Department of Music

Undergraduate courses

Our courses offer a unique combination of approaches to composition and performance, the history and psychology of music, ethnomusicology, jazz and popular music, music education, music technology and the music business.

Prospective undergraduates

Your career prospects

Postgraduate study

We are among the UK's top five music departments, and our teaching and research are rated as excellent.

Prospective postgraduates

Postgraduate taught courses

Research degrees

Distance learning

Facilities

We have lecture and ensemble spaces, a music library and other dedicated spaces for teaching and research. The purpose-built Soundhouse contains practice rooms and studio facilities.

About the department

Music library

Soundhouse studio facility

Research

80 per cent of our research was classified as 'world-leading' (45%) or 'internationally excellent' (35%) in the last Research Assessment Exercise.

Our research

Research areas

Research projects