Department of Music

World leading arts and humanities faculty (Times Higher Education 2020). Top 6 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014). 4th for overall student satisfaction within the Russell Group for Music (NSS 2019).

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Undergraduate courses

Group of postgraduate music students with harp

Masters courses

PhD study

Making music

Student profiles

My Experience - BMus Undergraduate

Emily Cooper

BMus Music , The Department of Music

My Experience - MA Musicology

Xinyi Liang

MA Musicology, Department of Music

My Research: PhD in Music Psychology

Caroline Curwen

PhD researcher, Music-colour synaesthesia

My Research: PhD in Music Psychology

Shen Li

PhD researcher, Piano Timbre Perception and Production

News

25 November 2019

The Department of Music open applications for scholarships worth £10,000

A generous bequest by an alumna of the University of Sheffield has provided the opportunity for several undergraduate and postgraduate music students to be awarded a scholarship of up to £10,000.

25 November 2019

University of Sheffield alumni 'come together' to perform Beatles classics

The Sheffield Beatles Project, made up of Alumni from the Department of Music, celebrate the 50th Anniversary of popular Beatles albums with a headline gig at the Sheffield O2 Academy.

Sheffield Performer Audience and Research Centre

29 October 2019

AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award

A new AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award between the Department of Music at the University of Sheffield and Manchester Collective is open for applications. The project will research the 'crisis' in classical music: exploring alternatives in audience development.

4 October 2019

University of Sheffield ranked among world’s best for arts and humanities

The University of Sheffield has been ranked among the best universities in the world for teaching and research in the arts and humanities, which includes the Department of Music.