Master's Programme in Musicology

Education facts

Code: HMV2M

This programme equips you with a deep understanding and knowledge of musicology, as well as the analytical skills to study and research music from all cultures and historical periods, including our present day. You will be introduced to a number of scholarly perspectives on music as a phenomenon of sound and as a historical and societal phenomenon. The programme is designed to give you a strong and wide competence in the scholarly study of music and music-related matters in all its forms. As a student will develop a precise and analytic understanding of music. During the programme, courses are offered within the fields of historical musicology, music analysis, ethnomusicology, popular music, music and gender, film music and others. There is also the possibility to do an internship course in a professional field of music life. Previous students have undergone internships in museums, music libraries, music publishing and production studios, for example. The Master’s programme provides you with both a good foundation in musicology as a whole, as well as the possibility to conduct research-oriented specialisation in a specific field of the discipline. Alumni from the programme have pursued studies at doctoral level, careers in music journalism, work in archives, libraries and museums, public service, and careers in different sectors of professional musical life. The language of instruction is English.

Entry requirements

_Academic requirements_ A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Also required is 60 credits in musicology. _Language requirements_ Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries. Detailed instructions on how to provide evidence of your English proficiency are available at [universityadmissions.se](https://www.universityadmissions.se/en/entry-requirements/english-language-requirements/).

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.

• Master's Programme in Musicology

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 4 June 2028

  Pace of study: 100 %