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Music Production

Course details
  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-Time
  • September 2027
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Ormskirk (Main Campus)

Course summary

Create, record and perform your own songs in an environment where your artistic talent will be nurtured. You’ll develop your craft in our well-equipped, on-campus studios. And specialist modules will help broaden your appreciation of music and sound.

Ready to develop and unleash your creative potential? Studying our music production course, you’ll uncover music and sound’s diverse characteristics by exploring technology, sound design, composition, production and mastering, and social media. And we’ll share advice on how to search for jobs in the music business.

The course includes studio practice, songwriting and recording, production and mastering, arranging popular music and composing for film. You’ll explore the areas that interest you, using professional equipment in our studios. Our Creative Arts buildings include three recording studios, two television studios, two theatres, and many rehearsal spaces.

You’ll feel part of the industry even as a student. We regularly invite our connections to give guest lectures, so you can build your network and explore real challenges facing professionals. So when you finish your degree you’ll be ready to kick-start your career in the music industry.

Modules

Course Modules

Please visit our website for information on available modules.

http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/course/music-production

Assessment method

The programme is assessed entirely by coursework. This includes practical desktop (DAW/MIDI) and studio-based recording assignments, report writing, blogs, videos and oral presentations. You will also have the opportunity to complete a dissertation or practical project in the final year of the programme.

There are no formal written examinations as part of the current assessment methods for any Music Production module on this degree, though one of the optional Language modules is part-assessed by written examinations, should you choose to learn a language as an integrated element of the programme.

How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
M235
Institution code:
E42
Campus name:
Ormskirk (Main Campus)

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
BBC-BBB

Please note, the above represents an example of how you can achieve the required number of tariff points, however you can also achieve this with other combinations.

A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.

T Level
M

UCAS Tariff
112-120

Preferably to include a Music-related subject.

Other subjects will be considered if you can demonstrate your ability to create music, either as an electronic musician, or by playing a musical instrument (vocals, guitar, keyboard, bass, drums, percussion, brass etc) either in a band or as a solo artist.

No formal grade or professional qualification in playing a musical instrument is required but, in the absence of a Music-related subject to contribute towards the UCAS Tariff points, you will need to supply evidence in the form of video and/or audio recordings of songs and music being created and performed. Recordings should be uploaded to SoundCloud and/or YouTube and the links to them put in your UCAS Personal Statement. In some circumstances, we may also invite you to attend an audition workshop.

Access to HE Diploma
Distinction: 24 Merit: 21

Please note, the above represents an example of how you can achieve the required number of tariff points, however you can also achieve this with other combinations.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H3H3H3H3H3

A minimum of five subjects at Grade H1-H3 will be required.

If you have a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent), there is no maximum number of qualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. This includes additional qualifications such as Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), AS Levels that haven’t been continued to A Level, and General Studies AS or A Level awards.

For further information on how you can meet the entry requirements, including details of alternative qualifications, please visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/offers or contact our Course Enquiries Team on 01695 657000 or email study@edgehill.ac.uk. https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/study/apply/entry-requirements/

Additional entry requirements

Audition
Interview
Eligible applicants will be invited to an audition.

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.

We have a long-standing commitment to widening access to higher education and our entry requirements have flexibility to make appropriate offers to applicants based on their background. Most of our courses publish a tariff-point range for entry to allow flexibility to consider an applicant’s full portfolio, including any contextual information provided. We assess the entire application in our decision making and encourage applicants to provide contextual information.

Learn more on the Edge Hill University website

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.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£10050

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

Visit edgehill.ac.uk/moneymatters for more information.

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