BA Music at University of Bristol

Programme overview

The three-year BA Music course at Bristol offers you a personalised experience. Our staff include some of the world's leading experts in their fields. Our graduates have gone on to be: BBC producers professional performers and composers publishers agents lawyers teachers.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences | Department: Music | Duration: 3 years full-time. 6 years part-time. Part-time study with daytime, weekday teaching | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our three-year BA Music degree course is orchestrated in a way that builds your understanding of music, is collaborative and crescendos with a final-year extended topic. Year one – you'll take units covering music history, composition (acoustic and electro-acoustic), performance and analysis. Year two – you'll begin to pursue your own interests, with a choice of history topics relating to the cutting-edge research carried out by department staff.

Career pathways

95% of BA Music graduates go on to work and/or study within 15 months of graduating (Discover Uni 2024). Our music graduates thrive in a wide variety of careers including performing, conducting, composing, broadcasting, teaching, research, arts administration, publishing, events management, finance and librarianship.

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Application information

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, 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 W300).

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: 3 years full-time. 6 years part-time. Part-time study with daytime, weekday teaching

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

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