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Study at the first faculty of music in Spain and understand music as art, language and cultural engine. Train with a multidisciplinary curriculum and a faculty of internationally renowned researchers, composers and performers. All this in an online and flexible format, compatible with your vocation and your pace of life. Study at Spain's No. 1 University in terms of employability (U-Ranking 2023, BBVA Foundation). Limited places.
As Spain’s first faculty of music, UAX offers you a unique education that combines academic rigour, a multidisciplinary approach and professional application. With over six years’ experience and a teaching staff comprising internationally renowned researchers, composers and performers, our programme integrates the academic and scientific study of music from its historical, analytical and cultural dimensions. You will learn to research musical sources, analyse works within their context and develop projects that connect musical heritage with contemporary creation.
Develop your career with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary curriculum that allows you to specialise in different areas of the music sector. The flexible online approach, combined with support from technical and pedagogical advisers and access to real-world research projects, enables you to balance your passion for music with your professional development, specialising in the areas most in demand within the cultural and music sector.
You will gain a comprehensive education in musicology with direct professional application.
The teaching staff of the Bachelor's Degree in Musicology is an innovative, motivated and committed team, in contact with the world of work and highly qualified. Classes are taught by musicologists with a doctorate degree and extensive teaching and research experience.
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Bachelor’s Degree in Musicology
First Year
ANNUAL SUBJECTS
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80990 | Introduction to Music Theory Course | N/A | 0 |
| TOTAL: | 0 | ||
FIRST FOUR-MONTH PERIOD
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0181200 | Communication in a Foreign Language I | FB | 6 |
| S0181201 | Fundamentals of Musical Language I | FB | 6 |
| S0181202 | Musical Genres and Forms I | FB | 6 |
| S0181203 | Art History I | FB | 6 |
| S0181204 | Introduction to Musicology | OB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 30 | ||
SECOND FOUR-MONTH TERM
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0181205 | Aesthetics | FB | 6 |
| S0181206 | Fundamentals of Musical Language II | FB | 6 |
| S0181207 | Musical Genres and Forms II | FB | 6 |
| S0181208 | Art History II | FB | 6 |
| S0181209 | Introduction to Music Analysis | OB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 30 | ||
Second Year
FIRST FOUR-MONTH PERIOD
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0281200 | Communication in a Foreign Language II | FB | 6 |
| S0281201 | History of Music I: Antiquity and the Middle Ages | OB | 6 |
| S0281202 | Musical Notation and Editing Techniques I | OB | 6 |
| S0281203 | Organology | OB | 6 |
| S0281204 | Professional Communication Skills | FB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 30 | ||
SECOND FOUR-MONTH TERM
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0281205 | Music Analysis I | OB | 6 |
| S0281206 | Sources and Music Historiography | OB | 6 |
| S0281207 | History of Spanish and Latin American Music I | OB | 6 |
| S0281208 | History of Music II: The Renaissance | OB | 6 |
| S0281209 | Musical Notation and Editing Techniques II | OB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 30 | ||
Third Year
FIRST FOUR-MONTH PERIOD
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0381200 | History of Music III: The Baroque Period | OB | 6 |
| S0381201 | World Music | OB | 6 |
| S0381202 | Musical Thought I | OB | 6 |
| S0381204 | Sociology of Music | OB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 24 | ||
SECOND FOUR-MONTH TERM
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0381205 | Musical Analysis II | OB | 6 |
| S0381206 | History of Music IV: The Classical Period | OB | 6 |
| S0381207 | History of Spanish and Latin American Music II | OB | 6 |
| S0381209 | Opera and Zarzuela | OB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 24 | ||
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Elective | OP | 12 |
| TOTAL: | 12 | ||
Year 4
FIRST FOUR-MONTH PERIOD
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0481200 | Ethnomusicology | OB | 6 |
| S0481201 | History of Music V: Romanticism | OB | 6 |
| S0481202 | Music computing | OB | 6 |
| S0481203 | Musical Thought II | OB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 24 | ||
SECOND FOUR-MONTH TERM
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0481204 | Musical Analysis III | OB | 6 |
| S0481205 | History of Music VI: the 20th century | OB | 6 |
| S0481206 | Final-Year Project | OB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 18 | ||
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Elective | OP | 18 |
| TOTAL: | 18 | ||
List of Elective Modules
FIRST FOUR-MONTH PERIOD
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0381230 | Management, music and entertainment | OP | 6 |
| S0381231 | Music and Film | OP | 6 |
| S0381234 | Teaching Methods and Pedagogy in Music Education | OP | 6 |
| S0481230 | Music criticism and journalism | OP | 6 |
| S0481231 | Spanish and Latin American musical heritage | OP | 6 |
| S0481232 | Musical perception and expression | OP | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 36 | ||
SECOND FOUR-MONTH TERM
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0381232 | Music Cataloguing and Documentation | OP | 6 |
| S0381233 | History of Rock and Pop | OP | 6 |
| S0381235 | History of Music Education | OP | 6 |
| S0481233 | Music Education: Foundations and Curricular Principles | OP | 6 |
| S0481234 | History of dance | OP | 6 |
| S0481235 | A History of Black Music | OP | 6 |
| S0481236 | Musical iconography | OP | 6 |
| S0481237 | Music and creativity: cognitive elements | OP | 6 |
| S0481238 | Music, advertising and audiovisual media | OP | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 54 | ||
*Character: BT: Basic Training, Ob: Required, Op: Optional
Number of places for new students: 100 places
Entry requirements:
Alfonso X El Sabio University complies with the provisions of Article 15 of Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September, which establishes the organisation of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality.
Admission to Alfonso X el Sabio University will depend on the places offered and available on the degree programme, provided that the legal requirements for admission to the University, as set out in current legislation, are met.
The University reserves the right not to offer a degree programme if the minimum number of applications set by the University for its delivery is not reached; in such cases, it will duly inform prospective students.
Entry requirements:
Admission to the university will be granted on the basis of one of the following requirements:
The UAX regulations regarding admission criteria are available via the following link.
These regulations set out the documentation required to apply for admission to the degree programme, the enrolment procedure and a description of the general admission tests.
The following will be taken into account when considering candidates for admission:
Academic record: 70%.
Admission tests: 30%.
a. TCAP© Academic and Personal Competencies Test
b. Language test.
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In the case of students with specific educational needs arising from a disability, Alfonso X el Sabio University will provide appropriate support and advisory services, which will assess the need for any curricular adaptations, alternative study pathways or programmes.
You can apply to have credits from previous qualifications recognised easily and free of charge.
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If you wish to have credits from a Higher-Level Vocational Training Course recognised, please email info@uax.es or call 918 109 999.
View the Alfonso X el Sabio University Regulations on Credit Transfer and Recognition, adapted to Royal Decree 822/2021, here.
The recognition of credits within the official curriculum of this degree programme will be carried out by assessing the alignment between the skills and knowledge acquired through the courses undertaken and those set out in the curriculum of the corresponding programmes.
Recognition for university-specific qualifications: Maximum of 15 ECTS
Credits from the university’s own degree programmes may be recognised for core modules belonging to the degree’s field of study, the module ‘Communication in a Foreign Language (English)’ and the module ‘Communication and New Technologies’, as well as modules from the optional module, provided that the skills covered by these modules correspond to those acquired through the non-accredited university courses undertaken by the applicant.
Recognition based on professional or work experience: Maximum of 36 ECTS
Accredited professional or work experience may be recognised for the purposes of the Bachelor’s Degree in Musicology. This experience must be related to the competences inherent to the degree programme. Credits may be recognised on the basis of professional or work experience for core modules belonging to the degree programme’s field of knowledge, the module ‘Communication in a Foreign Language (English)’ and the module ‘Communication and New Technologies’, as well as modules from the optional module, provided that the requirements described below are met: Where accredited professional or work experience covers all the competences associated with a specific subject or module, the credits corresponding to that subject or module may be recognised. Subjects may not be recognised on a partial basis. The recognition of credits for work experience may apply to the following areas of professional practice: music teaching, musical performance, music management and production, music criticism, music documentation, composition, etc.
Six ECTS credits will be awarded for each year of full-time professional or work experience, or the equivalent in part-time experience. This duration refers to the professional or work activity carried out to acquire the competences for which recognition is sought.
The documents to be provided by the applicant are as follows:
Certificate of employment history, issued by the Social Security authorities.
Certificates from employers.
Other documents (for example: certificate of membership of a professional body, approved projects and registration for Business Tax), which, in the opinion of the panel member, may be considered valid to support the recognition.
The application may be supplemented by an interview with the applicant, during which a teaching team will assess whether the skills required for the subjects or modules for which recognition is sought have been acquired.
Only the following subjects may be considered for recognition:
Musical Artistic Expression (24 ECTS)
Art and Philosophy (18 ECTS)
Modern Language (12 ECTS)
Communication (6 ECTS)
Music Technology (6 ECTS)
Musical Heritage (30 ECTS)
Music Education (30 ECTS)
Contemporary Urban Music (30 ECTS)
If you have no previous experience in the field of music, as a student at UAX and through this 2 ECTS ‘Introduction to Musical Language’ course, you’ll have access to theoretical material for each unit, recorded webinars and practical reinforcement exercises. In addition, a tutor will support you throughout the course via messaging and live consultations, answering any questions that may arise during the course.
Lecturer: Ana Ruiz Rodríguez
Course objectives:
Course content:
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If you have previously completed another qualification, wish to change institutions, or are planning to study for a bachelor’s degree after completing your vocational course, at UAX we have the perfect plan for you.
Furthermore, if you wish to continue your studies after completing the Higher Technical Diploma in Automation and Industrial Robotics, you can request a personalised credit transfer assessment to gain entry to a university degree in the field of technology. The assessment will be carried out on a case-by-case basis, depending on the courses you have completed and the university degree you have chosen.
Find out about your personalised and free credit recognition plan, designed based on the studies you have completed and those you wish to undertake here.
Alfonso X El Sabio University has approved and published regulations in line with Royal Decree 822/2021 to address the transfer and recognition of credits.
A network of exam centres and spaces to enhance your university experience
Take your in-person exams at our designated centres in Spain and Latin America, so you can choose the location that best suits your needs. Centres are subject to availability and capacity.
Furthermore, as a student at UAX Online, you’ll have access to our Campus Hubs – a network of exclusive physical spaces where you can study, access libraries, work in co-working areas and connect with other students. Because studying online doesn’t mean studying alone.
Campus Hubs available in: Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Valencia San Vicente, Murcia, Barcelona, Málaga, Seville and Arganda.
Access is granted with your UAX student card, subject to availability and the opening hours of each centre.
Teaching staff
Study for a degree in Musicology with the best professionals
Teacher specialising in Music Education, graduate in Music History and Science, Master's degree in Spanish and Latin American Music and PhD in Musicology with an international mention. Editor of the Revista de Musicología (SEdeM). Specialist in early music, medieval codicology and musical palaeography. Principal researcher in the group "Musicology and artistic research" at UAX.
Graduated in Artistic Education, Musical Composition at the Stuttgart University of Music. PhD in Humanities with a thesis on the construction of perception in Peter Ablinger and Gérard Grisey. Master in Creation in Music Performance and in Cultural Management and Leadership. Articles in the publishing houses Dykensen, Doce Notas, Reia, Constelaciones, etc. Specialist in 20th and 21st Century Musical Composition.
Music journalist with 25 years of experience. He is currently part of the Culture section of the online newspaper infoLibre, which he joined after almost twenty years at Europa Press. He has also been a contributor to El País and El Independiente, as well as editor of the Spanish edition of Rolling Stone magazine. He is also the founder of the website specialising in music, Mercadeo Pop, which has now been running for more than fifteen years.
Doctor in Musicology and Master in Spanish and Latin American Music (UCM). He has carried out research stays at the Institut de Recherche en Musicologie, at the University of Salamanca and at the University of Nottingham. His main lines of research are Musical Theatre in Spain (17th-18th centuries) and Musical Theory and Treatises in the Modern Age. He was awarded the Prize of the Spanish Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize of the Complutense University of Madrid.
Graduate in education and professor of musical arts, Master in Latin American musicology, and in Hispanic music. Doctoral candidate in musicology. In 2013 he created the jazz-fusion group MECHA with which he participated in the festival "Sonamos Latinoamérica". PULSAR Award for the best jazz and fusion album, as a composer. He is currently part of the Spanish jazz scene and shares the stage with great musicians such as the drummer Naíma Acuña, the saxophonist César Filiú and the double bass player Mario Carrillo.
PhD in Literary, Linguistic and Theatre Studies with a Master's Degree in Training Teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language and CAP. Degree in Hispanic Philology. She collaborates with the GIELEN research group and has been part of the TICELE project. In addition, she continues with her lines of research focused on linguistic awareness, specialised languages and corpus linguistics.
Graduate in Musicology (RCSMM) and Master in Spanish and Hispano-American Music (UCM). He has focused his research on the study of Spanish music from the 17th and 19th centuries, with special attention to zarzuela, symphonic music and religious music, from multiple perspectives (genre, analysis, history, culture, iconography).
Graduate in Musicology, Master's degree in Spanish and Latin American Music. He began his doctoral thesis "El concierto público en el Madrid de Fernando VII". Between 2020 and 2023 he was part of the ERC DIDONE research project (ICCMU-UCM), editing eighteenth-century opera seria scores. Currently, he combines his teaching work at the UAX with his work as an editor in the REPERTORIUM project (ICCMU). He is the author of the critical edition of the Concerto in D major for cello and orchestra by Francisco Brunetti, published by ICCMU.
PhD in Languages and Artistic and Literary Manifestations, Master in Management and Direction of Cultural and Creative Industries and Graduate in Musicology. She teaches at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música "Adolfo Salazar" in Madrid. Her main lines of research focus on the music of the 18th and 19th centuries, music education and the work of the Segovian composer María de Pablos.
Ethnomusicologist and singer specialising in the oral tradition repertoires of the Eastern Mediterranean. Graduate in Philosophy and Master in Arts du Spectacle. Doctoral thesis where she analyses from an ethnographic perspective the halay community dances and their musical accompaniment. Her current research work is in the field of ethno-choreology, music of oral tradition, heritage processes, and the theory of performativity applied to ethnomusicology.
PhD in History of Art and Musicology, Degree in Geography and History (specialising in History of Art and Musicology), Master's Degree in Management of Cultural and Creative Industries. His main lines of research are music industries, symphony orchestras, orchestra conducting, music reception, professional ethics, music lexicography. TEIMUS and LEXIMUS research groups.
Graduate in Composition, Graduate in Audiovisual Communication and Doctorate from the University of Valladolid. Researcher of music in the audiovisual world, having obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies. Composer of the soundtrack for the series "Justicia Sangrienta".
Graduate in Musicology from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Alicante and Master's Degree in Spanish and Latin American Music from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He focuses his research on the Spanish Musical Theatre of the 18th century and the relationship between Women and Music in the 18th century.
Graduate in Musicology and Master in Spanish and Hispano-American Music. He is working on his doctoral thesis on the Rioja sources of Hispanic chant. Member of the research group "Early Music" and with experience as Research Staff, he has collaborated in the SEMM and Cantus Index databases. She has carried out a pre-doctoral stay at the University of Bristol and participates in the SEMM and ERC-RESOUND research projects.
PhD in Ethnomusicology with International mention and Cum Laude. Cultural manager and director of Más Jazz Magazine. Editor at DOXA Comunicación and Jazz Hitz, and external researcher at Organistrum. Specialist in jazz and sociology of music.
AmplificARTE is an educational project developed by the Princess of Girona Foundation that uses music as a transversal discipline and tool to work on the personal development and emotional well-being of young people, while promoting musical culture in educational centres, social entities and other spaces. At UAX, students of Musicology, Psychology and the Master's Degree in Teacher Training collaborate in interdisciplinary projects applied to Higher Education.
Collaboration with the Ellas Crean festival, a benchmark in Madrid in the recovery of women's cultural heritage and the promotion of new artists. Students from the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts have participated in researching historical female composers and promoting their inclusion in the academic repertoire. In addition, the students have worked on writing press releases for the festival. The results were reflected in concerts available on YouTube.
Hear first-hand accounts of the experiences of students at the UAX School of Music, be inspired by the creativity and ingenuity of our maker projects, and discover the career opportunities offered by the Online Bachelor’s Degree in Musicology.
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