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Master of Arts (MA) in Music

School of Creative Arts

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Study Mode Full-time: 1 year; Part-time: 2 years

Tuition Fee HK$120,000/programme

Cut Off Date 31 May 2025

Year of Entry 2025 September

Funding Nature Self-financed

Application Start Date2 Jan 2025

Application Deadline31 May 2025
(Early closure of application upon quota full)

Programme DirectorProf David CHUNG 

Programme Office(852) 3411 5161mus-tpg@hkbu.edu.hkhttp://mus.hkbu.edu.hk/postgraduate-en.html  

Selection Process
  1. Short-listed applicants may be interviewed should the Programme Board deem it necessary.
  2. Application result will be reflected in the application status in the online application system.
Aims
  1. To develop in graduates the academic, artistic, and technological bases for advanced independent work in music applicable in a variety of areas appropriate to Hong Kong;
  2. To enable graduates to create and evaluate projects showing intellectual and artistic endeavour;
  3. To enable graduates to evolve and synthesize ideas from the cultural, creative, technological, and educational elements presented in the programme; and
  4. To help graduates understand and be able to apply technologies relevant to individual, group, social and cultural interests.

Programme Structure 

Units Requirement27 units
Required Courses3 units
Elective Courses24 units

 

Study CurriculumThe study curriculum may change from time to time. Applicants may make reference to the programme website or the University Student Handbook for details of the list of courses.

 

Academic Qualification

 

Applicants should possess:

 

  1. a bachelor’s degree in music with at least second class honours from a recognised university or comparable institution; or
  2. qualifications deemed to be equivalent.

 


Language Proficiency Requirement

 

Non-local applicants whose bachelor’s degree was awarded by an institution/university where the medium of instruction was not English, are required to fulfill the English Language Requirements of an overall band score of 6 or above in IELTS*, or 74 (internet-based) in TOEFL*.

 

*Note: Test result provided should be within two years from the date of issuance of the Admission Offer letter. TOEFL iBT Home Edition or IELTS Indicator test is not accepted.

  1. The above information is for reference only and is subject to change without prior notice. Hong Kong Baptist University reserves the right of final decision and interpretation in case of any dispute.
     
  2. Please note that a non-refundable admission confirmation fee, including the first instalment of tuition fee plus other administrative fees must be paid upon acceptance of the admission offer.

 

 

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