BMus (Hons) Creative Music Technology

at University of Surrey

Year 1
 

• Creating Music With Computers 1A

• Encountering Music History

• Harmony 1: Common-Practice Harmony

• Music Project 1A

• Pathways In Musicianship A: Performance And Arrangement

• Creating Music With Computers 1B

• Music Project 1B

• Pathways In Musicianship B: Performance And Composition

• Sound Design

Year 2
 

• Composition 2A

• Creating Music With Computers 2A

• Harmony 2: Jazz And Popular Music Forms

• Music Project 2A

• Music, Sound, Image

• Musical Theatre

• Performance 2A

• Arts Policy And Practice

• Composition 2B

• Creating Music With Computers 2B

• Digital Improvisation 1

• Music Project 2B

• Nineteenth-Century Music

• Performance 2B

• Studio Project

Year 3
 

• Composition 3A

• Compositional Programming A

• Immersive Sound Practices

• Music Project 3A

• Musical Theatre

• Performance 3A

• Visual Narrative Collaborations

• Composition 3B

• Compositional Programming B

• Digital Performance

• Modernism And Postmodernism

• Music Project 3B

• Performance 3B

• Topic Study 3B

• Creating Music With Computers Research Project

A-level
 

Overall: BBC
 

Required subjects: Music or Music Technology at Grade B. Additionally, ABRSM Grade 5 Theory or equivalent. Applicants with a strong Music background who are not taking one of the required subjects may be considered subject to interview.
 

Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.
 

Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.
 

GCSE or equivalent: English Language at Grade C(4) and Mathematics at Grade C (4) (or equivalent).
 

IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with 5.5 in each element.
 

Minimum standard in English and mathematics

If you are applying for an undergraduate course at Surrey, you must meet our minimum standards for English and mathematics.
 

English:
 

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) / Standard XII , English 70% from CBSE or ISC exam boards 

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) / Standard XII, English 80% from the majority of Indian state boards (excluding Andhra Pradesh/Telangana/U.P/Bihar/Gujrat/Punjab).
   

Mathematics:
 

• Standard XII, Mathematics Pass

• All India Secondary School Examination, C2

• Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination, 6.
   

Some courses may require higher grades in English and mathematics and/or additional subjects, so please check the requirements provided on individual course pages.

BMus (Hons)
 

• UK      £9,250
   
• Overseas   £19,700

Study Creative Music Technology BMus (Hons) and you’ll develop the skills and knowledge necessary to pursue a successful career in the creative industries, including those centred around digital music, film, TV live-event and computer-games.
 

Over the last decade, our employment figures have been among the best in the UK. This was a key factor in Surrey being named University of the Year for Graduate Employment in The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
 

Our graduates have gone on to become successful film and TV sound designers, producers and composers, and have found employment in music education, business and marketing. They have also achieved higher degrees and qualifications.