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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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

It is a great place to feel welcome and at home while earning a degree with a great education.

Zachary Brandt

MA Psychology of Music,, Winner of a Postgraduate Taught Merit Scholarship

News

25 November 2019

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

Scholarships of up to £10,000 available to undergraduate and postgraduate Music applicants thanks to generous alumni bequest

22 February 2020

Project Announcement: Mapping Music for Health and Wellbeing in Sheffield

Research England are supporting an exciting new initiative in the Department of Music, which aims to map the activities and initiatives in Sheffield using music for health and wellbeing in professional contexts. There will be a conference on 20th March to bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers, and a survey will capture information about Sheffield-based organisations.

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.

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.

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