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Qualification
Bachelor of Music (with Honours) - BMus (Hon)
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Location
Main Site
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
22-SEP-25
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Duration
3 Years
Course summary
Whether you’re a performer, composer, researcher, or all three, you’ll from a broad range of options on our Music BMus(Hons) course. This allows you to tailor your music degree to your creative and professional interests, preparing you for careers that fulfil your ambitions and harness your creativity. You can explore different musical styles, genres, and traditions, develop as a performer, and create your own music, keeping your options broad or specialising as a composer, musicologist, or performer. This course will equip you for a range of careers as a musician, whether performing, teaching, or writing music, or adopting a mixture of different roles. You can also secure both short and year-long industry placements to enhance your prospects.
Why Study Music BMus(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?We’re ranked 27th in the world for Performing Arts (QS World University Subject Rankings 2023) and scooped the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our ‘world-leading work to promote, produce and present contemporary music to an international audience. Plus, 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’ll study in state-of-the-art professional standard facilities, accessing rehearsal spaces, recording studios, two dedicated concert halls, and a large selection of equipment and instruments. Working with experienced tutors, internationally recognised researchers, and visiting industry professionals, you’ll collaborate with our instrumental and vocal teachers. A range of artists will visit campus, too; past visitors include Matt Stiff (professional opera singer, former G4 member, and Huddersfield graduate), and Nitin Sawhney (producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and orchestral composer). Explore the latest music in the annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, too, and experience cutting edge music at our Electric Spring Festival.
Professional BodiesHuddersfield is a corporate member of the Independent Society of Musicians (ISM). At Huddersfield you’ll also study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree†so that you gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is. †full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerated or apprenticeship degrees.
Why Huddersfield?Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
Application deadline
29 January
Tuition fees
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University information
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University League Table
65th
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Campus address
University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, Kirklees, HD1 3DH, England
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Subject ranking
33rd out of 80
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Entry standards
/ Max 213131 61%49th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10069.0 69%37th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.18 79%20th
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