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Overview

Whether you're looking to pursue a career in management or as a self employed professional, on our Music Industries Management MA you'll gain a solid understanding of current industry trends and challenges in regional, national, and global contexts.

You’ll explore key elements of the music sector, such as:

• live music events
• music policy
• marketing and distribution
• recording and publishing

Ãå±±½ûµØ’s music department has a long tradition of future-focused education informed by cutting-edge research and practice.

You’ll utilise our extensive connections with global professional and industry bodies. The valuable insights of our network influences our teaching and provides industry research projects, engaging with contemporary issues.

Your studies will lead towards a major research project. On this project you can dive deep into a topic of interest, or tackle a project set by one of our industry partners based on a specific research brief.

Quality and ranking

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What you'll learn

As a Music Industries Management Master’s student, you’ll learn about:

• Employment, self-employment and freelancing in the music industries
• Current issues facing the music industries and creative sector
• Key approaches to theorising, analysing and formulating research problems for the music industries
• The social, cultural, economic and political contexts in which music and creative sector practitioners and organisations are working
• Production processes and professional practices relevant to live and recorded music
• The past, present and future development of the music industry
• The types of organisations the global music industries interact with

Through collaboration with researchers, policy experts and industry professionals and organisations, you’ll explore innovative responses to challenges and opportunities in the music industries. You'll gain a versatile set of skills applicable to the music and wider creative sectors.

Modules

You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.

Course content changes

The module information below is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions.

Optional modules availability

Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

 

Music Industries Management MA full time modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Researching Music	20
Music & the Creative Economy: Concepts and Practices	20
Live Music Events	20
The Recording Industry, IP and AI	20
Final Research Project	60
Creative and Cultural Sectors: Past, Present, Future	20

 

Optional Modules	Credits
Pedagogical Technology in Music Education	20
Music Education, Community & Wellbeing	20

With the approval of the Degree Programme Director and depending upon the academic background of the candidate, alternative optional modules to those listed above may be selected. 

How you'll learn

Delivery and teaching methods

You’ll be taught using a range of methods, including:

• Lectures
• Interactive seminars
• Practice-based workshops
• Small group tutorials
• Guided independent study
• Case studies

Assessment methods

Depending on your modules, you'll be assessed through a combination of:

• Case study
• Essay
• Oral presentation
• Portfolio
• Report
• Research paper
• Written exercise

Student support

Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to support from:

• academic staff
• personal tutors and research supervisors
• our University Student Services Team
• student representatives
• peers

You'll also be assigned an academic member of staff, who will be your personal tutor throughout your time with us. They can help with academic and personal issues.

Your teaching and learning is also supported by Canvas. Canvas is a Virtual Learning Environment. You'll use Canvas to submit your assignments and access your:

• module handbooks
• course materials
• groups
• course announcements and notifications
• written feedback

 

Pre-Master’s and English Language courses

Need an alternative route to study this course? Our International Study Centre offers Pre-Master’s degrees and English language courses to prepare you for study. 

 

Your future

Professional skills

Develop problem-solving, analytical and planning strategies for the music industries through professional research and optional real-world project-based learning.

You’ll write confidently for a range of audiences and enhance your teamwork and collaboration skills.

Practical skills

Gain the confidence to work with peers, musicians, and creative professionals, communicating effectively across cultures.

You’ll learn to advocate for the music industries and their significance within a variety of contexts relating to the cultural and creative sectors.

You’ll also gain experience of industry-relevant project planning and skills in network building.

Careers

On our programme you'll prepare for a career in the music industry or other creative sectors. You'll have the opportunity to build networks and apply your skills in practice. You could find work in a range of roles including:

• artist management
• live music
• music publishing
• project and event management
• music marketing
• creative production

Our Careers Service

Our expert Careers Service is here to help you take the next steps in your professional life. We will support you while you’re studying with us and for up to three years after you graduate.

You will have access to expert one-to-one advice and guidance through our campus careers centre and online, along with digital resources, workshops, networking opportunities, and careers and recruitment events.

We’ve been awarded 5 QS Stars for Student Employability (2025). Many of our degrees are shaped by strong links with national and international businesses. We are committed to helping you access real-world experience opportunities and develop key skills through paid work placements and internships.

Visit our Careers Service website

Facilities

We have outstanding specialist music facilities including studios and performance spaces. Our £4.5m purpose-built Music Studios were designed with performance, multimedia and studio-based work in mind.

Read more about out the facilities in our Music department

Our facilities include:

• two professional-grade recording studios
• a range of recently refurbished rehearsal and performance spaces
• a work area with PCs featuring specialist music software
• a project room equipped with 5.1 mixing system
• a full range of recently refurbished teaching facilities, including a 100-seat lecture theatre, two 50 seat lecture theatres and three 25-seater seminar room
• a large student common room and a new refreshments and social lounge

The University Library provides access to:

• extensive music collections (including a number of important manuscript and microfilm collections)
• subscriptions to many specialist music journals
• a significant body of online resources

See more about the University Library's special collections

Fees, Funding and Scholarships

Tuition fees for 2026 entry (per year)

Home students - Arts and Cultures Postgraduate Taught Scholarships (2025 entry)

The School of Arts and Cultures is pleased to offer £2,000 tuition fee awards for outstanding home applicants who apply to commence full-time studies on this degree for 2025 entry. Read more.

Tuition fee increases

As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.

EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals - tuition fee status

Depending on your residency history, if you’re a student from the EU, other EEA or a Swiss national, with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you’ll normally pay the ‘Home’ tuition fee rate and may be eligible for Student Finance England support.

EU students without settled or pre-settled status will normally be charged fees at the ‘International’ rate and will not be eligible for Student Finance England support. You may be eligible for a scholarship worth 25% off the international fee. Search our funding database. 

If you are unsure of your fee status, check out the latest guidance .

Scholarships

We support our EU and international students by providing a generous range of Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships. See our searchable postgraduate funding page for more information. 

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What you're paying for

Tuition fees include the costs of:

• matriculation
• registration
• tuition (or supervision)
• library access
• examination
• re-examination
• graduation

Find out more about:

• living costs
• tuition fees

Deposit

If you are an international student or a student from the EU, EEA or Switzerland and you need a visa to study in the UK, you may have to pay a deposit.

You can check this in the How to apply section.

Funding deadlines

If you're applying for funding, always check the funding application deadline. This deadline may be earlier than the application deadline for your course.

For some funding schemes, you need to have received an offer of a place on a course before you can apply for the funding.

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