About the course

On this Master of Research (MRes), you'll be supported to build a bespoke programme of advanced research and study to match your personal and professional interests - you can learn a language, explore palaeography, broaden your field of study, or complete a work placement. On the Music pathway, our research is committed to contemporary music of all kinds. Our staff of composers, music producers, popular electronic music composers/performers, and musicologists, includes world-leading specialists in classical music, the digital arts, popular music, screen scoring and world music.

　　Highly flexible and with a focus on one-to-one supervision throughout the course, you can tailor this MRes around your research and career plans. You’ll graduate with knowledge of research design, methods and processes, together with the creative, critical, reflexive, and analytical mindset that employers desire. The MRes can also be used as a stepping-stone to further research at PhD level.

　　From the outset, you will be paired with an experienced supervisor to support your personal and professional development, working together to advance your research interests and develop your individual research, writing and communications skills.

　　On the MRes Humanities (Music) pathway, you’ll be taught by staff with an international reputation for excellence in practice-led research in composition and music technology, and text-based research in musicology. With a focus on 20th and 21st century music, our shared research interests include instrumental and electroacoustic composition, sound design, game audio, aesthetics, music and the moving image, narrative, social context, embodiment and gesture and other related areas.

　　You'll develop key transferrable skills in research, analysis and communication to enhance your career prospects across a range of sectors or to prepare you for further academic study.

　　As part of the bespoke Individual Research Orientation module, you’ll agree a tailored learning plan to expand your knowledge, skills and experience. For example, you can learn a foreign language, study subject matter from a different discipline like statistical modelling or improve your ability to read old manuscripts.

　　Using our contacts or through your own networks, you can also undertake a work experience placement here in the UK or abroad. In the past, our students have helped staged exhibitions, catalogued an archive, reviewed educational material and reflected on the selection of historical textbooks in a school.

　　The School of Humanities benefits from world-leading and internationally excellent research across the main areas of humanities: English Literature, Creative Writing, Film Studies, History, Media, Communications and Culture, and Music Production and Sound Design.

　　This wide range of staff expertise not only enables us to offer five specialist pathways (in English, Film, History, Media, or Music), but also considerably broadens the scope for potential interdisciplinary research topics. This makes it an ideal choice for students who want the freedom to conduct in-depth research on a subject of their choosing, while also receiving the guidance expected of a taught master’s. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 1 Year(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Semester 1 (September), 2024	Staffordshire
Semester 1 (September), 2025	Staffordshire

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Keele University

Applicants should normally have a good honours degree (2.1 or above) in a relevant subject. Students from different backgrounds who believe they have the capacity to undertake postgraduate work should contact us to discuss their situation.

　　IELTS - 6.5 (subtests 5.5). Applicants should normally have a good honours degree (2.1 or above) in a relevant subject

　　TOEFL ibt - 87 (components - listening 21, reading 21, speaking 23, writing 21)

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 87.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at Keele University. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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