BA Music and Business Management at University of Southampton

Build your skills as both a creative and a strategist with the BA Music and Business Management degree. Select modules from Music and the Business School, from performance and production to branding and innovation, and build a degree that prepares you for the fast moving world of the music and creative industries. You’ll have opportunities to perform, compose and produce music across popular music, classical, jazz, musical theatre, experimental and music for media (film, video game).

Faculty: Arts and Humanities  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Your first year will give you a fundamental knowledge of music. Management modules introduce you to basic concepts in business management, methods, models and technologies. In management, your second year will extend your knowledge of business principles while your third year gives you a range of optional modules to choose from.

Career pathways

Graduates commonly work in sectors including live music venues, concert venues, music service providers, local council and university libraries, education providers, museums and galleries, media groups, local and national government. Careers directly related to the course include musician, composer, sound designer, producer, artist manager, music teacher, promoter, arts administrator.

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