Master’s degree · Other master’s award
MPhil in Music
University of Oxford · Faculty of Music, University of Oxford · Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- MPhil in MusicMPhil
- Subject
- Musicology and Music History (concentration)Composition (concentration)Music Performance (concentration)
- Format
- On campustwo-year programme
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A two-year master's whose first year matches the MSt and whose second year allows more thorough research in musicology, composition or performance.
- Department
- Faculty of Music, University of Oxford
- 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
- MPhil in MusicMPhil
- 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
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Musicology and Music History | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | MusicologyApplicants apply to this pathway“The MPhil in Music is a two-year programme that is offered in the same three areas as the MSt: Musicology , Composition and Performance .”Source |
| Composition | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | CompositionApplicants apply to this pathway“The MPhil in Music is a two-year programme that is offered in the same three areas as the MSt: Musicology , Composition and Performance .”Source |
| Music Performance | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | PerformanceApplicants apply to this pathway“The MPhil in Music is a two-year programme that is offered in the same three areas as the MSt: Musicology , Composition and Performance .”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
- two-year programme
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Faculty of Music, Schwarzman Centre for the HumanitiesWoodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG
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 depends on route
- Interview
- Not published
- Writing sample
- Writing sample required
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, 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)