Overview

Bring your passion for music and drama to life with a degree that combines creativity and performance.

Studying Music, you will be taught by our world-renowned composers, performers, and musicologists who will encourage you to explore the connections between all three fundamental aspects of musical study. They will mentor your developing skills as a musician, music researcher, composer, and critic.

Careers

Studying this Music and Drama (Hons) course at Bangor University prepares you for careers across the creative and cultural industries. You will not only be equipped with the specialist skills to create, interpret, and critically analyse composition, performance, and theatrical production, but also valuable transferrable skills too.

Our graduates have gone on to work in a range of roles, in theatre, film, television, radio, journalism, creative writing, publishing, and marketing. Some choose to become teachers at all educational levels, undertake further training as arts therapists, or take up administrative posts with orchestras, theatre companies, opera houses or arts centres.

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Programme Structure

Courses included:

Playwriting

Theatre Making

Music since 1850

Solo Performance

Music as Cultural History

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-13 00:00:00

Language

English

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105

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75

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4

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PTE Academic

56

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IELTS

6

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bangor, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Music Drama View 356 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

Duolingo English Test

105

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TOEFL^® IBT

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75

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4

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PTE Academic

56

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

For all Music courses the ability to read staff notation is required.

Offers are tariff based, 96 - 120 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g:

A Levels: grade B Music**. General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted.
International Baccalaureate Diploma (including grade H5 in Music)
BTEC National/Extended Diploma in Music: MMM - DDM (including a unit demonstrating the ability to read staff notation or see**)
Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM - DDM**
City & Guilds Advanced Technical/Extended Diploma: Case by case**
Access**
Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted
Points from grade examinations are taken into consideration where appropriate, although are not normally included in the offer.
T-levels: considered on a case-by-case basis.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

19000 GBP / year

≈ 19000 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

9790 GBP / year

≈ 9790 GBP / year

Additional Details

Placement Year Fee £1,958

International Experience Year Fee £1,468

Living costs

Bangor

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

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Language

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Credits

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Disciplines

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English requirements

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General requirements

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Additional Details

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