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Music

 

Welcome

The Department of Music is one of the largest in the UK, offering a very broad and diverse range of modules, all taught by expert scholars. We are ranked among the top Music departments in the UK for our teaching (placed 6th in the Complete University Guide, 2022 and 2023) and our research (ranked 1st in the UK for research including Music in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework). We also benefit from a vibrant creative campus community rated 17th in the world for Performing Arts (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019).

This page provides new and returning music students with all the required links and resources for their enrolled courses at Royal Holloway:

 

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Information for New Students
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Welcome Week 2023
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Music Performance: Your One-Stop-Shop
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Information for Postgraduate Taught Students

 

Important links and resources

Please scroll through these sections for further links, information and resources for your course:

Undergraduate

For Department of Music General Information, please visit our Moodle page (Link embedded).  Here you will find Marking Criteria, essential Coversheets for coursework submissions, Style Guides, and the  Programme Specification, plus more. Here are also some helpful links:

Postgraduate Taught

For Department of Music General Information, please visit our Moodle page (Link embedded) and scroll down to Postgraduate Taught (PGT) sections.  Here you will find Marking Criteria, essential Coversheets for coursework submissions, Style Guides, and the Programme Specification, plus more. Here are also some helpful links:

Postgraduate Research

For Department of Music General Information, please visit our Moodle page (Link embedded). Here are also some helpful links:

Studying abroad

Opportunities to study abroad as part of your Royal Holloway Degree

Undergraduate

For undergraduate music students interested in a year abroad, there are several options available. These include the opportunity to study for a year at one of the college’s international exchange partner institutions. Several music students have benefitted from this scheme in the past, in some cases studying a different discipline (e.g. Classics), as music-focused programmes are not always available. 

The Department of Music also has a European exchange partnership with Trinity College Dublin, with hopes to make further partnerships with other universities across Europe in the near future. An exchange like this would involve taking the whole of your second year of undergraduate study at the partner institution before returning to Royal Holloway for your third year. First year students would need to apply through us and be selected by the partner institution. Acceptance is competitive and not automatic – although we do send students abroad most years. Please contact h.stobart@rhul.ac.uk for more details.

PhD Students

The Department of Music’s exchange partnership with Trinity College Dublin may extend to doctoral students, subject to the availability of a suitable supervisor and resources. In the area of Baroque Music, conversations are active regarding possible exchanges with Uppsala University in Sweden.

Music Performance at Royal Holloway

Didn't find what you were looking for?

Please feel free to contact Nathan James Dearden (Performance Manager; email address embedded) to ask a question or arrange a meeting. The Concert Office (open for pre-arranged meetings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 1.00pm - 4.00pm) can be found in Room 1-10 in Wettons Terrace.