MA Cultural Musicology at University of Göttingen

Programme overview

The M.A. programme in Cultural Musicology is aimed at B.A. graduates in musicology who have a special interest in not limiting the subject of "music" to music in European history alone, but in looking at music from worldwide historical and cultural contexts.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities | Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) | Study mode: full-time; German-taught | Intake: Winter semester | Location: Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany

What you will study

You can study Cultural Musicology as a 78C mono-master. This is an option if you are interested in a broad research-oriented approach to the subject.

Career pathways

The M.A. degree in Cultural Musicology qualifies students for professional activities in many fields of work: in libraries, archives and museums, in non-university musicological research institutions, in music management, in companies in the media industry.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission: open. Previous studies: B.A. degree or comparable degree Relevance to the subject: At the time of application, proof of at least 54 credits in musicology must be provided, including at least 15 credits in the propaedeutic subjects of composition theory, palaeography/notation studies and instrumental studies. Language requirements: For enrolment at the Faculty of Humanities, proof of. is an absolute prerequisite!. If your native language is not German, you must demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the German language at level C1.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/46792.html

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