Music Business

Why Music Business?
This is a fast-moving and exciting degree, designed to help you become enterprising and create opportunities in the new music business.

We cover all facets of music business to give you a taste of it all. You’ll learn how to run live events, develop and manage artists and audiences, conduct sophisticated promotional campaigns and launch your own music enterprises.

You’ll gain specialist knowledge in music law and copyright, artist management, marketing/PR and events production and management. Most of all, you’ll be supported to build your own professional network from day one.

Our media centre lets you access modern studios, media suites and performance and broadcast spaces. You’ll work closely with creative arts, media and tech students, managing collaborative and large-scale projects on music festival stages, in national campaigns and at a range of live events and enterprises.

You have the choice of whether to pursue a three-year degree with short work placement opportunities embedded, or to opt for four years and add a full year work placement between your second and final years of study. Our professional network of staff and graduates is very well connected and proactive. We invite you to gain experience in all corners of the music industry, which you submit as practical coursework as you progress through your degree.

Why University of Gloucestershire?
University of Gloucestershire (UoG) is a vibrant, close-knit and diverse community where small class sizes and dedicated personal tutors ensure students receive guidance and support from day one. UoG has been offering a wide range of degrees, courses and apprenticeships at undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 1847. Alongside our strong support system, guest speakers, networking events and influential partnerships will help you prepare for life after graduation, whether that be in a successful career in your field or onto further study.

Our promises to you

1. UoG Career Promise – if you're not in a job 6 months after graduating, we’ll guarantee you 6 months of free support post-graduation should you need it, followed by the offer of a paid internship and lifetime career coaching (eligibility conditions apply).
2. UoG Accommodation Promise – we guarantee all first-year students’ accommodation on, or near, the campus you’re studying at.
3. UoG Connections Promise – offering thousands of placements, internships, clubs and societies to help students find their community and build valuable experience and career connections.

After the course
Your story doesn’t end with us at graduation. We support our graduates to balance purpose with ambition, and 95% of University of Gloucestershire graduates are in work or further study within six months of completing their course*.
*Graduate Outcomes Survey published 2024 and based on 2021/22 leavers.

Student life
Home to 11,300 students and 900 staff across four campuses, University of Gloucestershire offers dynamic learning environments on the edge of the Cotswolds, the UK’s largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With over 45 festivals each year, global business placements nearby and more than 500 bars, clubs and pubs, Cheltenham is known as the ‘Festival Town’, while Gloucester blends rich history with a modern city feel, from its iconic cathedral to its famous docks.

Visit us
Come and explore our campuses, facilities, teaching areas and accommodation. You’ll get the chance to attend course talks and meet our lecturers, current students and support staff and answer all your questions. Book to come to an open day at glos.ac.uk/BookAnOpenDay.

Find out more about this course at glos.ac.uk/OurCourses, email us on enquiries@glos.ac.uk or call 03330 14 14 14.

Benefit from a mixture of practical sessions, lectures, group work and work placements. The great majority of assessment is through coursework.