Music BMus(Hons)

About the course

Whether you’re a performer, composer, researcher, or a mix of all three, you’ll choose from a broad range of options on our Music BMus(Hons) course. You’re able to tailor your music degree to your creative and professional interests, preparing you for careers that fulfil your ambitions and harness your creativity. On this course, you can explore different musical styles, genres, and traditions, develop as a performer, and create your own music.

Options include popular music, experimental music, film music, world music, music analysis, and arranging, and you can choose to keep your music studies broad or to specialise as a composer, musicologist, or performer. You can also secure both short and year-long industry placements to enhance your prospects. This will equip you for a range of careers as a musician, whether performing, teaching, or writing music, or adopting a mixture of different roles.

Why study Music BMus(Hons)

You’ll study in state-of-the-art professional standard facilities, with access to a range of rehearsal spaces, recording studios, two dedicated concert halls, and a large selection of equipment and instruments for you to use.

Working with experienced tutors, internationally recognised researchers, and visiting industry professionals, you’ll also collaborate with our team of instrumental and vocal teachers. Visiting artists have included Matt Stiff (professional opera singer, former member of G4 and Huddersfield graduate), and Nitin Sawhney (producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and orchestral composer).

In terms of awards and accolades:

• We’re ranked 27th in the world for Performing Arts (QS World University Subject Rankings 2023.
• We we were the Queen's Anniversary Prize for our ‘world-leading work to promote, produce and present contemporary music to an international audience.
• An impressive 95% of graduates from this course are in work and/or further study 15 months after graduating (Unistats 20/21 data, UK domiciled graduates).

You can explore the latest new music in the annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and get up-close and experience cutting edge experimental artists at our Electric Spring Festival. You can also get involved in a huge range of ensembles, choirs and bands, including orchestra; symphonic wind orchestra; brass band; various classical and pop choirs; big band; funk, soul, and reggae groups; and a huge array of original bands and chamber groups.

If you’re interested in music composition, music performance, music technology, songwriting and more, this course will help you succeed.

Entry requirements

Entry is also possible for applicants who don't hold standard UK qualifications.

International and mature applicants who don't hold standard UK qualifications can provide a portfolio to demonstrate skills relevant to the course. If you would like to take our optional Solo Performance modules then we will also ask you to send us video links of you performing two contrasting pieces. You should have good technical ability and potential as a performer (roughly equivalent to the standard of grade 7-8 practical music making, where applicable).

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.

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