Mathematics and Music
The University of Edinburgh
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Mathematics has often been considered an arts subject, with many studying it for the beauty of the subject. Likewise, although a very creative subject, music has many links to mathematics and can be studied as a scientific subject.On this joint honours programme, you will study elements of mathematics and music and explore the historical connection between these two disciplines. You will split your time evenly between the two subjects over the entire programme.ultural aspects of music, such ...Read more

Mathematics has often been considered an arts subject, with many studying it for the beauty of the subject. Likewise, although a very creative subject, music has many links to mathematics and can be studied as a scientific subject.On this joint honours programme, you will study elements of mathematics and music and explore the historical connection between these two disciplines. You will split your time evenly between the two subjects over the entire programme.ultural aspects of music, such as:listening and musicianshipmusic technologycompositionLater in the programme, you can choose to:specialise in particular aspects of mathematicsspecialise in particular aspects of musicexamine the links between the two subjectsstudy a broad range of topics across the two subjectsWe usually consider a maximum of two applications to programmes in the College of Science and Engineering as this helps ensure we make offers to as many students as possible.However, if you are applying for a Mathematics programme, due to high demand, we can only accept one application for a programme in this subject area. You can use your second application for any other Science and Engineering programme.

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£9,790 per year

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£1,820 per year

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£29,600 per year

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