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Master’s degree · Other master’s award

MSt in Music

University of Oxford · Faculty of Music, University of Oxford · Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Official award
MSt in MusicMSt
Subject
Musicology and Music History (concentration)Composition (concentration)Music Performance (concentration)
Format
On campusone-year course (9 months)
Tuition
Not published

About this program

A one-year taught master's introducing current methodologies in music scholarship, with applicants choosing musicology, composition or performance on application.

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
MSt in MusicMSt
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 links
SubjectRelationshipDetail
Musicology and Music HistoryDocumented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject.MusicologyApplicants apply to this pathway“Students choose on application to specialise in either: Musicology Composition Performance”Source
CompositionDocumented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject.CompositionApplicants apply to this pathway“Students choose on application to specialise in either: Musicology Composition Performance”Source
Music PerformanceDocumented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject.PerformanceApplicants apply to this pathway“Students choose on application to specialise in either: Musicology Composition 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
Not published
Duration
one-year course (9 months)
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)

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