Program Overview

Music Technology - MMus / PgCert / PgDip

Overview

The principal aim of our Master of Music (MMus) course is to provide you with knowledge, skills, and confidence to succeed in your chosen branch(es) of the music profession, giving you a head-start in addressing the challenges involved in becoming a professional musician.

Entry Requirements

• UK students should normally hold an honours degree, ideally but not necessarily in Music.
• Non-UK students should hold a Bachelor's degree or a similar degree-equivalent diploma, ideally but not necessarily in Music.
• Applicants for most Principal Study areas will be auditioned live, but some will require you to submit a portfolio in addition to or instead of a live audition/interview.
• IELTS 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each band, or equivalent.

Fees & How to Apply

• UK students:
  • MMus: £12,880 in 2026/27 (Full Time, 2 years), £2,147 per 20 credit module (Part Time, 3 years)
  • PgCert: £2,147 per 20 credits (Part Time, 1 year)
  • PgDip: £12,880 in 2026/27 (Full Time, 1 year), £2,147 per 20 credits (Part Time, 2 years)
• International students:
  • MMus: £28,460 in 2026/27 (Full Time, 2 years)
  • PgDip: £28,460 in 2026/27 (Full Time, 1 year)

Course in Depth

• PG Cert:
  • Principal Study 1: Music Technology (60 credits)
• PG Dip:
  • Principal Study 1: Music Technology (60 credits)
  • Career Development (20 credits)
  • Optional modules (40 credits)
• MMus:
  • Career Development (20 credits)
  • Principal Study 1: Music Technology (60 credits)
  • Principal Study 2: Music Technology (60 credits)
  • Optional modules (100 credits)

Employability

Our courses attract talented applicants, and we work our students very hard. This makes you very employable, as well as making you suitable for further study and research. Our graduates go on to a wide range of destinations including audio dubbing, game music, live sound, mix engineering, mastering, equipment design, theatre sound, broadcast audio, music production, media composition, media production, radio production, sound design, record label management, education and research, as well as recording studios all over the world.

Facilities & Staff

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s £57 million music building opened in September 2017, and is located on Birmingham City University’s City Centre Campus in the Eastside ‘learning quarter’ of the city. Our home is the first conservatoire built in the digital age, and as such it has been vital to ensure that the technical infrastructure installed is on par with any advanced commercial facility. We have seven recording studios, a mastering suite, a distance learning hub, and all of our performance venues feature high specification audio-visual equipment that enables interconnectivity and advanced functionality throughout the building.

Our Staff

• Dr Luan Shaw: Associate Professor (Music Education), Director of Postgraduate Studies (Music), and Associate Head of Junior Conservatoire
• Dr Simon Hall: Head of Music Technology

Research Areas

• Music Technology
• Musicology
• Composition
• Performance
• Music Education

Student Stories

• Luke Aziz: I made the decision to return to education to study a Masters in Music Technology in order to strengthen my portfolio and gain more experience in the area. The Conservatoire has some of the most talented musicians in the country working there as well as excellent facilities, so I felt it would be a brilliant place to help me move forward in the field and hopefully make some contacts for the future!