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Applied Music

  • 1 Study option
  • Undergraduate
6 Campuses
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University of the Highlands and Islands
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Course summary

Prepare yourself for the music industry of the future on this acclaimed course, studying any genre or style of your choice in your home region. Exploring traditional, Celtic, pop, jazz, classical, and rock genres, explore the culture of the Highlands and Islands, with focus on application of music in a variety of professional contexts.

Learn from professionals at the top of their fields, and develop skills in performance, education, recording, creative production, business, enterprise, networking, and communication, helping you access opportunities close to home and internationally. With many graduates successfully employed in fields such as performance, education, touring, research, and music business, join a programme with excellent industry connections and get your career in applied music off to an excellent start.

If you have any questions, please email us using the email address on our website.

Modules

Module outline

Year 1 - CertHE

Core modules are:

  • Creativity is more important than knowledge

  • Ensemble 1

  • Music in its widest context: social, cultural, historical

  • Performance practice 1

  • Remote digital music collaboration

You will also choose one option module which may include:

  • Gaelic for learners 1A

  • Music and the creative industries: the portfolio musician

  • Music sync and placement

Year 2 - DipHE

Core modules are:

  • Creation through technology

  • Creative skills

  • Music, power and commerce

  • Performance practice 2

  • The effective contributor

You will also choose one option module which may include:

  • Gaelic for learners 1A

  • Music in the creative industries

  • Music sync and placement

Year 3 - BA

Core modules are:

  • Applied music research skills

  • Creative identity

  • Creative technology applications

  • Music in educational and community contexts 1

  • Music in the arts and society

  • Professional practice

Year 4 - BA (Hons)

You will study the following core modules:

  • Applied music: critique and evaluation

  • Applied music: performance, creation or research

  • Music and culture

  • Music in educational and community contexts 2

  • Sustainable creative endeavour

This outline reflects the modules as currently delivered and is subject to change.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Argyll
  • Moray
  • North, West and Hebrides
  • Orkney
  • Perth
  • Shetland

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 4 Years

Start dates

Application codes

Institution code:
H49

How to apply

Application codes

Institution code:
H49

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
BB

Scottish Higher
ABB

UHI does not use Tariff points, and accepts a range of qualifications. Applicants with other relevant qualifications or experience will be considered on an individual basis. https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/courses/ba-hons-applied-music/

Additional entry requirements

Audition
You will be required to attend an audition and interview to assess your technical ability
Interview
You will be required to attend an audition and interview to assess your technical ability
Other
Additional entry requirements for performers: Grade 7 Associated Board or Trinity College or equivalent on first instrument (including grade 5 music theory or equivalent)

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6with no element below 5.5
PTE Academic5959 average with 59 in each component
TOEFL (iBT)78Min 78 or above with min 18 in each section

Our programmes are taught and examined in English. To make the most of your studies, you must be able to communicate fluently and accurately in spoken and written English in an academic environment and provide certified proof of your competence before starting your course. Please note that English language tests need to have been taken no more than two years prior to the start date of the course. The minimum English language requirements to study at the University of the Highlands and Islands are detailed below:https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/studying-at-uhi/international/international-courses/eligibility/english-language-requirements/

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

UHI is committed to achieving widening access, and achieving a fair balance of entrants to higher education. Widening access can be broadly defined as ‘ensuring fair access to higher education’. Widening access is principally about ensuring that those who have the ability and potential to benefit from a higher education, irrespective of their background or economic circumstances can do so.

Learn more on the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) website

International entry requirements

This course is not currently available for Student Route visa sponsorship. International students (including EU/EEA and Swiss nationals without settled status in the UK) can study the course from their home country. For students living in the UK and assessed as international for fee status, please refer to our website fees page for further information. https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/studying-at-uhi/international/

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
Scotland£1820*
England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£6805*
EU & International£7505*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

This course is not available to students requiring Student Route visa sponsorship to study here.

For course specific fees information please refer to the Fees/funding tab on the university website course page.

You can also find information on additional funding available such as bursaries and scholarships at https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/studying-at-uhi/first-steps/how-much-will-it-cost/funding-your-studies/bursaries-and-scholarships/

Sponsorship information

Scholarships, Bursaries, Awards and Discretionary Funds

Further information on funding, scholarships and bursaries can be found on our website.

https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/studying-at-uhi/how-much-will-it-cost/funding-your-studies/bursaries-and-scholarships/

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