University Master's Degree in Musicology, Musical Education and Interpretation of Early Music

Provides the methodological and practical tools necessary to develop updated and extensive research into musicology, musical education, and early music interpretation

Admission Official Master's Degree in Musicology, Musical Education and Interpretation of Early Music

Documents for admission

You will need to collect and scan the following mandatory documentation to attach to the online application.

  1. Academic transcript of higher studies with details of: subjects studied, ECTS (or hours).
  2. Degree/qualification corresponding to the academic transcript presented in the previous point (if you still haven't got it you can send it later).
  3. CV specifying education, knowledge and activities in the field of music, as well as (if relevant); research experience, publications, grants or subsidies received, professional experience.
  4. Medium-grade or high-grade music certificate, or subject transcript from a Conservatory or equivalent centre.
  5. Motivation letter
  6. For the instrumental specialty: send a link from Dropbox or YouTube or from other online platforms with free access, with a recording of a minimum duration of 15 minutes with several fragments of interpretation of the candidate using the instrument indicated in the application. It must contain fragments of different works or sufficiently differentiated parts of a complex work. This link must be sent by email to:
        Prof. Lluís Coll (
    antigamaster@esmuc.cat) - Màster de Musicologia, Educació musical i Interpretació de la Música Antiga
  7. If you choose the professional track, you must specify the instrument with which you pre-registered.
Remember that if the documentation you are attaching is not written in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese or Italian, you will also have to include the respective sworn translations into Catalan or Spanish.

If you do not yet have the degree because you are still completing the course, you must declare this in the "Situation of previous studies" section, indicating "Pending".

These are the compulsory documents for being accepted at the master.

Once you are accepted, registration will be required. If you have a foreign first degree, you will also need to bring the following documents for registration:

Degree qualification and academic certificates issued by institutions of the EU, signatory countries of the European Economic Area Agreement and Switzerland must be official documents issued by the competent authorities.
Degree qualification and academic certificates issued by institutions in countries outside the EU must be official documents issued by the competent authorities and legalised via diplomatic channels or, where necessary, via the Hague Apostille or the Andrés Bello Agreement.


All documentation issued in Catalan, Spanish or English is admitted, Documentation issued in French, Italian or Portuguese can be submitted for translation by the UAB Language Service. It is your own responsibility to do this, and to cover the costs. For documentation issued in any other language, the corresponding into Catalan, Spanish or English by a sworn translator or any diplomatic or consular representation in Spain of the country of which the student is a national, must be attached.