Music (BMus, 4 years) 48 months Undergraduate Program By University of Nicosia |Top Universities
Program Duration

48 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

9,720 EURTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Main Subject Area

Performing ArtsMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

BMus

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Our BMus degree provides our students with four categories of professional skills, all of which are necessary for a successful career in any area of music.
1. Core practical and theoretical skills for the professional musician.
  • The first two years of the degree revolve around each student’s Primary Study (or principle instrument), which includes 4 hours of weekly instruction: 1 hour individual instruction, 1 hour group instruction, and 2 hours of ensemble instruction. Parallel to this intensive study on their primary instruments, our students receive professional training in keyboard and aural skills, harmony and theory, music history, and choral singing.
2. A specialised qualification in a particular area of music.
3. During their final two years of study, our students must complete seven courses in one of the three following thematic areas:
  • Performance: this also consists of two more years of Advanced Primary Study, along with courses in performance practice, aspects of rhythm, analysis,applied jazz harmony, improvisation, and modal theory.
  • Music Education: students in this course gain practical and theoretical knowledge of various methodologies for teaching music to children, including actual teaching experience in local schools.
  • Creative Music Technology: this thematic area trains students to compose and create new musical works with the aid of the latest advances in computers and music technology.

4. Flexibility to develop one’s individual interests and talents.

5. In addition to the seven courses in their thematic area, music students also take an additional five courses in any area of music they wish, making the program highly adaptive to each student’s individual needs and interests.
6. A well-rounded general education that prepares students to succeed in a variety of professional contexts.
All music students take between six and eight courses in the area of general studies. General education courses improve the students’ vitally important skills in written and oral communication, and develop the students’ sense of the interconnectedness of their musical training to other professional and academic fields. The choice of general education courses is largely up to the individual student.

Program overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

BMus

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Our BMus degree provides our students with four categories of professional skills, all of which are necessary for a successful career in any area of music.
1. Core practical and theoretical skills for the professional musician.
  • The first two years of the degree revolve around each student’s Primary Study (or principle instrument), which includes 4 hours of weekly instruction: 1 hour individual instruction, 1 hour group instruction, and 2 hours of ensemble instruction. Parallel to this intensive study on their primary instruments, our students receive professional training in keyboard and aural skills, harmony and theory, music history, and choral singing.
2. A specialised qualification in a particular area of music.
3. During their final two years of study, our students must complete seven courses in one of the three following thematic areas:
  • Performance: this also consists of two more years of Advanced Primary Study, along with courses in performance practice, aspects of rhythm, analysis,applied jazz harmony, improvisation, and modal theory.
  • Music Education: students in this course gain practical and theoretical knowledge of various methodologies for teaching music to children, including actual teaching experience in local schools.
  • Creative Music Technology: this thematic area trains students to compose and create new musical works with the aid of the latest advances in computers and music technology.

4. Flexibility to develop one’s individual interests and talents.

5. In addition to the seven courses in their thematic area, music students also take an additional five courses in any area of music they wish, making the program highly adaptive to each student’s individual needs and interests.
6. A well-rounded general education that prepares students to succeed in a variety of professional contexts.
All music students take between six and eight courses in the area of general studies. General education courses improve the students’ vitally important skills in written and oral communication, and develop the students’ sense of the interconnectedness of their musical training to other professional and academic fields. The choice of general education courses is largely up to the individual student.

Admission requirements

6+
80+

Academic Admission

The minimum admission requirement to an undergraduate programme of study is a recognized High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) or equivalent internationally recognized qualification(s). Students with a lower HSLC grade than 7.5/10 or 15/20 or equivalent depending on the grading system of the country issuing the HSLC are provided with extra academic guidance and monitoring during the first year of their studies.

Audition and Interview

The audition on the applicant’s primary study instrument will consist of three to four pieces that exhibit contrasting style periods (as appropriate to the instrument), tempi, and expressive and technical demands. The audition should be no less than twenty minutes and should demonstrate the applicant’s ability to handle large musical works.

Applicants will be interviewed by the BMus faculty and should be prepared to answer questions related to:

  • Personal reflection on their past artistic and educational experiences;
  • Their reasons for pursuing the BMus degree;
  • How they expect the BMus degree to help them to fulfil their artistic and professional goals.
The audition repertoire will vary according to each applicant’s instrument but should generally reflect a good basic technique and knowledge of repertory, and an adequate level of musicianship. Below are two indicative examples of acceptable BMus audition programs. These are provided for illustrative purposes and actual audition programs must be approved in advance by the BMus Program Coordinator and the relevant instrument instructor.

Indicative Examples of BMus Audition Programs

Classical Piano

  • All major and minor scales and arpeggios in four octaves, hands together
  • A piece chosen from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, or 20th Century eras. (Single movements of sonatas are acceptable)
  • Sight reading
 Classical Guitar
  • A technical study or composition by Sor, Giuliani, or Carcassi
  • A work from the Renaissance or Baroque Period
  • A work from the standard repertory of the 19th– or 20th-century
Jazz Voice
  • A ballad
  • A swing song
  • A song of your choice from the jazz standard or pop repertoire (i.e., ‘Lullaby of Birdland’, ‘It Could Happen to You’, ‘Autumn Leaves’, ‘Misty’, etc.)
English Language Proficiency

The list below provides the minimum English Language Requirements (ELR) for enrollment to the programme of study. Students who do not possess any of the qualifications or stipulated grades listed below and hold IELTS with 4.5 and above, are required to take UNIC’s NEPTON English Placement Test (with no charge) and will receive English Language support classes, if and as needed, from UNIC’s International Gateway Centre (IGC).

  • TOEFL – 525 and above
  • Computer-based TOEFL – 193 and above
  • Internet-based TOEFL – 80 and above
  • IELTS – 6 and above
  • Cambridge Exams [First Certificate] – B and above
  • Cambridge Exams [Proficiency Certificate – C and above
  • GCSE English Language “O” Level – C and above
  • Michigan Examination of Proficiency in English (CaMLA) – Pass
  • Pearson PTE General – Level 3 and above
  • KPG (The Greek Foreign Language Examinations for the State Certificate of Language Proficiency) – Level B2 and above
  • Anglia – Level B2 and above
  • IEB Advances Programme English – Pass
  • Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) Michigan Language Assessment by: Cambridge Assessment English & University of Michigan – 650 average score for ALL skills and above

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Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

9,240 EUR
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International Students

9,720 EUR
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The University of Nicosia pursues excellence in education through its six Schools:

(a) Business

(b) Education

(c) Humanities and Social Sciences

(d) Law, (e) Sciences and Engineering

(f) School of Medicine

Through these, the University offers a range of academic programmes of study, leading to Bachelors (4 years), Masters (12 months/2 years) and PhD Degrees - modelled on European and American higher education, and continually reviewed and updated in order to keep pace with changing trends. Several programmes are offered via Distance Learning. All programmes are taught in English, except where indicated otherwise.


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