25 Get a Master’s Degree in Music in the UK

Get a Master’s Degree in Music in the UKFilter
  • Research Degrees (MPhil/PhD) in Music

    SOAS University of London

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    4 years

    On-Campus

    English

    Staff and students of the Department of Music pursue research on a wide range of subjects, mainly but not exclusively focused on the music of Asia and Africa. Whatever its regional origin, music is studied as a cultural phenomenon, and also from analytical and historical perspectives. Instrumental and vocal, sacred and secular, art and popular, traditional and modern musical forms are all of equal interest. Research methods employed include fieldwork, interview, archive research, recording and filming, performance, transcription and analysis, and composition.

  • MLitt in Sacred Music

    University of St Andrews

    • Saint Andrews, United Kingdom

    Full time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    The MLitt in Sacred Music offers a unique interdisciplinary formation in Sacred Music for musicians, scholars, and leaders in artistic ministry. It is taught jointly by the School of Divinity’s Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts and the University of St Andrews Music Centre.

  • MMus in Music

    King's College London - Faculty of Arts & Humanities

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    In our Musicology & Ethnomusicology pathway, you can explore a wide range of music and approaches, while learning advanced skills in writing and research. Our Composition pathway allows you to both develop your compositional skills and explore other areas of music studies. You can also select from a wide range of modules across Arts & Humanities at King’s.

  • MMus Music

    University of Surrey

    • Guildford, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    Our Music MMus offers you the highest level of training in contemporary music. We’ll teach you the necessary skills, techniques, and methodologies to work at an advanced level with a critical awareness of relevant music disciplines. Our award-winning staff are eminent practitioners and scholars in their respective fields.

  • MMus Popular Music

    Goldsmiths, University of London

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    The MMus Popular Music builds upon our international reputation in the popular music field established by our ground-breaking undergraduate degree.

  • Music (Research)

    Cardiff University

    • Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    Research-active staff at the School of Music offer supervision in all areas across

  • MMus Music

    Goldsmiths, University of London

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    The MMus degree advances your exploration of today’s creative music practice in all its complexity. From a range of stimulating pathways, you choose one that best suits your interests. Modules are shared across pathways, and are rooted in academic and practice-based research. 

  • Performance (Research)

    Cardiff University

    • Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    Performance is a specialisation available in our suite of Music research degrees (MPhil, PhD).

  • Music (Taught)

    Cardiff University

    • Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    This MA is an opportunity to challenge yourself academically and musically, while developing a specialism.

  • MMus Creative Practice

    Goldsmiths, University of London

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    This flexible Masters is an opportunity to investigate and combine strategies for developing creative work – an inclusive and forward-thinking composition degree that acknowledges many different definitions of the term.

  • MusM in Music (Performance Studies)

    University of Manchester

    • Manchester, United Kingdom

    Full time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    The MusM Music (Performance) course will prepare you for a portfolio career in music performance in the rapidly diversifying post-pandemic music-making scene. You will develop an advanced understanding of the interpretation of music and technical expertise, whether through analysis, historical research, cultural critique, artistic research or performance. You will develop as multifaceted musicians with pedagogical and professional skills, and also have the opportunity to engage in community music performance practices as socially conscious artists.

  • Music (F32) (Taught)

    Open University

    • The City, United Kingdom

    3 years

    Distance Learning

    English

    Awarded by: The Open University

  • Master in Music Performance

    Kingston University

    • Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    The course is ideal if you wish to become a professional performer or are an instrumental teacher looking to develop your performance skills and knowledge. This course develops performance skills across many musical genres, including western classical music, and popular, and world music.

  • MMus in Music Production

    London College of Contemporary Music

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    This professionally focused, 12-month practice-based master’s degree in music production aims to help students develop a specialist understanding of advanced music production tools, techniques and processes through the creation of a significant body of original work demonstrating a distinctive artistic personality.

  • PGCE Secondary Modern Music

    Bath Spa University

    • Bath, United Kingdom

    Full time

    1 year

    On-Campus

    English

    At the heart of the PGCE Secondary Program is the notion of the teacher as a reflective practitioner. The course nurtures and develops a reflective approach to teaching and learning, and encourages BSTs (Bath Spa Teachers) to take a critical stance in their work. The Professional Studies Program is at the core of the PGCE Secondary Program, which integrates both University and partnership training.