Majors of Studies

• BA Stud­ies
• MA Stud­ies
• PhD Stud­ies
• Post­grad­u­ate Studies
• Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Training

The uni­ver­sity runs the first and the sec­ond degree stud­ies, PhD Stud­ies, Post­grad­u­ate Stud­ies, Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing and extra train­ing courses. Stu­dents can choose from the fol­low­ing Majors and Spe­cial­ties at six Depart­ments in War­saw and one Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Ped­a­gog­i­cal Stud­ies in Białystok:

The first degree stud­ies (BA Studies)

Depart­ment of Com­po­si­tion, Con­duct­ing and The­ory of Music

• Major: CONDUCTING
  Spe­cialty: Sym­phony and Opera Conducting
• Major: COMPOSITION AND THEORY OF MUSIC
  Spe­cial­ties: Com­po­si­tion, The­ory of Music

Depart­ment of Piano, Harp­si­chord and Organ

• Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
  Spe­cial­ties: Piano Play­ing, Harp­si­chord Play­ing, Organ Playing

Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal Studies

• Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
  Spe­cial­ties: Vio­lin Play­ing, Viola Play­ing, Cello Play­ing, Dou­ble Bass Play­ing, Flute Play­ing, Oboe Play­ing, Clar­inet Play­ing, Bas­soon Play­ing, Sax­o­phone Play­ing, Trum­pet Play­ing, Horn Play­ing, Trom­bone Play­ing, Tuba Play­ing, Per­cus­sion Play­ing, Harp Play­ing, Accor­dion Play­ing, Gui­tar Playing

Depart­ment of Vocal Studies

• Major: VOCAL STUDIES
  Spe­cial­ties: Solo Singing

Depart­ment of Choir Con­duct­ing, Music Edu­ca­tion, Church Music, Rhyth­mics, and Dance

• Major: MUSIC ARTISTIC EDUCATION
  Spe­cial­ties: Con­duct­ing Music Ensem­bles, Rhythmics
• Major: CHURCH MUSIC
  Spe­cialty: Church Music
• Major: DANCE
  Spe­cialty: Bal­let Pedagogy

Depart­ment of Sound Engineering

• Major: SOUND ENGINEERING

Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białystok

• Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
  Spe­cialty: Instru­men­tal Pedagogy
• Major: MUSIC ARTISTIC EDUCATION
  Spe­cial­ties: Church Music, Con­duct­ing Music Ensem­bles, Music at School
• Major: VOCAL STUDIES
  Spe­cialty: Solo Singing

The sec­ond degree stud­ies (MA Studies)

Depart­ment of Com­po­si­tion, Con­duct­ing and The­ory of Music

• Major: CONDUCTING
  Spe­cialty: Sym­phony and Opera Conducting
• Major: COMPOSITION AND THEORY OF MUSIC
  Spe­cial­ties: Com­po­si­tion, The­ory of Music

Depart­ment of Piano, Harp­si­chord and Organ

• Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
  Spe­cial­ties: Piano Play­ing, Harp­si­chord Play­ing, Organ Play­ing
  New Spe­cialty — Piano Play­ing with Eng­lish as the lan­guage of tuition

Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal Studies

• Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
  Spe­cial­ties: Vio­lin Play­ing, Viola Play­ing, Cello Play­ing, Dou­ble Bass Play­ing, Flute Play­ing, Oboe Play­ing, Clar­inet Play­ing, Bas­soon Play­ing, Sax­o­phone Play­ing, Trum­pet Play­ing, Horn Play­ing, Trom­bone Play­ing, Tuba Play­ing, Per­cus­sion Play­ing, Harp Play­ing, Accor­dion Play­ing, Gui­tar Playing

Depart­ment of Vocal Studies

• Major: VOCAL STUDIES
  Spe­cial­ties: Solo Singing

Depart­ment of Choir Con­duct­ing, Music Edu­ca­tion, Church Music, Rhyth­mics, and Dance

• Major: MUSIC ARTISTIC EDUCATION
  Spe­cial­ties: Choir Con­duct­ing, Rhythmics
• Major: CHURCH MUSIC
  Spe­cialty: Church Music
• Major: DANCE
  Spe­cialty: Bal­let Ped­a­gogy, Chore­og­ra­phy and The­ory of Dance

Depart­ment of Sound Engineering

• Major: SOUND ENGINEERING
  Spe­cial­ties: Film and TV Sound Engi­neer­ing, Music Pro­duc­tion, Sound Engi­neer­ing in the Multimedia

Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białystok

• Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
  Spe­cialty: Instru­men­tal Pedagogy
• Major: MUSIC ARTISTIC EDUCATION
  Spe­cial­ties: Church Music, Con­duct­ing Music Ensem­bles, Artis­tic Edu­ca­tion at School
• Major: VOCAL STUDIES
  Spe­cialty: Solo Singing

From the aca­d­e­mic year 2010/2011 the first degree stud­ies (BA) and the sec­ond degree stud­ies (MA) at the Fry­deryk Chopin Uni­ver­sity of Music are run in an intra­mural and in an extra­mural form (depend­ing on the Depart­ment and the Spe­cialty).
Grad­u­ates from the first degree stud­ies obtain the pro­fes­sional title of licenc­jat (BA), allow­ing them to con­tinue their stud­ies at the sec­ond degree (MA) level. Grad­u­ates from the sec­ond degree stud­ies obtain the pro­fes­sional title of mag­is­ter sztuki (MA), allow­ing them to con­tinue their stud­ies at the PhD level.

The Rules of Stud­ies being in force since 1st Octo­ber 2010 (in Pol­ish)
The Rules of Stud­ies being in force since 1st Octo­ber 2011 (in Polish)

PhD Stud­ies

From the aca­d­e­mic year 2006/2007 the uni­ver­sity also runs PhD stud­ies, which are the third level of edu­ca­tion at uni­ver­sity.
PhD Stud­ies are aimed at broad­en­ing the stu­dents’ knowl­edge in the dis­ci­plines of the musi­cal art and cho­sen aspects of humane sci­ences and at prepar­ing them for research work. They also give the basis to write a PhD the­sis on top­ics refer­ring to the sub­jects touched on dur­ing stud­ies at the sep­a­rate Majors, which are: Con­duct­ing, Instru­men­tal Stud­ies and Vocal Stud­ies.
PhD Stud­ies at the FCUM have an extra­mural form. They last four semes­ters, each of which ends with a com­ple­tion depend­ing on meet­ing the require­ments spec­i­fied in the cur­ricu­lum. PhD stu­dents have the full stu­dent rights, i.e. the right for hav­ing a health insur­ance, using a library, sound library, rooms and instru­ments being a prop­erty of the FCUM. Par­tic­i­pants of PhD Stud­ies at the FCUM have their own stu­dent government.

The Rules of PhD Stud­ies of 18^th April 2011 (in Pol­ish)
Res­o­lu­tion on fees for PhD Stud­ies con­cern­ing stu­dents who are for­eign­ers of 30th May 2011 (in Pol­ish)
Doc­tor­ates in humane sci­ences: knowl­edge about art (com­pleted and in progress) (in Pol­ish)
Infor­ma­tion about the sec­ond edi­tion of PhD Stud­ies (in Pol­ish)
Infor­ma­tion about the third edi­tion of PhD Stud­ies – Enrol­ment 2011 (in Polish)

Post­grad­u­ate Studies

The Rules of Post­grad­u­ate Stud­ies and Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing – 28^th Sep­tem­ber 2011
Appli­ca­tion Form for Post­grad­u­ate Studies/Postgraduate Artis­tic Train­ing
Per­sonal questionnaire

Post­grad­u­ate Stud­ies in Com­po­si­tion (pdf), Enrol­ment 2011 (pdf) (in Pol­ish)
Post­grad­u­ate Stud­ies in The­ory of Music (pdf), Enrol­ment 2011 (pdf) (in Pol­ish)
Post­grad­u­ate Stud­ies for Pianists — Coach­ing (in Pol­ish)
Post­grad­u­ate Vocal Stud­ies (pdf) (in Pol­ish)
Post­grad­u­ate Stud­ies in The­ory of Dance – the fifth edi­tion (pdf), Enrol­ment for the sixth edi­tion of PSTD – Enrol­ment 2011 (pdf) (in Pol­ish)
Post­grad­u­ate Stud­ies in Ped­a­gogy of Aural Train­ing and Music Pro­grammes (pdf) (in Polish)

Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Training

The Rules of Post­grad­u­ate Stud­ies and Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing – 28^th Sep­tem­ber 2011
Appli­ca­tion Form for Post­grad­u­ate Studies/Postgraduate Artis­tic Train­ing
Per­sonal questionnaire

Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing at the Depart­ment of Com­po­si­tion, Con­duct­ing and The­ory of Music
Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing at the Depart­ment of Piano, Harp­si­chord and Organ
Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing at the Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal Stud­ies
Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing at the Depart­ment of Vocal Stud­ies
Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing in Music Pro­duc­tion at the Depart­ment of Sound Engineering