Studying Music at Cardiff
Cardiff has one of the largest and most diverse music programmes in the UK, offering a high degree of flexibility and student choice. Through its undergraduate programmes, the School offers a highly stimulating environment for students interested in a practical, scholarly and creative engagement with music.
Our undergraduate curriculum is strong in traditional musicological and musical skills, but is also wide-ranging and imaginative, reflecting contemporary developments in music and musicology.
During your three years at Cardiff, you will have the opportunity to explore aspects of music that will probably be unfamiliar to you, including ethnomusicology, popular music and music aesthetics.
Cardiff has intentionally designed a flexible modular scheme of study to ensure that our students have the greatest opportunity to develop new skills, whilst also having the opportunity to engage with new musical interests.
Undergradute Degree Programmes
| BA Music (Single/Joint Hons) | BMus Honours | BSc (Physics with Music) |
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If you would like to combine your Music studies with another Humanities subject (including Maths) you should enrol for a BA programme. This option will allow you to combine modules from the School of Music with a selection of modules offered by 10 other programmes of study across the University. If you decide to opt for this route you will be required to complete a minimum number of credits per academic year in the School of Music, follow the link for more details. |
If you wish to concentrate on Music, then the BMus programme offers the most in-depth study, allowing you to spend all your time studying music. It also enables you to take the specialist 30-credit options of Composition and/or Public Recital in Year 3 (these options are not available on the BA and BSc programmes). |
The links between music and science are uniquely recognised at Cardiff. This programme of study will allow you to combine music (one third) with physics (two thirds). For further information contact Dr Carole Tucker of the Cardiff School of Physics (029 2087 4144) or visit their website here |
This video is a tour around campus, showing what a Cardiff education has to offer. It includes some of our current students performing in the School's Concert Hall and practice rooms.