Musicology

Want to further your research on how music has developed over time and in different cultures across the world? Pursue the Musicology degree at the University of Birmingham where you’ll be supervised by world leading academics with specialist knowledge in your research area.

Be part of a university renowned for world leading research. The Musicology Musicology degree at the University of Birmingham University of Birmingham is exploring a variety of research projects covering music in contemporary and historical cultures. 

At Birmingham, you’ll enhance your research through our wide-ranging expertise in Musicology and specialist facilities.

• Attend a variety of solo and ensemble musical performances from visiting performers at our state-of-the-art concert hall.

• Our library collections include special collections focused on 20th-century English and Baroque music, plus manuscript and early printed sources, and microfilm collections.

• Conduct your PhD research from anywhere in the world through our online distance learning option.

Research themes

• Its research encompasses outstanding activity both in and across practice-based (composition, performance) and scholarly (musicology, ethnomusicology, music psychology) areas, grouped under the themes of Music in Contemporary and Historical Cultures.