities and our expertise in a range of musical fields.

The Musicology Masters at Glasgow presents a broad, multi-dimensional approach to Music as a key component of numerous contemporary cultural practices.

Music is a vital form of cultural expression that shapes and is shaped by society around it. This course allows you to study the theories, perspectives and approaches that have influenced the way we study music, regardless of your personal musical tastes and preferences.

The MA in Music (Historical Musicology) is designed to help musicians of all kinds to work with original sources, to read and edit documents, and to embark upon their own research. .

The Critical Musicology pathway aims to equip you with core historical and analytical skills as well as enabling you to operate in a field that is broadly interdisciplinary.

Whatever your interests, our Musicology course gives you the opportunity not only to develop your research skills, but to complement your training in musicology with studies in other areas of music.

We offer a broad-based MMus programme with three pathways. musicology, performance and composition. All three pathways can be used as professional training for themselves, or as preparation for PhD study.

This programme offers an intense introduction to methodologies and research techniques in musicology, covering both classical and popular music, autonomous works and functional music, for example for religious ceremonies or for the screen.

A rigorously demanding course, the MMus degree offers an opportunity to develop your musicianship and academic skills to a very high level in a range of subject areas.

The MA in Music offers advanced training in either musicology or composition. The modular structure allows students to pursue a broad generalist programme or to specialise in a particular area of their choice.

The flexible modular structure of our taught MA course allows you to focus on a chosen area of specialism but simultaneously facilitates exploration of a wide range of research areas relating to music.

‌The MA in Music provides you with a thorough grounding in the creative, critical and practical underpinnings of advanced study and research in composition, musicology and performance.

If you have a background in music or psychology, this programme will allow you to study existing research and theories in the psychology of music while continuing to follow your own musical interests.