19 Composition Degree Programs in United Kingdom

This programme provides professional training in composition for screen media. Taught by staff and guest composers from the professional world, you will develop a strong technological foundation in the subject, along with a specialist understanding of television and screen scoring.

Highly creative, research-based and tailored to your personal interests, ICMP's MA Songwriting supports you to develop a substantial creative songwriting project of your choosing – typically a debut album. Covering all aspects of songwriting practice, you’ll follow your individual creative path while launching a bespoke portfolio career in songwriting.

Kickstart your music career with our Music MA, specialising in composition. This practical postgraduate degree is designed to develop your art form and enhance your musical skills, professional approach, and innovative thinking, equipping you for the dynamic nature of today's music industry

Work with professional filmmakers, composers and animators. Kingston University’s MMus in Composing for Film and Television will help you refine your skills, deepen your practice and start creating at a whole new level. While you study, you’ll benefit from top quality teaching at Kingston University. We’re ranked Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework, and our experienced academic staff are active performers, composers and producers themselves.

Here at BIMM, we know that today’s music industry highly values – and requires –multi-skilled music professionals. This can be seen in the line between songwriter and producer often blurring. For example, many songwriters act as producers, while many producers write or co-write songs. With the BA (Hons) Songwriting and Music Production degree, you’ll graduate with the essential skills to produce music in a recording studio and develop your songwriting technique for multiple genres.

Launch your career in music with our MA in Popular Music (Writer Performer). Designed to empower you with a blend of musical expertise, a professional mindset and creative ingenuity, this postgraduate degree will prepare you to enter the ever-changing landscape of the modern music industry.

Launch your career as a songwriter with our MA in Popular Music, specialising in songwriting. Designed to empower you with a blend of musical expertise, a professional mindset and creative ingenuity, this postgraduate degree will prepare you to enter the ever-changing landscape of the modern music industry.

The Critical and Experimental Composition MMus at the University of Leeds offers a unique opportunity to enhance your compositional creativity and technical skills under the guidance of experienced fa...

A Level Music offers students an opportunity to learn and develop an understanding of music history, composition and performance. The new A- level aims to equip pupils with the necessary tools to study music at university level or potentially gain a job in the music industry. The new AS level provides the student with a solid understanding of the basic tenants of performance, composition and music history.

The RNCM Bachelor of Music with Honours (BMus Hons) degree supports the education of creative, inquisitive, well-rounded musicians, complementing your passion for performance or composition with academic and professional training to the highest standard.

The course involves performing, composing, listening to and analysing music. You will improve your skills as a performer and composer studying both ‘classical’ and ‘popular’ styles of music. You will listen to and analyse a wide variety of music, developing a more informed appreciation of how, and why, it was written. Examples of the music you will study: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Abba, Stevie Wonder, Oasis, Metallica, Haydn, Mozart, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Debussy and Stravinsky.

The Creative Artist study-route provides its students with the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to discover and channel their inner-artist, covering a combination of songwriting, performance, production and business modules.

Get a practical introduction to the mechanics of songwriting and meet established songwriters with this free online course.

The Commercial Songwriting programme provides its students with the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to discover and channel their inner-songwriter, covering a combination of lyric creation, score production, music industry studies, song arrangement, writing for original artists, co-writing, writing to brief for Film, TV and Sync, recorded music production, audio design for video games, music publishing and rights management.

Forge your musical future – with pathways in Performance, Songwriting, Popular Music, and Community and Education.