Reference
Number: P2614
These prestigious
scholarships are designed to reward the brightest, most talented music students
from around the world. Ten scholarships worth £1500 each will be available for
the academic year 2016/17 for international student applying to the MA in Music
programme.
Scholarships will be
awarded to applicants on a merit basis.
About the MA in Music
Are you a performer,
composer or music scholar (musicologist)? Cardiff University MAMusic is an opportunity to build your skills and challenge yourself both
academically and musically.
The course is
designed to be flexible, allowing you to tailor your programme of study to best
meet your personal career goals and ambitions.
You will be able to
specialise in one of these areas:
- Performance
- Composition
- Musicology
(including Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies)
Cardiff School of Music
We offer rigorous
teaching and musical training with staff who have international expertise in
performance, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, and popular music. We
are ranked 2nd amongst UK University music departments for the quality of our
research environment. We are situated within a capital city with a rich
artistic culture. Cardiff is home to the world-renowned Welsh National Opera,
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, a major BBC production centre, and many other
cultural organisations. You will find numerous opportunities for the practice,
study and enjoyment of music here, and the diverse range of musical activities
on offer in Cardiff is both easily accessible and affordable.
Start date: September 2016
Number of Studentships: 10
It consists of a tuition fee discount of £1,500.
length of the candidature is available to support postgraduate students who
wish to attend conferences, obtain research materials, record performances of
their music, or conducting relevant research away from Cardiff.
seeking confident, innovative students with a record of achievement.
Eligible applicants should have, or expect to achieve a 2.1 undergraduate
degree result (or international equivalent).
studentship is open to students that are classed as International (non-EU) for
the purpose of tuition fee status only.
How to Apply
Consideration is
automatic on applying for
MA Music,
with a start date of September
2016 via
Cardiff University’s Online ApplicationService. In the research proposal section of your application, please
specify the project title and supervisors of this project and copy the project
description in the text box provided. In the funding section, please select
“I will be applying for a scholarship / grant” and specify that you
are applying for advertised funding from the School’s International Elite
Scholarship scheme.
The deadline for
applications is 31
January 2016.
Cardiff
University reserves the right to close applications early should sufficient
applications be received.
Further Information
Informal enquiries
are welcome and should be directed to Victoria Parkin by emailing parkinva@cardiff.ac.uk or
telephoning +44 (0)29 2087 4816.
General information
about study and research within the School can be found on the School of Music website.
