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Master of Arts in Composition and Creative Music Practice

University of Limerick

Ireland,Munster

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12 Months

Duration

CAD 17,400/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 50

Application Fee

Sep 2025

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Ireland, Munster

Type: University

Location Type: Semi-Urban

Founded: 1989

Total Students: 18,000 +

Int. Students: 3,300 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Castletroy, Co. Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland

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Master of Arts in Composition and Creative Music Practice

Program Overview

As a one-year full-time or two-year part-time postgraduate programme, the MA Composition and Creative Music Practice is designed to develop individual artistic practice and facilitate collaborative exploration of cross-genre, cross-arts and cross-cultural creativity. Students create acoustic and/or electronic music through an inclusive range of composition, improvisation and performance practices. The programme welcomes students from all music traditions (traditional, folk, popular, world, classical) and sound art practices, working with and/or without music notation.

The MA Composition and Creative Music Practice is:

Ideal for creative musicians and artists who wish to work within a particular tradition and/or at the intersections of Irish traditional music, classical music, ‘new’ and experimental music and sound art, popular music and global musics.
Progressive and interdisciplinary in its approach to creativity, supporting cross-arts exploration, collaboration and inventiveness.
Designed to develop the complementary creative music practices of composition, performance, improvisation, and sound art.
Committed to developing oral/aural creative processes and/or score-based practices towards the creation of acoustic and/or electro-acoustic music and sound art.
Inclusive of diverse, local and global traditions and practices.

Detailed Program Facts

Program Level

Master's Degree

Application Processing Days

15 Days

Program Intensity

Full-Time

Duration of Program

12 Months

Portfolio Required

Yes

Program Intakes

Intake Month/Year		Intake Status
sep 2025		Open

Application Fee

Application Fee: CAD 50

Tuition Fee

CAD 17,400 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

Living Cost in University of Limerick

CAD 10,000 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Check program website for more information about funding options.

English Test Requirements

IELTS
- Minimum Overall Score - 6.5 - 6 - With No Band Less Than
TOEFL
- Minimum Overall Score - 90
PTE
- Minimum Overall Score - 61.0
DUOLINGO
- Minimum Overall Score - 120.0

Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Bachelor's degree.

Minimum CGPA Required: 55.00 %

Additional Information

Scholarships

This Scholarship awards EU fee status to Non-EU fee-paying University of Limerick (UL) students who wish to progress to a Master Degree course at UL. This scholarship is only available to Non-EU fee-paying UL students who successfully complete their four year Bachelor Degree programme at UL, prior to receiving a Master Degree offer at UL.

Postgraduate Scholarship
For International Students doing a four year Bachelor Degree in UL (Non-EU)
Entitles the student to EU fee discount (approx. 50%)
Scholarship is not available to students studying MSc Sustainable Resource Management, Policy and Practice

Faculty of Science and Engineering have a number of generous Undergraduate merit-based international (Non-EU) scholarships available for the 2024/25 academic year.

International (Non-EU) merit-based scholarship worth €2000 per year

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences have a number of generous Undergraduate merit-based international (Non-EU) scholarships available for the 2024/25 academic year.