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Wilfrid Laurier University

Faculty: Faculty of Music

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Laurier Library under renovation (photograph from the Wikimedia Commons category Wilfrid Laurier University)
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Overview

Public university in Waterloo, Ontario whose Faculty of Music offers music, music therapy and community music programs from certificate to doctoral level.

Programs researched: 7. None yet has a verified program-level accreditation record in our data.

Subjects with a verified program link: Composition, Conducting, General Music Studies, Music Business and Industry, Music Education, Music Performance, Music Theory, Music Therapy, Musicology and Music History.

Programs

Each program is listed with its official award, subject and instrument links, delivery and published tuition. Accreditation, fees, language and entry requirements belong to the program, not to the whole institution.

Certificates

BM / BMus programs

  • Music (BMus)

    Bachelor of Music (BMus)Bachelor’sBM / BMusMusic Performance (concentration)Composition (concentration)Music Education (concentration)

    On campusMain campus

    Tuition not published

Other bachelor’s awards

  • Music Therapy (BMT)

    Bachelor of Music Therapy (BMT)Bachelor’sOther bachelor’s awardMusic Therapy

    On campusMain campus

    Tuition not published

MM / MMus programs

Other master’s awards

  • Music Therapy (MMT)

    Master of Music Therapy (MMT)Master’sOther master’s awardMusic Therapy

    On campusMain campus

    Tuition not published

  • Community Music (MA)

    Master of Arts (MA) in Community MusicMaster’sMAGeneral Music Studies

    On campusMain campus

    Tuition not published

PhD and research doctorates

  • Music (PhD)

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in MusicResearch doctoratePhDGeneral Music Studies

    On campusMain campus

    Tuition not published

Campuses and facilities

Places where teaching actually happens. Practice rooms, recording studios, rehearsal spaces, performance venues and instrument collections are stated per campus, only as published. Nothing is assumed.

  • Main campus

    Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Facilities not described on the pages we checked.

Accreditation, validation and recognition

Recorded per program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, program accreditation, professional validation, degree-awarding authority and national qualification registers are different things, and a qualification accepted in one jurisdiction is not automatically accepted elsewhere.

  • Music Therapy (MMT)

    Stated by the schoolCollege of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)Professional-body validationCA

    Scope: Graduates of the two-year program and of the one-year music psychotherapy field may apply to become qualifying members of the CRPO, as stated by the school

    A professional or subject body has validated the course against its criteria. Validation is not the same as statutory registration.

Sources and verification

How this profile was verified

Facts come from the institution’s own pages and from official registers, each with a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Last checked 25 October 2026. Research methodology.

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