The term music is taken from the Greek word ‘mousike’ or the art of the Muses. It is an art form which has sound as its vehicle. Many Indian colleges as well as universities provide students with graduate as well as postgraduate courses in addition to diploma courses in Music. The students will be required to write an admission test in order to gain admission into an institute that offers these courses. The list of some of these exams is given below.

List of Entrance Exams

• Bhatkhande Music Institute University Lucknow Entrance Exam
• Annamalai University Entrance Exam
• Banaras Hindu University of Performing Arts Entrance Exam
• Bangalore University Entrance Exam
• Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Entrance Exam
• Chennai Government College of Music Entrance Exam
• Indian Institute of Fine Arts Entrance Exam
• Mahatma Gandhi University Entrance Exam
• University Of Kerala – Faculty of Arts Entrance Exam
• Shri Sankarayacharya University of Sanskrit Entrance Exam

List of Courses

Graduate Programme

• Bachelor of Performing Arts
• B.A. (Hons) in Classical Vocal Music
• B.A. (Hons) Music
• B.A. Music
• B.A. (Hons) in Rabindra Sangeet
• B.A. / B.Sc. Combination of Music
• Bachelor of Music (B. Music)

Eligibility Criteria

Students who seek to join this course ought to have a pass in class 12 from any stream.

Postgraduate Programme

• Master of Performing Arts
• PhD
• M.A. Music
• Master of Music (M. Music)
• M.Phil. Music

Eligibility Criteria

Those candidates who have graduate degree in the related field can apply for this program.

Diploma Programme

• Diploma Proficiency course in Music
• Diploma in Folk Music
• Diploma in Music
• Certificate Course in Music
• Certificate Course in Instruments

Eligibility Criteria

To apply for these courses, the students are supposed to have a pass in their higher secondary class.

Career Prospect

Students who have finished their musical education can find jobs with many leading companies across India. Many Government departments of public relations and culture hire graduates of music. It is also possible for them to work as Music Therapists in hospitals as teachers or work with television programmes like the Doordarshan. In addition to this, students of music can find employment with magazines as well as Newspapers as music correspondents or critics. The remuneration of the students is based upon their field of expertise as well as the type of the company that employs them.