Musicology majors can apply for positions in the National Civil Service Examination for “majors related to this major or the subject category to which it belongs.”

In the undergraduate degree, musicology belongs to the category of music and dance, and belongs to the category of "arts";

In the graduate degree, musicology belongs to the art category.

In the 2017 National Examination, the positions for "Musicology" recruitment are:

Position (academic qualification);

"Second Service Division of the Retired Cadres Bureau" Chief staff member and below" (graduate student (master's degree) and above);

"Mudanjiang Railway Public Security Department Station Police Station" (undergraduate or graduate student (master's degree));

"Nanchang Railway "Public Security Department Station Police Station" (undergraduate students only); etc.