Undergraduate study in Music
Join a creative hub of music learning, research and creativity with high-specification purpose-built studio, rehearsal, and performance spaces.
A foundation for your future
Building on a set of essential musical and academic skills you'll learn more about the music that interests you, as well as discovering music you never knew about.
Through a range of creative, historical, philosophical and theoretical approaches you'll build up the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your chosen field.
Our Music degrees
Undergraduate funding and scholarships
Undergraduate scholarships and bursaries are often available to UK, EU, and international students. These are University-wide and subject to eligibility.
You can find out more about the funding and scholarships that are available to you on the University's Scholarship and Bursaries website.
Connection and impact
We have expertise in classical, popular, and folk music. Our expertise ranges from established mainstream approaches, to the more exploratory edges of musical activity. Our one-to-one instrumental and vocal teachers include the best in the region.
Music is a socially-engaged activity, ranging across:
- education
- community music
- politics
- policy
- social and environmental justice
Our expert staff will help you to see how you can make a difference in the world.
The city as your stage
Newcastle is unrivalled as a centre for DIY music activities. It hosts classical choirs, underground electronica, and folk sessions all on our doorstep, and we have excellent connections across the city.
This immersive approach to studying music has been hugely successful, with many of our graduates going on to work in an impressive array of different occupations.
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