BA (Hons) Music Business in Birmingham United Kingdom | Birmingham City University

Birmingham City University | Birmingham United Kingdom
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP 16,085
(c. USD21,437.77)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months

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.


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.0

Qualification Requirements

112 UCAS tariff points.
GCSE English Language or English Literature and GCSE Maths at grade C/4 or above. If you do not have these or are not undertaking them, we accept other Level 2 equivalents, or we may ask you to pass BCU's GCSE equivalency tests.
BBC / 112 UCAS points
General Studies and Critical Thinking subject excluded
A maximum of 4 subjects are considered. These can be other A/S Levels (as long in a different subject) A-Levels or Level 3 equivalents.
International Baccalaureate Diploma - Obtain a minimum of 28 points overall

IELTS - 6.0 with no banding below 5.5.
TOEFL IBT - Overall 80, Reading - 20, Listening - 18, Speaking - 21, Writing - 19, PTEAcademic - 64

Tuition GBP 16,085

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