The Advanced Postgraduate Diploma programme (APD) is a two-year training programme that qualifies the student as a composer or songwriter at the highest artistic level. The objective of the programme is to equip the student with further qualifications for the employment market by augmenting the student's Masters degree with comprehensive studies in one or more artistic areas of research chosen by the candidate her/himself.

During the programme, the student will get experience and insight into self-dependent artistic research (practice based research) work and having the capacity to identify and contextualize current dynamic issues in one’s field. Furthermore, the student will achieve the ability to transfer one’s artistic practice and research capabilities to other fields and recognize any associated career opportunities, locally and globally.

The programme’s core focus will be on the student’s capacity to extend our artistic understanding and to communicate those insights in a fully realized manner.

The programme is aimed at professional musicians who have completed a Masters programme in rhythmic music, or who possess equivalent qualifications of the same standard, such as an artistic career at a high professional level.