Bachelor’s degree · BA / BA (Hons)
BA Music
Durham University · Department of Music, Durham University · Durham, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- BA MusicBA
- Subject
- General Music StudiesComposition (concentration)Musicology and Music History (concentration)
- Format
- On campus3 years full-time
- Tuition
- £10,050per year, per year, as shown on the 2027-entry course page (academic year not stated)
About this program
A three-year music degree spanning musicology, composition, analysis, ethnomusicology, psychology of music and performance; it can be read as single honours or in combination with other subjects.
- Department
- Department of Music, Durham University
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- BA MusicBA
- Award family
- BA / BA (Hons)A Bachelor of Arts, including BA (Hons). It is not relabelled as a Bachelor of Music.
- Qualification level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Composition | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | CompositionHow students choose it is not published“developing exciting new approaches in musicology, composition (acoustic and electroacoustic), analysis, ethnomusicology, psychology of music, and performance”Source |
| Musicology and Music History | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | MusicologyHow students choose it is not published“developing exciting new approaches in musicology, composition (acoustic and electroacoustic), analysis, ethnomusicology, psychology of music, and performance”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 3 years full-time
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Department of Music, Palace Green
Source could not be re-checked automatically.
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition (home, full-time)Tuition | £10,050per year, per year, as shown on the 2027-entry course page (academic year not stated) | Home (full-time) | 25 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Tuition (international, full-time)Tuition | £30,000per year, per year, as shown on the 2027-entry course page (academic year not stated) | International (full-time) | 25 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Lesson fees, accompanists, practice-room charges, instruments, software, recording, recitals, compulsory travel and residencies are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked. Do not assume an instrument, an accompanist, software or private lessons are included.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)