Postgraduate programmes

Taught programmes

MA in Music

• Musicology pathway
• Medieval Music pathway
• Russian Music pathway
• Composition pathway
• Performance pathway
  

• MA in Composition of Music for Film and Television

As part of your application you may be required to supply a portfolio of work. For more information, please follow the links below:

• MA in Music portfolio requirement
• MA in Composition of Music for Film and Television portfolio requirement

If you would like further information on the academic content of a programme, please email artf-pgadmissions@bristol.ac.uk.

Research programmes (MPhil, MMus, PhD)

We welcome and encourage applications for postgraduate degrees by research. In addition to topics focusing on single research areas, we actively encourage interdisciplinary research that cuts across the spectrum of music, or other intellectual disciplines in the Faculty of Arts and beyond. Postgraduate research students routinely have two supervisors, offering focused expertise and support across different aspects of the project. The second supervisor may be a member of the music department, or may offer perspectives from an entirely different discipline.

Research areas

See our departmental research areas for information on how our research activity is focused within the Department of Music.

Further information on Music research programmes, including MPhil, MMus, and PhD.

Skills training

As a postgraduate student at Bristol, you will also benefit from a skills training programme, which allows you to extend your range of academic and professional skills. PhD students may also be given the chance at an appropriate stage to teach undergraduates, and you will be offered training for this purpose, leading to formal accreditation.