Bachelor’s degree · Other bachelor’s award
Music (undergraduate course, or Tripos)
University of Cambridge · Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- Music Tripos
- Subject
- General Music StudiesComposition (concentration)Ethnomusicology (concentration)
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A broad undergraduate music degree (Tripos) whose first year builds core skills and later years allow pathways such as performance, composition, music history, ethnomusicology, popular music, or music and science.
- Department
- Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge
- 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
- Music Tripos
- Award family
- Other bachelor’s awardAnother earned bachelor’s-level award, such as BEd, BMusEd, Diplom or a locally named qualification, shown with its official title.
- 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. | CompositionStudents choose it after enrolment“You may also choose to follow a particular pathway through the degree, be that in performance, composition, music history, ethnomusicology, popular music, or music and science”Source |
| Ethnomusicology | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | EthnomusicologyStudents choose it after enrolment“You may also choose to follow a particular pathway through the degree, be that in performance, composition, music history, ethnomusicology, popular music, or music and science”Source |
| Popular and Contemporary Music | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Popular musicStudents choose it after enrolment“You may also choose to follow a particular pathway through the degree, be that in performance, composition, music history, ethnomusicology, popular music, or music and science”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
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Faculty of Music (West Road)
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
- Interview required
- Previous qualification
- an A Level/IB Higher Level (or equivalent) in Music
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, duration, full-time or part-time options, 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)