Overview

The International Foundation Year - Music programme at University of Salford will prepare you to succeed in your undergraduate degree. It’s ideal for international students who do not have the right qualifications to get onto their undergraduate degree yet.

Once you pass the International Foundation Year with the right grade, you can choose to progress onto any of these undergraduate courses:

BA (Hons) Music: Creative Music Technology

BA (Hons) Music: Performance

BA (Hons) Music: Popular Music and Recording

We are ranked as a Centre of Excellence, by the British Council. This means you will get some of the best language teaching and support in all the UK when you study with us.

Structure

In the International Foundation Year - Music course at University of Salford, you will have a variety of class types, from small group tutorials to band work, individual tutorials and group workshops. Classes for English are streamed according to your previous subject knowledge so you will be with people at your level. You will have a maximum class size of 18 students for English.

There are different kinds of exams across the modules, ranging from traditional end-of-year assessments to continuous assessment and project work.

Programme Structure

If you opt for the Music IFY you will study the following five modules:

English and Study Skills

Introduction to Music Theory

Music Theory & Compositional Techniques

Foundation Musicianship Skills

Foundation Performance Studies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-08 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-30 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Salford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Music Musicology View 133 other preparation in Musicology 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

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

International Secondary School qualification equivalent to a minimum of UK 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English Language and Maths and three other subjects. You will also be required to provide a portfolio, details of which will be sent to you separately.

International and non-native speakers of English will be required to have a minimum of UKVI IELTS of 4.5 (with no less than 4.0 in any band).

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

14940 GBP / year

≈ 14940 GBP / year

Living costs

Salford

United Kingdom

500 - 800 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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Scholarships Information

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