Master’s degree · Other master’s award
Popular Music (Master)
University of Agder, Faculty of Fine Arts (Music) · Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Agder (music programmes) · Kristiansand, Norway
- Official award
- Master in Popular Music
- Subject
- Popular and Contemporary MusicSongwriting (concentration)Electronic Music (concentration)
- Format
- On campus2 years
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Two-year full-time master's in popular music with performance specialisations (Performing Music, Electronic Music, World Music, Songwriting) and a theoretical Music Business and Management option.
- Department
- Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Agder (music programmes)
- 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
- Master in Popular Music
- Award family
- Other master’s awardAnother earned master’s-level award, such as MMusEd, MRes, MPhil, Diplom or a locally named qualification, shown with its official title.
- Qualification level
- Master’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
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Popular and Contemporary Music | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Songwriting | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | SongwritingHow students choose it is not published“Songwriting”Source |
| Electronic Music | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Electronic MusicHow students choose it is not published“Electronic Music”Source |
| Music Business and Industry | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Music Business and ManagementHow students choose it is not published“Music Business and Management”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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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
- 2 years
- Credits
- 120 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- University of Agder, Kristiansand
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English, Norwegian
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Page lists English and Norwegian as languages of instruction.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition depends on route or instrument
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- bachelor's degree or equivalent education of at least three years (180 credits)
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, intakes, 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)