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Licence Musicologie – Parcours Jazz et musiques actuelles at Université de Tours

Université de Tours, France

Programme overview

Three-year Licence in musicology and musical technique with a jazz and contemporary music pathway, run with the Jazz à Tours school, including individual reinforcement in instrument or voice, harmony, arrangement and organology.

Faculty: UFR d'Arts et Sciences Humaines  |  Duration: 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in French  |  Location: Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France

What you will study

Collective workshop practice and stage experience, a personal stage project at the end of the Licence, and awareness of the musician's professional environment.

Career pathways

Cultural diffusion and live performance, communication and information management, music documentation, specialist journalism and media, music trade, teaching, research and animation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bac level; entry in L1 through Parcoursup, in L2 or L3 through eCandidat. Expected: basics in listening and solfège, ability to read treble and bass clefs, elementary tonal theory and practice of singing or an instrument. A selective entrance test is run by the co-responsible partner, Jazz à Tours.

Domestic applicants: EUR 178 a year (2026/2027). National registration fee for Licence and Licence professionnelle (EU/EEA and exempt students). Excludes the CVEC student contribution (105 EUR). Source

International applicants: EUR 2,902 a year (2026/2027). Differentiated fee for non-EU primo-entrants; exemptions apply (e.g. apprenticeship, bursary holders, partial exemption on request). Source

Duration: 3 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.parcoursup.gouv.fr/

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