180 Master Programs in Music in Europe for 2024

Music and Acoustic Engineering is a two-year Master Program that falls within the area of Information Engineering (the "reference disciplinary area", as identified by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, is LM-32, corresponding to Computer Science and Engineering). The postgraduate program in "Music and Acoustic Engineering" forms experts and designers who are able to face consolidated as well as emerging technological challenges in the audio, music and acoustics areas.

The MusM Music (Performance) course will prepare you for a portfolio career in music performance in the rapidly diversifying post-pandemic music-making scene. You will develop an advanced understanding of the interpretation of music and technical expertise, whether through analysis, historical research, cultural critique, artistic research or performance. You will develop as multifaceted musicians with pedagogical and professional skills, and also have the opportunity to engage in community music performance practices as socially conscious artists.

Awarded by: The Open University

Our unique MA program in Choral Conducting is directed by Professor Simon Halsey CBE and is in association with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its internationally renowned choruses and conductors. It gives students the opportunity to observe, conduct, and sing every week.

In this programme you will develop an understanding of how humans experience and perceive music, and why so many people love it so much. You will become an expert in several areas of music research, well-versed in various technologies used to study this fascinating topic. Our courses will provide you with valuable skills, transferable to a great number of exciting careers within the broader music, arts and culture sector, as well as academia.

In our Musicology & Ethnomusicology pathway, you can explore a wide range of music and approaches, while learning advanced skills in writing and research. Our Composition pathway allows you to both develop your compositional skills and explore other areas of music studies. You can also select from a wide range of modules across Arts & Humanities at King’s.

MSc Music Scoring for Visual Media and Sound Design. The MSc Music Production and Sound Design for Visual Media incorporates a focused training in entrepreneurship and music production, covering the entire lifecycle of a piece of music, from composing to post-production in the music-for-media landscape: film, advertising, television series, video games, and so forth. You will acquire fundamental skills in composition, orchestration, sound design, creative management, spatial audio, and post-production on the Dolby Atmos spatial sound system, with the benefit of a partnership with DOLBY. Upon completion of the program, you will receive not only a Master of Science but also a professional DOLBY Atmos certification.

Our Master in Recording & Music Production is aimed at international students who are fluent in English and hold a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in music or sound techniques, or in another field but with a keen interest in artistic careers. It trains students to a high level of competence in sound techniques and music or sound projects management: following this training, our graduates have the skills to design, promote and deliver an album, radiophonic, studio, and festival projects and to manage a team of sound technicians.

The Master in Sound and Image – Specialization New Media Art promotes creative innovation across various artistic practices.

A Master's Popular Music Practice at BIMM is the next step if you want to further develop yourself academically, creatively, and professionally after your degree. This course is available at BIMM Music Institute in the UK (Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester) Ireland (Dublin,) and BIMM University Berlin (Germany). In our campus in Dublin, this course is currently not available to international students that require sponsorship of a Student Route Visa.

Build your practical and theoretical experience in the creative and innovative applications of music technology in a studio environment. This course will give you the skills to take your ambition further and provide you with the confidence to work for major record labels and recording artists across a range of genres.

Pursue your chosen area of interest, desired specialisation or passion project through an iterative practice-based research approach in our Creative Production (Music) MA. Throughout this intense and rewarding production period filled with substantial creative work, you’ll be fully supported by workshops, guest sessions, seminars, individual mentoring and collaboration with a diverse group of peers.

Creative artists make a significant contribution to the sustainability of the creative economy, particularly in rural communities. The MA Music and the Environment provides a foundation for musicians to develop new paths for creative, entrepreneurial, and environmentally responsible endeavors.

The graduates of the master study program Music theory education are qualified to independently teach music theoretical courses in primary and secondary music school and secondary education programs. Furthermore, they are qualified to autonomously plan and conduct programs of informal education for different target groups and to collaborate with other teachers, parents and technical and administrative staff in a team environment. Required courses enable the students to acquire wide range of knowledge, abilities and skills in the fields of music theory, musical pedagogy, musical composition, musical interpretation and music history. Elective courses offer broader knowledge of the fields of students’ interest and orientation. The graduates of the program gain qualifications for critical evaluation of formal and informal educational work and develop communication skills for work with children, adolescents and adults.

These programs are for the truly committed – for those young artists who do have the aim to be on stage regularly. In the instrumental performance, classes were held two times a week through four semesters.