MA Music
Edinburgh Napier University
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MA - Master of Arts

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Merchiston Campus

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Full Time

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Start date

SEP-26

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1 Year

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MA - Master of Arts

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Merchiston Campus

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SEP-26

Duration

1 Year

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This innovative new MA in Music puts your interests at the heart of your experience.Building on the success of our undergraduate Music programmes, this exciting new MA Music aims to provide a supportive and encouraging environment in which to develop your practice.We have flipped the traditional structure of a Masters, where taught modules are followed by a final project or dissertation, by enabling you to work on and develop your major project from the outset.This programme is ideal for ...Read more

This innovative new MA in Music puts your interests at the heart of your experience.Building on the success of our undergraduate Music programmes, this exciting new MA Music aims to provide a supportive and encouraging environment in which to develop your practice.We have flipped the traditional structure of a Masters, where taught modules are followed by a final project or dissertation, by enabling you to work on and develop your major project from the outset.This programme is ideal for musicians, composers, producers and artists who want to develop their practice, and for scholars who wish to take an academic approach to their study. There is no requirement for undergraduate music study and we welcome practitioners and scholars from all disciplines.

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20/279
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53rd
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96th

Modules

Modules (Year 1)
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Entry requirements

The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor (Honours) Degree at 2:2 or above in any discipline. As part of the application process, you must submit a portfolio of music, creative, or scholarly work, including examples from your area of expertise (e.g. performance, composition, songwriting, production, music technology, musicology, etc.). This could be through links to an online repository or drive (e.g. audio files, notations, videos, project reports, essays, and dissertations, as applicable), or links to publicly available work (e.g. Bandcamp, Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, etc.).

Tuition fees

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Domestic

£7,650 per year

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Students from Domestic

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Accommodation - 179.20 per week

£7,650 per year

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Students from Other UK

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Accommodation - 179.20 per week

£7,650 per year

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Students from England

Accommodation - 179.20 per week

£7,650 per year

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Students from Scotland

Accommodation - 179.20 per week

£7,650 per year

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Students from Wales

Accommodation - 179.20 per week

£7,650 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

Accommodation - 179.20 per week

£19,750 per year

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Students from EU

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Accommodation - 179.20 per week

£19,750 per year

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Students from International

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Accommodation - 179.20 per week

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Edinburgh Napier University
10 Colinton Road Edinburgh City of Edinburgh EH10 5DT United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Edinburgh Haymarket  0.5 miles away
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