151 Music Degree Programs in United Kingdom

An unrivalled combination of academic excellence and conservatoire-standard performance.

In our Musicology & Ethnomusicology pathway, you can explore a wide range of music and approaches, while learning advanced skills in writing and research. Our Composition pathway allows you to both develop your compositional skills and explore other areas of music studies. You can also select from a wide range of modules across Arts & Humanities at King’s.

Are you an ambitious singer or instrumentalist, based in music notation, who is keen to develop a sustainable career in music? This performance-focused music degree will train you as a flexible performing musician across a variety of genres and styles. You'll explore classical, jazz, and popular music, while focusing on your own musical interests and identity.

This BA (Honours) in Arts and Humanities (Music) degree gives you the freedom to combine the study of different subject areas in the arts and humanities. You'll develop a specialism in music, exploring a range of musical styles, contexts and practical skills. You can combine this with a second specialism or choose to develop broader interests in art history, classical studies, creative writing, English language, English literature, history, modern languages, philosophy, and religious studies.

The MLitt in Sacred Music offers a unique interdisciplinary formation in Sacred Music for musicians, scholars, and leaders in artistic ministry. It is taught jointly by the School of Divinity’s Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts and the University of St Andrews Music Centre.

Kickstart your music career with our Music MA, specialising in Classical Music (Classical). 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. 

With our BA (Honours) in Music degree, you'll learn how music is created, study a wide range of styles, and unlock your creativity. This degree will broaden and deepen your understanding of musical practices, encompassing Western art music, jazz, popular music, and non-Western music. 

This new course combines the best knowledge and expertise from LCCM’s long-running music performance & production degree but with less emphasis on music theory and original instrumentation. The one-year programme combines a core module learning music programming and gaining important industry knowledge with optional modules in vocal performance, songwriting, artist development, music rights, the streaming economy, digital trends and mix concepts.

Our MA in Music is an opportunity to challenge yourself academically and musically in our lively and creative community while developing a specialism in performance, composition, music studies or music education. Placing an emphasis on flexibility and student choice, you’ll be able to personalise a significant proportion of your study, tailoring the programme to meet your career goals and ambitions.

On our Commercial Music MA, you'll build on your current skills and experience whilst focusing on a particular area of the music industry: Songwriting, Music Production, or the Music Business. You'll choose your modules based on your career aspirations, and work towards a major project focused on your specialism.

LCCM’s new BA (Hons) Commercial Music provides a comprehensive award for modern music makers with pathways suited to solo vocalists and rappers, DIY producers, ambitious DIY artists and creative executives. The new degree combines the best knowledge and expertise from LCCM’s long-running music performance & production degree but with less emphasis on music theory and traditional instrumentation.

This Diploma of Higher Education in Music will broaden and deepen your understanding of music through the study of a wide range of genres (including Western art music, jazz, popular music, and non-western music). You’ll combine practical activities, which involve making your recordings, with learning about the scientific basis for music and how it is heard and perceived.

The MA Music (Audiovisual Cultures) offers you a unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on music and the moving image.

Ready to refine your creative practice and expand your knowledge of music? Kingston University’s Music MA will give you the practical, theoretical and academic skills you need to broaden your career horizons in the industry and beyond. Studying an MA in Music at Kingston University could lead to a range of careers, both in the industry and in a related field.

Build upon your practical and theoretical experience of contemporary music production and apply a range of creative production approaches in industry-standard studio facilities. This course in MA Music Production will help you to develop the skills and knowledge to take your production ambitions further, nurture your confidence to work within the music and media industries and prepare you for further study.

This MA degree in Music introduces you to the diverse topics and methods of music research and equips you with the critical skills to pursue your own research interests in music. You will develop your ability to analyse and interpret musical sources and practices, to understand and apply theories to develop your own arguments, and to communicate effectively to a variety of different audiences.