London,
United Kingdom
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MA Music Therapy in London United Kingdom | University of Roehampton
University of Roehampton
|
London United Kingdom
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Qualification
Masters Degree (Taught)
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP
17,325
(c. USD23,201.81)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
24 months
This program offers modern psychodynamic music therapy education.
It provides instruction that prepares students with current methodologies for music therapy practice, enabling them to secure employment across healthcare and social care environments.
Alongside specialized coursework, students participate in interdisciplinary learning with other Arts and Play Therapies programs.
The curriculum integrates foundational psychoanalytic theories with modern applications, creating an adaptable framework for music therapy. A core focus on power dynamics and equity informs all aspects of training, from theory to clinical practice, helping students prioritize client experiences.
A distinctive feature is the collaborative teaching with related therapy programs, fostering diverse learning and exposure to interdisciplinary methods.
The course combines theory, practice, and hands-on experience. Our comprehensive teaching approach ensures graduates gain the knowledge, abilities, and assurance to practice as certified Music Therapists.
The program meets all educational requirements for professional registration, covering essential therapeutic techniques and approaches.
Expert instructors with extensive teaching backgrounds will prepare you for meaningful work in demanding yet fulfilling settings. Teaching methods include seminars, group discussions, reflective practice sessions, and experiential music-based learning.
Students develop foundational skills for safe, effective practice while learning to adapt and innovate based on client needs. The structured curriculum progressively builds theoretical understanding and clinical competence, enhancing employability. Self-care training helps maintain ethical, sustainable professional practice.
Clinical placements form the heart of the training, with students completing two supervised placements. University support includes reflective practice groups and supplemental seminars to reinforce learning.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Applicants will normally be required to hold an honours degree, usually in music. Other clinically related disciplines such as psychology, teaching, nursing, or social work, and graduate level professional qualifications in appropriate disciplines such as the performing arts, Occupational Therapy and Social Work are also considered where music skills are demonstrably sufficient.
Applicants need to evidence that they can meet the academic demands of a Masters degree and will be required to prepare and submit a written personal statement to support their application.
A professional standard of proficiency on an instrument (including voice).
Keyboard/piano skills of approximately grade 5 (where piano is not the preferred instrument) or equivalent ability on another harmony instrument, and confidence with voice. The potential to use musical skills in professional Music Therapy practice and the ability to communicate musically.
It is expected that applicants will have extensive experience either having worked professionally or having practiced extensively within their specific arts modality.
An understanding of the nature of music therapy as a distinctive discipline (in particular as practised in the UK).
Applicants should demonstrate a maturity of personality and self-awareness compatible with training as a therapist. Applicants need an appropriate degree of psychological mindfulness including the capacity to form and maintain appropriate empathic relationships with clients. They should also demonstrate emotional literacy, robustness and an ability to be self-reflective. This is addressed through a combination of assessments, including a health screening form, searching questions at interview related to different parts of the training course and experiential work at interview/audition.
Applicants will be expected to have appropriate clinical experience of having worked within a setting and with clients relevant to the programme. This might include working with children, adults or older adults in the areas of learning disabilities, mental health, hospice care, dementia care, neuro-disability, homelessness etc (this is not an exhaustive list). This work can be undertaken either on a voluntary or employed basis.
An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of at least 7 with no element below 6.5 for applicants for whom English is not their first language.
Applicants will be required to supply the names of two referees, normally one of these should be able to comment on the applicant's academic suitability and the other the applicant's clinical suitability for the programme. References are always taken up prior to offering a place.
In addition to these requirements, all students must be prepared to enter mandatory individual personal therapy. Payment for therapy is separate to course fees.
All successful applicants will need to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Payment for this is separate to the course fees.
IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each component.
Roehampton English Language Test- Mapped to IELTs scores, please refer to IELTS Academic above
TOEFL IBT - 89 overall with a minimum of 17 in Listening and Writing, 18 in Reading and 20 in Speaking
Applicants need to evidence that they can meet the academic demands of a Masters degree and will be required to prepare and submit a written personal statement to support their application.
A professional standard of proficiency on an instrument (including voice).
Keyboard/piano skills of approximately grade 5 (where piano is not the preferred instrument) or equivalent ability on another harmony instrument, and confidence with voice. The potential to use musical skills in professional Music Therapy practice and the ability to communicate musically.
It is expected that applicants will have extensive experience either having worked professionally or having practiced extensively within their specific arts modality.
An understanding of the nature of music therapy as a distinctive discipline (in particular as practised in the UK).
Applicants should demonstrate a maturity of personality and self-awareness compatible with training as a therapist. Applicants need an appropriate degree of psychological mindfulness including the capacity to form and maintain appropriate empathic relationships with clients. They should also demonstrate emotional literacy, robustness and an ability to be self-reflective. This is addressed through a combination of assessments, including a health screening form, searching questions at interview related to different parts of the training course and experiential work at interview/audition.
Applicants will be expected to have appropriate clinical experience of having worked within a setting and with clients relevant to the programme. This might include working with children, adults or older adults in the areas of learning disabilities, mental health, hospice care, dementia care, neuro-disability, homelessness etc (this is not an exhaustive list). This work can be undertaken either on a voluntary or employed basis.
An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of at least 7 with no element below 6.5 for applicants for whom English is not their first language.
Applicants will be required to supply the names of two referees, normally one of these should be able to comment on the applicant's academic suitability and the other the applicant's clinical suitability for the programme. References are always taken up prior to offering a place.
In addition to these requirements, all students must be prepared to enter mandatory individual personal therapy. Payment for therapy is separate to course fees.
All successful applicants will need to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Payment for this is separate to the course fees.
IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each component.
Roehampton English Language Test- Mapped to IELTs scores, please refer to IELTS Academic above
TOEFL IBT - 89 overall with a minimum of 17 in Listening and Writing, 18 in Reading and 20 in Speaking
Tuition
GBP
17,325