660 Cumberland St, North Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

Te Tari Pūoro, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

+64 3 479 8885

Undergraduate programs

Bachelor of Arts in Music. Three years. Studies include music in Western culture, in popular culture, in world culture, music materials. Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts. A cross-disciplinary program covering dance, drama, design, media and music. Bachelor of Music. Three years. Concentrations in performance (classical, jazz/rock), composition, music production. A fourth year may lead to the degree with honours. Bachelor of Education. Music may be taken as a teaching method.

Graduate programs

Master of Arts. In musicology, ethnomusicology. Master of Music. in performance, composition. Doctor of Musical Arts. Doctor of Philosophy. Doctor of Music.

Diploma programs

Graduate Diploma in Studio Teaching. Post-Graduate Diploma in Music. Specialisation in performance, composition, musicology, studio production. Post-Graduate Diploma in Arts. Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Education). Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary Education).

The University of Otago is New Zealand’s oldest university, being founded in 1869. The main campus is in Dunedin, but there are campuses also in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The Department of Music offers study in Western art music performance, contemporary performance, composition, musicology and ethnomusicology. There is a collection of early instruments and some Asian instruments. The New Zealand Music Industry Centre is an initiative of the Department of Music, aiming to provide contemporary music and studio production students with commercial opportunities in the music business world. It assists in formalising internships, making studios available for recording and production during university non-educational periods, providing avenues for production and distribution of appropriate works by students, and exploring opportunities for event management and production, marketing and promotion.

March 2022