Music: Popular Music and Recording BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Music: Popular Music and Recording BA (Hons)

Serious about a career in the music industry? Ready to join a course that’s produced Mercury Prize nominees, award winning entrepreneurs, and professional film and television composers? If so, our popular music degree is the right choice for you.

When you join this course, you’ll embark upon your personal journey towards professional musicianship, developing your performance, composition and recording skills while deepening your knowledge of how the industry works. You’ll receive musical tuition in the instrument of your choice, get to grips with the essentials of studio re...

Course Information

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Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

09/2025

Campus

Peel Park Campus

Course Address
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4WT

Application Details

Course Code

J931

Institution Code

S03

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

120

Minimum number of A2 subjects or equivalent - 2. To include a Music subject.

Scottish Higher

120 UCAS tariff points to include Music.

Access to HE Diploma

Pass Level 3 QAA approved Access Diploma to include music. 120 UCAS tariff points.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

31

To include a grade of 5 (Higher Level) in Music.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDM

To include a Music subject.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

120 UCAS tariff points. To include Music subject.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

English Language at grade C/level 4 or above (or equivalent) is required. Maths at grade C/level 4 or above is preferred but not essential. You must fulfil our GCSE entry requirements as well as the Level 3 qualification requirement.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

AS

AS levels are accepted in combination with Level Three qualifications; including A-levels and BTECs.

Scottish Advanced Higher

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Accepted in combination with other Level Three qualifications.

A level

B,B,B

UCAS Tariff Points 120 with minimum of 2 A Levels to include a Music subject. General Studies not accepted.

T Level

M

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