Master of Music by Research in Music

A research master in music, in which composition, performance or musicological enquiry forms the output, supported by supervision, critical writing and a final submission.

Bangor runs two music research masters at GBP 16,000, and this route sits alongside the Master of Arts version with a different disciplinary emphasis.

Master of Music by Research in Music is taught at the Bangor University, a UK university with degree awarding powers. Because the music research degree is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after the music research degree ends, or three years for a doctorate. To claim it after the music research degree you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. One limit applies to the music research degree as to every taught course in Britain: the rules introduced in January 2024 stop taught students bringing a spouse or children as dependants, so the music research degree cannot support a family move.

Admission to Master of Music by Research in Music requires a completed bachelor degree at 70 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.5 with no band below 6.0, and tuition for the music research degree is recorded at GBP 16,000 a year. Bangor charges no application fee, so applying for the music research degree costs you nothing, and no scholarship is recorded against it. the music research degree lists three entry windows a cycle. Apply Study Visa manages the the music research degree application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.