The Bachelor in Music Education provides for the academic, artistic and professional requirements of those wishing to become music teachers at post-primary level (including Northern Ireland). Not all graduates choose to teach however. Some, on graduation, pursue further study at Master's and doctoral levels in performance, conducting, and composition and quite a few pursue postgraduate courses in the media and in the music business.The degree is taught in partnership with the Technical University of Dublin Conservatoire of Music and Drama (TU Dublin Conservatoire) and, on alternate years, with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM). The degree is an integrated course of study designed to equip students with a high standard of performance in their principal instrument (including voice) and a competence in related musical skills, such as conducting, keyboard skills, and performance in choral, orchestral and chamber music groups. The course also provides for a solid grounding in harmony, counterpoint, composition, orchestration, analysis, history of music, and Irish traditional music.
Which department am I in?
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Study options
Full Time
(4 Years)
Tuition fees
€22,070.00 (19,95,660)
per year
Accommodation (Kavanagh Court) - €305 per week.
Start date
September 2027
Venue
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
College Green,
Dublin 2,
Dublin 2,
Dublin,
D02 PN40, Leinster, Republic of Ireland
Entry requirements
For international students
Applicants must have completed a high school qualification equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate This is a restricted entry course, therefore applications must be submitted to the CAO by 1 February 2025. All applicants are invited to take a Trinity Bachelor in Music Education Entrance Test. Those who are shortlisted are invited to attend the next stage of the selection process where applicants are asked to perform two contrasting pieces on their main instrument to be played at the interview/audition. Successful candidates at interview/audition stage will be awarded points (max 200), which will be combined with Leaving Certificate/equivalent CAO results
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.