Overview

Throughout your course, you will have the flexibility to tailor your studies to your own particular interests. Alongside our core Mathematics modules in year 1, which will give you a thorough grounding in all the key methods and concepts that underpin the subject, we offer a wide range of practical and academic modules from one of UK's top music departments.

Career opportunities

Our recent graduates from Mathematics and Music at Royal Holloway University of London have gone on to enjoy successful careers in business management, IT consultancy, computer analysis and programming, teaching, accountancy, law, the civil service, actuarial science, finance, risk analysis, research and engineering, as well as in composition, music technology, publishing and the performing arts.

They are working for employers as diverse as KPMG, Ernst & Young, the Ministry of Defence, Barclays Bank, English National Opera, Surrey County Arts Service, EMI and Slaughter & May. Others go on to establish themselves as successful independent musicians and/or teachers.

Our Department of Mathematics is part of the School of Mathematics and Information Security and we enjoy close ties with both the information security sector and industry at large.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Calculus

Functions of Several Variables

Number Systems

Matrix Algebra

Theory and Analysis

Practical Musicianship

Creative Composition Techniques

Practical Composition Skills

A Very Short History of Music

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Egham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Mathematics Music View 367 other Bachelors in Music in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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120

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88

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67

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A Levels: AAB-ABB

A-level Mathematics at grade A

A-level grade A in Music or pass in Grade 7 Music Theory

Grade 7 in performance (where applicants are unable to take Grade 7, video evidence may be acceptable)

Applicants without A-level grade A in Music or pass in Grade 7 Music Theory may be eligible for the Intensive Theory entry. This requires Music GCSE grade A/7 or equivalent, plus performance at Grade 7 level. In term 1 you will be required to take Fundamentals of Music Theory, an intensive music literacy course.

Students wishing to take Solo Performance options will need to be of Grade 8 level at point of entry

At least five GCSEs at grade A*-C or 9-4 including English and Mathematics

All teaching at Royal Holloway is in English. You will therefore need to have good enough written and spoken English to cope with your studies right from the start.

Tuition Fees

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28500 GBP / year

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9535 GBP / year

≈ 9535 GBP / year

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