How to Apply
- The closing date for applications for 2012/13 is Friday 27 April 2012. Details regarding the interviews will be available on this web site in the weeks that follow the closing date.
- To apply for the course, please make yourself familiar with the application process at Trinity College. Please read the information at the following links:
Applications for the Music and Media Technologies course must be submitted online to PAC (Postgraduate Application Centre - at this web link: http://www.pac.ie/main.php?inst=tr&ln=e )
- Search by entering the following: 'M. Phil. Music & Media Technologies' (‘&’ as opposed to ‘and’). Reference number TRS64.
Otherwise you can search under Engineering in the 'select school' field.
- Queries regarding the submission of online applications should be made to:
Postgraduate Applications Centre,
1 Courthouse Square,
Galway,
Ireland.
Phone: +353-(0)91-549260.
Fax: +353-(0)91-563056.
Application requirements
Acceptance for the course is based on a combination of musical/compositional ability, academic record, technological capacity, reference, and interview. Please make yourself familiar with the requirements stipulated by the TCD Graduate Studies Office (relevant links given above).
(All relevant supporting paper documentation (non-TCD results, parchments/certificates, references and supplementary statement forms if applicable) you are required to provide as part of your application must be posted to PAC in one single envelope. Please also print your name & PAC Reference Number on the back of the envelope.
Please submit all documentation on A4 (or equivalent) size paper;
- Transcripts and copies of degree certificates are not required for qualification awarded by Trinity College, Dublin.
- Original documentation submitted cannot be returned.
- Please only submit copies of non-TCD qualifications at application stage and note that originals will be checked and verified at point of acceptance to course of study.
- All documentation MUST BE posted to the Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1 Court House Square, Galway, Ireland (PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY PAPER WORK TO TCD)
- This information must arrive by the submission date for the programme to which you are applying (or by the earliest submission date if you are applying for multiple programmes) your application can only be assessed when this information is received.
- Transcripts are used to document the performance of a student over a certain period of time by listing the course units or modules taken, the credits gained, and the grades awarded. The Transcript of Records provides a standard format for recording all study activities carried out by students. It is an essential tool for academic recognition.
Your application for the course should also include:
1. Curriculum vitae, providing information related to the course (to be posted direct to PAC)
2. Personal statement, this should take the form of a letter of introduction, addressing the reasons why you would like to do the course and why you think you are suitable (to be posted direct to PAC)
3. At least 2 written References must be submitted with all applications. (to be posted direct to PAC).
- For applicants that have left College for a number of years, please submit 1 academic reference and 1 from a previous employer. If however, you have not got an undergraduate degree, then 2 references from previous employers would suffice.
- As well as requirements stipulated by the TCD Graduate Studies Office, your application should include: a portfolio/evidence of creative work. This submission IS TO BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE MUSIC AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES COURSE ADDRESS, to reach us no later than the above mentioned closing date.
- The address is: Dr. Dermot Furlong, Course Director, MMT Application Portfolio 2011/12, Music and Media Technologies, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The Printing House, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
- Please also print your name & PAC Reference Number on the back of the envelope.
- Please note: due to the large number of applications that we receive, we are unable to return portfolio materials. If however, you would like your portfolio returned, please include a stamped-addressed envelope.
- The portfolio of creative work can include up to three compositional or production examples, or any relevant materials (including, for example, reports which demonstrate technological design ability) which are evidence of creative flair.
- Applicants should think of this as an opportunity to show off their creativity and ability so a diversity of work and styles is desirable. We are looking for creative and original work! Please provide printed details of work that is submitted on CD/DVD i.e. track lists, program notes
- Please note: for those without a Music Degree, formal music training to at least Grade 5/6 is highly desirable, but is not essential for entry. Acceptance is based on the overall competencies in evidence, of which musical ability (not necessarily the same as formal training) is regarded as being critical. Students applying for the course without formal music training must take the Music Theory and Aural Training subjects offered for the duration of the programme.
- Stipulated specific entry requirements would include musical ability, AND Undergraduate degree OR Mature students (over 23 by January 1st of year of entry) with relevant professional experience in a related industry or field.
Additional information
- See useful links for more information on Prospectus and Music Theory Classes.
Last updated: Jul 28 2011
