Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 60 months
- Start dates & application deadlines: Starting September 2027; apply before Dec 2026
- Language: English
- Delivered: On Campus
- Campus Location: Providence, United States
- Disciplines: Musicology
Overview
The program's distinctively flexible curriculum permits students to sample liberally from departmental graduate seminars, and also encourages them to explore course offerings in other academic units.
Features
- Students in the Musicology and Ethnomusicology program from Brown University begin learning about the methods and materials of music studies with core seminars in ethnomusicology and historiography, while creating individually tailored programs of further study that suit their scholarly and professional needs.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- The smaller size of the program facilitates close mentoring relationships with the faculty, allowing students to receive guidance about their research from scholars with a variety of interests and approaches.
- Recent dissertations have explored such diverse matters as Afrocentric consciousness in Brazilian capoeira, carnival performance in mixed-race South African communities, Scandinavian white nationalism and Turkish intellectual property law.
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
- TOEFL iBT: 90
- IELTS: 7
Other requirements
General requirements
- All applicants are required to submit a personal statement regarding their interests and/or intended areas of study.
- We strongly encourage applicants to submit a scanned image of the transcript at the time of application, which can speed processing; however, a final, official transcript will be required of all admitted students who matriculate.
- The Graduate School requires three letters of recommendation by persons well qualified to speak from first-hand knowledge about the applicant's potential for graduate study.
- Applicants to programs requiring the Graduate Record Examination must have their results to the Graduate School or, if applying to one of the programs in the School of Public Health, to a separate Brown University code.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International (non-residents): 103,632 AUD / year (≈ 71,700 USD / year)
- Out-of-State: 103,632 AUD / year (≈ 71,700 USD / year)
- Domestic (In-State): 103,632 AUD / year (≈ 71,700 USD / year)
Living costs
Providence, United States: 1,489-2,746 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
