Austria

University of Graz

Course: Musikologie

• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Language of Study: German, English
• Level: Undergraduate
• Areas:
  • Music psychology and acoustics alongside historical musicology;
  • ethnomusicology;
  • aesthetics and philosophy;
  • jazz, pop and media.
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• Name: Richard Parncutt
• Position: Professor of Systematic Musicology
• Website: http://www.musikologie.at

United Kingdom

Institute of Education, University College London

Course: MA Music Education

• Department: Culture, communication and Media
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Philosophy of Music and Music Education;
  • Sociology of Music and Music Education;
  • Psychology of Music and Music Education;
  • Critical Studies in Music Pedagogy and Practice;
  • Music Technology in Education;
  • Choral Conducting, Leadership and Communication.
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• Name: Alison Slade
• Position: Programme Administrator
• Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught/degrees/music-education-ma

Course: Mphil/PhD, EdD

• Department: Culture, Communication and Media
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Doctoral
• Areas:
  • Psychology of Music
    Sociology of Music
    Instrumental teaching and learning
    Music Cognition and Perception
    Musical Development
    Singing, Vocal Pedagogy
    Music Technology and Multimedia
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• Name: Dr Evangelos Himonides
• Position: iMerc co-director
• Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/research/degrees/education-mphil-phd

Goldsmiths University of London

Course: MSc in Music Mind and Brain

• Faculty: Psychology
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Music Perception
    Cognitive Neuroscience of Music
    Research Skills
    Foundations of Neuroscience
    Statistics and Experimental Design
    Research Project
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• Name: Val West
• Position: Programme administrator
• Website: http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/msc-music-mind-brain/

Royal College of Music, London

Course: MSc in Performance Science

• Faculty: Centre for Performance Science
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Psychology of Performance;
  • Musicians Health and Wellbeing;
  • Musical Development;
  • Research Methods;
  • Research Project and Dissertation.
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• Name: Rosie Perkins
• Position: Reader in Performance Science
• Website: http://www.performancescience.ac.uk/masters

Course: PhD in Performance Science

• Faculty: Centre for Performance Science
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Doctoral
• Areas:
  • Applied music psychology and physiology ;
  • Musical development;
  • Education, and expertise;
  • Social and economic sciences of music.
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• Name: Tania Lisboa
• Position: Research Fellow in Performance Science
• Website: http://www.performancescience.ac.uk/phd

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Course: MA Psychology in the Arts (Music)

• Faculty: Research and Knowledge Exchange
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Developmental/performance/social psychology and research.
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• Name: Dr Jill Morgan
• Position: Lecturer in Music Psychology
• Website: https://www.rcs.ac.uk/postgraduate/ma-psychology-music/

University of Leeds

Course: MA Applied Psychology of Music

• Faculty: School of Music
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Music education (instrumental and classroom);
  • performance;
  • community music;
  • music and consumer behaviour
  • music technology;
  • computer science;
  • social and developmental psychology of music.
  • The distinctive focus will be upon the application of existing research in psychology of music within these domains alongside the development of domain-specific research methods.
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• Name: Karen Burland
• Position: Programme leader
• Website: http://music.leeds.ac.uk/pg/mmus-applied-psychology-of-music/

University of Roehampton

Course: Postgraduate certificate in music and special educational needs (Sounds of Intent)

• Faculty: Education
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Music education
    Music psychology
    Special educational needs
    Sounds of Intent
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• Name: Arielle Bonneville-Roussy
• Position: Programme director
• Website: https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/sounds-of-intent/

University of Sheffield

Course: MA Psychology of Music

• Faculty: Department of Music
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Music Emotion, Perception and Cognition
    Social and Applied Psychology of Music
    Developmental Psychology of Music
    Cognitive Neuroscience
    Linguistics
    Quantitative and Qualitative Research Skills
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• Name: Ms Jo Burrows
• Position: Departmental Administrator
• Website: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/prospective_pg/taught/mapsychmusic/index

Course: MA (Part-time, Distance Learning) Psychology for Musicians

• Faculty: Department of Music
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Musical Development
    Psychology of Performance
    Music in Everyday Life
    Readings in Music Psychology
    Research Skills
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• Name: Ms Jo Burrows
• Position: Departmental Administrator
• Website: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/prospective_pg/distance/psychology

Course: MA (Part-time, Distance Learning) Music Psychology in Education

• Faculty: Department of Music
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Musical Development
    Psychology of Performance
    Music in Everyday Life
    Readings in Music Education
    Research Skills
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• Name: Ms Jo Burrows
• Position: Departmental Administrator
• Website: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/prospective_pg/distance/psychology

Course: PhD

• Faculty: Department of Music
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Doctoral
• Areas:
  • Music cognition
    Music and emotion
    Musical engagement over the life span
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• Name: Ms Jo Burrows
• Position: Departmental Administrator
• Website: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/research/areas/psychology

Course: BMus Music

• Faculty: Department of Music
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Undergraduate
• Areas:
  • Includes modules in:
    Year 1 - Sound and Science
    Year 2/3 - Music Perception and Emotion, Empirical Musicology, Psychology of Performance, Music Education, Community Music, plus Dissertation options.
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• Name: Jo Burrows
• Position: Departmental Administrator
• Website: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/undergraduates

Course: MA Music Psychology in Education, Performance and Wellbeing

• Faculty: Arts and Humanities
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Music, Education, Performance, Wellbeing, Psychology, Musicians, Teaching
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• Name: Victoria Berry
• Position: Marketing and Recruitment Officer
• Website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/postgraduate/masters-courses/distance-learning

University of York

Course: MA in Music: Music Psychology

• Faculty: York Music Psychology Group, Department of Music
• Language of Study: English
• Level: Masters
• Areas:
  • Music Performance Research
    Music Perception and Cognition
    Empirical Research Methods
    Music Listening and Emotional Response
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• Name: Hauke Egermann
• Position: Director of Programme and Research Group
• Website: http://www.ympg.uk

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