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postgraduate

Degree

Master of Music in Composition (Research-Based)

postgraduate

Degree

Master of Music in Composition (Research-Based)

Quick facts

  • Annual tuition (2022)

    $21,175 CAD

  • Application fee

    $168 CAD

  • Duration

    2 years

  • PGWP

    2-3 years

  • Min GPA

    76 out of 100

Highlights
Thesis

These are mandatory and all come with course.

Deadlines

Term start& deadline Deadline
Fall-September 01-December-2022 2022-12-01
Fall-September 01-December-2023 2023-12-01

Overview

Master of Music in Composition

The Master of Music degree in composition is offered to students who have achieved the necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment. 

This degree is often a final academic step for the musician who wishes to enter the professional world. 

However, it may prove an intermediate step for those preparing for doctoral training. 

Students in composition present a program of original works

A two-year residency is the norm.

Graduate student composers have occasions to hear their works in regularly scheduled concerts as well as in their degree recitals. 

The UBC Symphony performs or reads students' orchestra pieces from time to time, and the choirs are all active in presenting student works. 

Estimate your cost

Residency
Count of person

$31,470

Total costs

yearly

Details


Cost of living 1 person $7,800
Accommodation 1 bed room $10,295
Tuition 1 person $21,175

Hourly wage

Min wage

16.75 CAD / 1 hour

in Canada every student can work 20 hour per week

Required documents

  • Academic/Official Transcripts
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
  • Passport or Visa Documents
  • Statement Of Intent
  • Letters Of Reference
  • Portfolio

Language requirements

GRE
not required
GMAT
not required

IELTS

6.5
6
listening
6
writing
6
speaking
6
reading

TOEFL

90
22
listening
21
writing
21
speaking
22
reading

PTE

65
60
listening
60
writing
60
speaking
60
reading

Cambridge

-
listening
-
writing
-
speaking
-
reading
Language pathway (conditional offer) is available

The Faculty of Graduate Studies may extend a conditional offer of admission to a highly-qualified graduate applicant who does not quite meet the minimum English language proficiency requirement set by the graduate program to which the student has applied.

The student will proceed directly into the graduate degree program after successfully completing the prescribed terms of study in the ELI Intensive Academic English Program (or pre-approved, equivalent alternative).

To be eligible for the Condition Admission Program (CAP), the applicant must:

  • Possess a "first-class average" (or established equivalent) in a degree deemed as an eligible basis for admission, OR have academic qualifications that would have ranked them in the top 33% of students admitted to the graduate program to which they are applying, for the year before the date of their application;
  • have English language proficiency, demonstrated via an accepted test, that can reasonably be expected to be brought up to the standard required by the graduate program to which the student has applied by completing ELI (or accepted equivalent) training in no more than a year; and
  • be recommended for the CAP by a UBC graduate program.

Academic background and requirement

  • BMus degree in composition, or acceptable equivalent
  • A minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC)
  • Studies in composition, music history, music theory, and performance commensurate with those of the undergraduate curriculum at UBC, or equivalents.
  • A Composition portfolio is required. 
    • Applicants must submit PDF scores of at least four (4) works of varied media and corresponding audio and/or video of these four (4) works.  
    • Upload instructions will be emailed to applicants after the application deadline, with a submission deadline of January 3. 

 

China:

  • The Bachelor's degree of at least four years of study
  • Overall average of B+ standing.

 

India:

  • A four-year Bachelor's Degree or a Master's degree
  • First Class/Division 1 (65%) or Very Good (8 on a 10-point scale)

 

Iran:

  • The Bachelor’s degree of at least four years of study
  • 16 on a 20-point scale

Career opportunities

  • Composer
  • Arranger
  • Music Producer
  • Music Director
  • Sound Designer
  • Music Educator
  • Music Critic

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