BA (Hons) Music and Business Management with Year Abroad in Southampton United Kingdom | University of Southampton

University of Southampton | Southampton United Kingdom
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP 22,300
(c. USD29,864.38)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months

This BA in Music and Business Management program merges comprehensive music studies with business administration, equipping you for professional success in the field. You'll have opportunities to study diverse musical genres from classical and jazz to pop and commercial styles. Business courses provide insights into contemporary commerce. An international study component offers global performance exposure. Customize your education by concentrating on your preferred aspects of music and business, with options spanning from live performance to organizational leadership, therapeutic applications to promotional strategies. Spend a year immersed in another culture through our partner universities. Our students engage in diverse musical expressions - from opera and musical theater to funk guitar, classical oboe, and electronic music production. We nurture every performance interest through: weekly creative workshops with our expert faculty, prestigious performance collaborations with world-class artists, up to 20 hours of annual funded private instruction for soloists, plus group and conducting mentorship.


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

A-levels - ABB to BBB including Music, and Grade 6 (Grade B) in GCSE Mathematics, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard*

A-levels additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. *Equivalence to grade 8 is ascertained via audition. This can be done in person or by sending a video. We welcome students onto our programmes who are not at this level if their interests focus on other areas, such as composition, music technology and/or music history and ethnomusicology. We do not accept Music Technology as meeting our Music subject requirement. We can accept a pass in Grade 5 Music Theory where Music is not studied as an accepted Level 3 qualification. This applies to all BTEC Music courses and similar including UAL and Rockschool. We recognise Music practical and theory exams from ABRSM, Trinity, Rockschool and LCM. Specific offer is ascertained at interview.


A-levels with Extended Project Qualification
If you are taking an EPQ in addition to 3 A levels, you will receive the following offer in addition to the standard A level offer: BBB including Music, and Grade 6 (Grade B) in GCSE Mathematics, and grade A in the EPQ, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard*

A-levels contextual offer
We are committed to ensuring that all applicants with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise an applicant's potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme, as follows:
BBB to BBC including Music, and Grade 6 (Grade B) in GCSE Mathematics, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard*

International Baccalaureate Diploma - Pass, with 32 to 30 points overall with 16 to 15 points at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in Music, and Grade 6 (Grade B) in GCSE Mathematics, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard*.

IELTS - overall score 6.5 with other component (reading, writing, speaking, listening - 6.0)
TOEFL iBT- 92

Tuition GBP 22,300

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