Music The University of Manchester

Overview

The Music course offered at The University of Manchester allows you to build upon existing interests while discovering new forms and traditions of music and new ways of understanding, performing, and creating music.

Course content content is regularly updated based on our research to reflect the latest findings in music scholarship.

You will also receive support in preparing for the workplace; our graduates go on to work in the music profession, the creative industries and beyond.

You will learn from internationally recognised academics and a roster of professional instrumental and vocal tutors drawn from Manchester and the wider north-west.

Career opportunities

A Music degree from Manchester provides excellent training for a host of careers, both within and outside of Music.

Employers will recognise that you are dedicated, creative, versatile, an excellent team player, highly organised, can work independently, and have exceptional powers of concentration. Graduate career destinations include: 

• Digital Content Producer, BBC;
• VoiceLab Manager, Southbank Centre;
• NHS Graduate Management Scheme;
• Accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers;
• Music Supervisor, PlayNetwork;
• Account Manager, Saatchi & Saatchi;
• Composer, Faber Music;
• Executive Director, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) .