Bachelor’s degree · BM / BMus
Bachelor in Music (BMus)
Royal Irish Academy of Music · Royal Irish Academy of Music · Dublin, Ireland
- Official award
- Honours Bachelor Degree (Bachelor in Music – BMus)BMus
- Subject
- Music PerformanceComposition (concentration)
- Format
- On campus4 years
- Tuition
- €23,170per year, per annum, as shown on the course page
About this program
A four-year honours Bachelor in Music at NFQ Level 8, validated and conferred by Trinity College Dublin, with performance strands and a composition school.
- Department
- Royal Irish Academy of Music
- Awarding body
- Trinity College Dublin (University of Dublin)
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
- Honours Bachelor Degree (Bachelor in Music – BMus)BMus
- Award family
- BM / BMusA Bachelor of Music or BMus, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- 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
- Official level
- NFQ Level 8As stated in the source. A framework level does not make different national awards equivalent.
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Composition | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | BMus CompositionApplicants apply to this pathway“Welcome to the RIAM composition school.”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.
Stated by the schoolTrinity College DublinAssociation membershipIE
Scope: Described by the Academy as an Associate College of Trinity College, The University of Dublin
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 4 years
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course fee (non-EU/EEA)Tuition | €23,170per year, per annum, as shown on the course page | non-EU/EEA | 25 October 2026Source |
| Student Contribution fee (Irish & EU)Other compulsory charge · mandatory | €2,500per year, per annum, as shown on the course page | Irish & EU | 25 October 2026Source |
Calculated tuition total: €92,680 (International students). Calculated from published annual tuition for per annum, as shown on the course page x 4 years. It assumes no fee changes and excludes lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instruments, software and other charges.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required.
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)