Course Overview
Delivered by a diverse range of industry and research-experienced lecturers, this course will enable you to respond to the changing landscape of the music and broader creative industries, making you adaptable and employable.
This course is designed to support you in following pathways that reflect your specialist interests in performance, composition, production, or other areas such as education, management, and research.
You will have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of your creative and scholarly intentions and mindset, with music as the primary medium for exploration and expression across a range of genres, including Classical, Jazz, Contemporary Commercial, Avant Garde and Popular Music styles (including Hip Hop, and Electronic Music).
You will explore music from practical and contextual perspectives and domains to develop your helpful, critical, and analytical skills and attributes. Depending on your specialism, you will experience performance in a solo or ensemble/band context with accompaniment provision (where appropriate). In addition, the practical application of orchestration/arranging and composition is emphasized through collaborative projects and workshops with instrumentalists. With modules that prepare you for careers in education and community music, we are also one of the few music departments in the country to offer an undergraduate module in Music Therapy.
General Eligibility
Our entry requirements indicate the Standard (minimum) qualifications with which we usually accept students. Competition for places varies yearly, and you aren't guaranteed a business if you meet the minimum qualifications.
Minimum Year 1
SQA Higher
Standard Entry Requirement
ABC
Grades AB must be from the following subjects: English, Music or Music Technology, Modern Studies, History, Psychology, Theology, Media Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Geography, Latin, or Classics.
Minimum Offer Entry Requirement
ABC
Grades AB must be from the following subjects: English, Music or Music Technology, Modern Studies, History, Psychology, Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies, Theology, Media Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Geography, Latin, or Classics.
A Level
BCC
Grades BC must be from the following subjects: English, Music or Music Technology, Modern Studies, History, Psychology, Theology, Media Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Geography, Latin, Classics, or Government and Politics.
Irish Leaving Certificate
H1/H3/H3/H4 at HL.
Grades H1 and H3 must be from the following subjects: English, Music or Music Technology, Modern Studies, History, Psychology, Theology, Media Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Geography, Latin, or Classics.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Award of Diploma with 27 points overall, including three HL subjects.
HL Grades 6,5 must be from the following subjects: English, Music or Music Technology, Modern Studies, History, Psychology, Theology, Media Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Geography, Latin, or Classics.
T Level
Grade Merit
T Level must be completed in an English/Literary subject, or an A Level in an English/Literary subject may be required.
Minimum year 2
HNC
Pass HNC in a related subject with A in the graded unit.
Minimum year 3
HND
Pass HND in Music or Music Performance with A in the graded unit.
Part Time Work Details
20 hours per week
Language Requirement
IELTS (Academic)
6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5
TOEFL Internet-Based Test
80 overall, with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 17 in writing
Pearson’s Test of Academic English
56 overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component
Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))
169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component
Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))
169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component
Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))
169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component
Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)
ISE III, ISE III, & ISE IV with a pass in each component
LanguageCert English language qualification
B2 Communicator Test with an overall 39 or above and 25 or above in all skills