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Our BA (Hons) Music Business program provides the perfect foundation for aspiring music industry professionals. You'll cultivate inventive entrepreneurial abilities and creative strategies essential not only for entering but transforming the vibrant, multi-faceted music sector.
Based in Birmingham's premier media facility, you'll learn within a welcoming environment from faculty comprising both music business practitioners and scholars with real-world expertise. Our dynamic popular music research team shares current industry insights while actively contributing to global academic discourse and directly informing course content.
Career preparation
Graduates have secured positions across the music ecosystem including performance rights organizations, industry associations, concert promoters, recording companies, and music media outlets.
Notable employers include: NEC Group, Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony Music, Nuclear Blast Records, Punch Records, Barclaycard Arena, Symphony Hall Birmingham, O2 Arena, Birmingham Jazz Festival, Shambala Festival, Supersonic Festival, Swingamajig, BPI, Sony Music Entertainment, PPL PRS, BBC Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra.
Beyond specialized training, our Graduate+ initiative offers career-building resources including professional development workshops, employability events, volunteer opportunities, and part-time industry placements to broaden your prospects.