BA Music and Drama / Overview

Year of entry: 2025

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Degree awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Duration: 3 years
Typical A-level offer: AAB, including A in Music.

If you are not taking A-level Music, we require AAB plus ABRSM Grade 7 Theory.

Students wishing to pursue performance units should have the equivalent of ABRSM Grade 8 on an instrument or voice - preferably at Distinction.
Typical contextual A-level offer: ABB, including A in Music.

If you are not taking A-level Music, we require ABB plus ABRSM Grade 7 Theory.

The joint course with RNCM requires AAA, including Music.

Students wishing to pursue performance units should have the equivalent of ABRSM Grade 8 on an instrument or voice (preferably at Distinction).

Find out more about contextual admissions.
Refugee/care-experienced offer: Applicants who have been in local authority care for more than three months or have refugee status may be eligible for an offer two grades below the standard requirements.

Find out more about contextual admissions.
Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 35 points overall. 6,6,5 in Higher Level subjects; Full entry requirements
How to apply: Apply through UCAS

Course overview

Our Music and Drama departments are ranked 1st in the UK and are both situated within one building - The Martin Harris Centre (Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024).
Develop new writing, performance, and direction skills with our ambitious, student-led Music and Drama societies.
Learn from first-class instrumental and vocal teachers from the city's three professional orchestras.
Explore diverse areas of drama: from literary adaptation to street theatre, from activist performance to audio design, from playwriting to directing and experimental film cultures.

Discover Music at The University of Manchester

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Fees

Fees for entry in 2025 have not yet been set. For entry in 2024 the tuition fees were £9,250 per annum for home students, and are expected to increase slightly for 2025 entry.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

New for 2024/25 - Exceptional Performer Music Bursary

The Department of Music will provide first-year bursaries to support undergraduate students who have demonstrated exceptional levels of achievement in their instrumental and/or vocal studies. These £1000 bursaries will be awarded in the first year of study (2024/25 academic year), paid direct to students in two instalments.

More information, including eligibility criteria, can be found here.

Contact details

School/Faculty: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Contact name: Jamie Clark
Telephone: +44 (0)161 509 2871
Email: ug-music@manchester.ac.uk
Website: http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/music/
School/Faculty overview: See: About us

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