About this programme
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Composition - Advanced Postgraduate Programme is a Top-up & Postgraduate Diploma programme at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Frederiksberg, taught in English. It runs for 2 years. The register gives Frederiksberg as the campus town. It lists the degree as Advanced Postgraduate Diploma. The Royal Danish Academy of Music is an arts academy in Capital Region.
How it compares
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Composition - Advanced Postgraduate Programme is one of 4 English-taught Music & Performing Arts programmes at Top-up & Postgraduate Diploma level in the register, offered by 2 institutions. 3 of them list an annual fee for students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, from EUR 3,800 to EUR 7,750.
What you will study
The Royal Danish Academy of Music (RDAM) in Frederiksberg offers an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Composition taught in English. The programme runs for two years and is aimed at composers who want to develop their own work under guidance from several teachers.
What you study
The centre of the programme is your own composition work. Principal study tuition is typically divided between two teachers, who plan the teaching together with you. They give guidance on the pieces you write.
You can specialise in the area you choose. At Master's level the Academy offers special, modularly structured subjects such as musical theory, electro-acoustics, instrumentation and music production. These subjects exist so you can specialise as a composer in your chosen area and sharpen your professional skills at the same time.
Electro-acoustics is a real option here. The Academy has specialised teachers and good facilities, so you can work partly or wholly within electro-acoustics alongside your principal study.
How the programme is organised
Teaching is built around your principal study, with two teachers sharing the tuition. Weekly seminars bring together the Academy's own teachers and national and international guest teachers.
The annual PULSAR festival for new contemporary music, and workshops with Danish and foreign ensembles, are part of the study environment. The composition teaching staff includes professors and associate professors in composition, theory, instrumentation, arrangement and electro-acoustics.
Who it suits
This is for composers who already write their own music and want time, teachers and performers around them to push that work further. It suits someone who wants tuition from more than one composer, and who may want to bring electro-acoustics into their practice. If you like the idea of hearing new music played by ensembles at a festival each year, this environment is built for that.
Admission, language and next steps
Teaching is in English. Entry is through an entrance examination for composition, and the Academy lists prerequisites and regulations for admission, curricula and the structure of its study programmes on its site. Questions about admission go to admission@dkdm.dk.
Applicants from the EU/EEA and Switzerland study free of charge. Other applicants pay a fee set by the institution. Applications for master's level study go directly to the institution.
Job opportunities after graduating
- Composer writing for ensembles and contemporary music contexts
- Composer working with electro-acoustics
- Work in musical theory and instrumentation
- Music production
- Collaboration with ensembles on new music
Before you apply
For top-up and postgraduate diploma programmes the application route differs between institutions, so follow the steps on the programme page. Entry requirements and language tests are set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, residence permits and housing.
Facts on this page come from the Study in Denmark register, the official portal of the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science. Fees are in euros as the institution lists them. "Not recorded" means the register has no figure, not that the programme is free. Always confirm requirements, fees and deadlines with the institution.
Quick answers
Is Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Composition - Advanced Postgraduate Programme taught in English?
Yes. The Study in Denmark register lists it as an English-taught programme at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Only English-taught degree programmes are in the register.
How long does it take?
The register records 2 years of study. Confirm the study load in ECTS credits with The Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Where is it taught?
The register lists Frederiksberg as the campus town for this programme at The Royal Danish Academy of Music.
How do I apply?
The route differs between institutions for top-up and postgraduate diploma programmes. Read the application steps on the programme page at The Royal Danish Academy of Music before you apply.
What does it cost?
The register records no annual fee for students from outside the EU, the EEA and Switzerland, so ask The Royal Danish Academy of Music what applies to you. The fee for EU, EEA and Swiss students is not recorded for this programme, so do not assume it is free; check with The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Fees are in euros as the institution lists them.
Is this programme officially listed?
It comes from the Study in Denmark register, the official portal of the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science at studyindenmark.dk. The programme page at The Royal Danish Academy of Music is linked from this page so you can compare.
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