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UCD Postgraduate Open Day

UCD Postgraduate Open Day

UCD is holding a Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 26 February. This is a great opportunity to:  

  • Meet our lecturers and ask questions to find out all you need to know about your preferred subject.
  • Talk to our current students and alumni to hear their stories and find out what it is like to study at UCD.
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Postgraduate Study in Music

The School of Music is one of the leading centres for graduate musical study in Ireland and a QS World Top 100 Performing Arts department. Our graduate programmes give students the opportunity to work with scholars of international standing in the School's core disciplines of historical musicology, ethnomusicology and composition. The MMus (taught Master’s) degree furnishes students with the core intellectual tools for pursuing musical research and composition, while also encouraging independent scholarship. The PhD and MLitt (research Master’s) programmes afford the chance to complete a major research project under the supervision of an expert in the field, or alternatively a composition portfolio.

Graduate Programmes

MMus Music and Culture - 1 year

Our MMus taught postgraduate programme gives students the opportunity to work with scholars of international standing in the School’s core disciplines of historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and composition.

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MLitt: Research Master of Literature in Music - 2 years 

The MLitt degree is a two year research degree, leading to the writing of a thesis of 40,000 to 50,000 words which will treat its subject in a systematic and independent way. 

PhD: Doctor of Philosophy in Music - 4 years

The PhD is a four year structured degree programme centred around the submission of a longer dissertation.

These programmes are primarily aimed at students who want to pursue independent musicological research.

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UCD School of Music

Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 8178 | E: music@ucd.ie