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Music and Philosophy Cardiff University

Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
BA On-Campus Full-time 3 years September £9000.00 year per £19200.00 year per

Course overview

Tailored to you

With primarily optional modules you have freedom to choose a personalised degree.

Your instrument of choice

Realise your full potential through fully-funded instrumental tuition.

Music business placement

Explore what the music business has to offer with a placement.

Industry experience

Gain skills, confidence and connections through a variety of cultural internships.

Learn from the best

Benefit from research-led content; learn from world-renowned Philosophy scholars.

Many students find joint honours both stimulating and rewarding as they observe similarities and differences between the two subjects. Often there are complementary issues and perspectives as well as skills that link the subjects, be they critical analysis, historical contexts or recent research.

You will spend a similar amount of time on each subject, benefiting from developing your musical understanding and skills while studying the fascinating and challenging subject of Philosophy.

The School of Music and the School of English, Communication and Philosophy offer challenging courses of modules in each subject. The flexibility of the course allows you to specialise and develop your own interests, while acquiring a solid, broad-based education and developing transferable skills. Home to the arts, Cardiff is a great location for the study of music in the UK. The city has a professional opera company, Welsh National Opera, and a professional symphony orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The School of Music enjoys a fruitful relationship with both organisations that allows, for instance, students to attend dress rehearsals and buy cut-price tickets for concerts.

Philosophy at Cardiff is distinct for its strong emphasis on ethics, politics, and philosophy of mind and its equal attention to


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