MusB Music
About this course
MusB Music, focusing on composition, performance, and musicology. Core topics include Research Methods. Students study solo performance with professional instrumental and vocal teachers and complete ensemble performance modules.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB including A in Music
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 2 UCAS decisions for MusB Music (W302) at the University of Manchester for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is AAB at A level.
What students say
Based on about 29 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 83%
- Assessment and feedback: 76%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 76%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 74%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 70 students who started
- Continued on course: 81%
- Left higher education: 14%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 4%
What graduates do next
Based on about 15 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 45%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Skilled trades occupations: 5%
- Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 100%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 90%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 115 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 36%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 7%
- East of England: 2%
- London: 27%
- South East: 9%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 3%
- Scotland: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 40 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Tonality: Form and Harmony
- Sonic Invention A
- Sonic Invention B
- Approaches to Musicology
- Music and Its Contexts
- Solo Performance 1
- Tonality: Theory and Analysis
- Techniques of Tonal Harmony
- Musical Notation
- Analysis of Tonal Music
- Fixed and Electroacoustic Composition
- Interactive Media Composition Environments
- Harmony and Counterpoint
- Instrumental Composition
- Vocal Composition
- Music and Consumption in the Digital Age
- Music, Culture and Politics
- Solo Performance 2
- Ensemble Performance A (10 credits)
- Ensemble Performance B (10 credits)
- Ensemble Performance B 20 Credit
- Conducting
- Music Cultures of the World
- Introduction to Participatory Music
- Symphonic Music circa 1900
- Jazz Improvisation, Theory, and Analysis
- Composition Portfolio
- Dissertation
- Aesthetics
- Advanced study in Musicology A
- Advanced Study in Musicology B (40)
- Composition for Film
- Recital
- Modern Spanish Music: A Cultural History
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of MusB Music at University of Manchester earn?
The median salary is £25,500 after 15 months, £21,000 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £36,000. The £29,000 median after five years is £4,500 more than the UK median for Music.
What do graduates of MusB Music at University of Manchester do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on MusB Music at University of Manchester?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for MusB Music at University of Manchester?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 203 UCAS points.
How many students continue on MusB Music at University of Manchester?
81% of students continued into their second year, and 14% left higher education.