Bachelor's Programme in Music, with a specialization in Composition

Education facts

Code: K1KMP

This programme is for those interested in working with composition in an exploratory and experimental fashion. Your individual development as a composer is the focus, while instruction and supervision often occur in group seminars. In these seminars, you can test your ideas and receive feedback and inspiration in dialogue with teachers and peers. Together we discuss ongoing student work and strive to understand the role of music in a broader context. The programme emphasises a critical approach aimed at combining theory and musical craft with conceptual perspectives. Meeting an audience is another important aspect, and includes the Siren Festival, which is organised annually by the students in the composition programme. You are given excellent opportunities for collaborating with other students at the Academy of Music and Drama, for example in the Ensemble for New Music, and with a number of different professional ensembles. The Stockholm Wind Orchestra, the Göteborg Wind Orchestra, Mimitabu, Musica Vitae, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Peter Veale Ensemble and Gageego! are some ensembles that have performed student compositions in recent years. The programme is taught in Swedish.

Entry requirements

General entrance requirements for university studies. Special qualifications in the form of musical knowledge and skills is assessed at the admission test. The admission test is also the basis for the selection of eligible applicants

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Bachelor's Programme in Music, with a specialization in Composition

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 1 September 2025

  End date: 4 June 2028

  Pace of study: 100 %