Durham University Department of Music


Department of Music is the music school of Durham University.
Durham is one of the leading university music departments in the UK. The Department of Music offers innovative undergraduate and postgraduate courses, but also carries out world-leading research in musicology, analysis, music technology, music psychology, ethnomusicology, composition and performance.

Programmes

Department of Music offers a three-year undergraduate degree. The curriculum covers all key areas of music with particular strengths in music analysis, music history, ethnomusicology, music and science and performance and composition.

Reputation

Department of Music has been ranked as the best music department in the UK by the Complete University Guide for 2018,, and have appeared number one position for two years running in the Sunday Times.. The department has also been ranked 3rd in the UK for the quality and impact of its research, according to the most recent Research Excellence Framework in 2014..

Research

Major areas of research