University of the Arts Helsinki
Bachelor of Music in Global Music
Helsinki, Finland
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
* Applications are open 7-21 January 2026
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor of Music in Global Music at The University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki) trains you in a culturally diverse environment. You get one-to-one and group tuition, form an intercultural ensemble, and build a portfolio through collaborations, performances and projects. Study themes: artistic identity, intercultural collaboration, global musicianship, improvisation, pedagogy, entrepreneurship, experimental instrument making, practice-based research. You can tailor your schedule and take optional courses across Uniarts Helsinki.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as performers, music educators, community musicians, ensemble leaders, composers, researchers and arts entrepreneurs in stages, schools, community projects, festivals, studios and cultural organizations worldwide.
Immerse yourself in a culturally and musically diverse environment to develop into a multi-skilled, flexible, visionary musician and pedagogue with world-class teachers.
Why study here?
Join us as a student at one of the leading performing arts universities in the world. As a Global Music student, you will deepen your own artistic identity and develop the ability to perform, communicate, collaborate, create, facilitate, research and lead in a wide range of musical, cultural, and socially engaged contexts.
About the studies
Your studies include both one-to-one instruction as well as group tuition. You will form an intercultural ensemble with your fellow students and expand your unique artistic portfolio. You will develop new work, intercultural collaborations, performances and your own projects.
With us, you will learn about themes that are central to a professional global musician, including the following: artistic identity, intercultural collaboration, multidisciplinary approaches, global musicianship, music creation, improvisation, rhythmics, global pedagogy, entrepreneurship, global choir, experimental instrument making, practice-based research and community engagement.
You can tailor your schedule and choose optional courses from any department suited to your own personal interests. You may also choose courses organised by the other two Uniarts Helsinki academies and complete joint studies, which are available to all students.
Teachers
Teachers in the program are various experts employed by the Sibelius Academy as well as visiting pedagogues and artists.
A student who has completed the Bachelor of Global Music degree is expected to
- have the necessary skills and understanding to work in an intercultural context and be able to use music as a tool for intercultural communication;
- be firmly grounded in his/her instrument and voice and have an awareness of diverse approaches to playing, creating, improvising, and analyzing music in a global context;
- be able to employ a wide range of musical, collaborative, multidisciplinary, and pedagogical approaches appropriate for various cultural contexts and be able to interact, communicate and engage meaningfully with the surrounding community;
- have developed a global mindset, an awareness of the societal and ethical issues of working in a transcultural context;
- and be able to communicate his/her ideas through performance, orally and in writing.
Please visit the university website for more information.