BA Music and Modern Languages at University of Bristol

Programme overview

This degree combines music with the study of your chosen language: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish. The course offers an enriching experience with exciting intellectual challenges and a wide range of options that will allow you to pursue your own interests. All languages can be studied from beginners' level or post-A level (or the equivalent), apart from Portuguese, which is offered from beginners' level only.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences | Department: Modern Languages | Duration: 4 years full-time. 6/7 years part-time. Part-time study with daytime, weekday teaching and a period of residence abroad | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This joint degree provides a wide range of units that allow you to pursue your own interests in both fields. In your first year, you will take units in music history, composition (acoustic and electro-acoustic), performance and harmony. Second and fourth years allow even more choice and your third year is spent abroad.

Career pathways

Students who spend time overseas ‘consistently achieve better academic outcomes, secure more professional-level jobs and earn higher salaries’ than those who do not ('Gone International: A New Generation’, Universities UK International, 2025). Modern Languages courses for 2027: BA Comparative Literatures and Cultures and Modern Languages: Study type Full-time only Course type Joint honours UCAS code QR21 BA English and Modern Languages: Study...

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Entry requirements

A-level standard offer: AAB including Music. Where a candidate is not taking A-level Music we will accept AAB plus Grade 6 Theory or Practical or Performance at Pass. A-level contextual offer: BBB including Music. Where a candidate is not taking A-level Music we will accept BBB plus Grade 6 Theory or Practical or Performance at Pass. BTEC: DDD either in Music Technology. IB Diploma: 34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in Music. Where a candidate is not taking Higher Level Music we will accept 34 overall with 17 at Higher Level plus Grade 6 Theory, Practical or Performance at Pass. Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers: Advanced Higher: AB including Music, and Higher: AAABB. Where a candidate is not taking Advanced Higher Music we will accept AB plus Grade 6 Theory, Practical or Performance at Pass. GCSE: No specific subjects required. English language: IELTS 7.0 overall with 7.0 in writing and 6.5 in all other skills (or equivalent). Apply through UCAS (course code WR30).

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). First-year tuition fee for 2027 entry; subject to annual review. Source

International applicants: GBP 32,500 a year (2027/28). First-year tuition fee for 2027 entry; subject to annual review. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years full-time. 6/7 years part-time. Part-time study with daytime, weekday teaching and a period

Apply through the official page: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/apply/

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