Overview

This Composition course from the University of West London enables you to specialise in music composition, while providing an insight into 21st-century practices and ideas.

The Composition course gives you excellent opportunities to develop advanced skills in composition, orchestration and production, enabling you to strengthen and refine your own artistic voice and expand your musical and dramatic vocabulary.

Across your studies, you will take part in studio-based projects, workshops with professional composers and hands-on experience in orchestration and audio production. This will provide a raft of experience to bolster your artistic ideas and expand your versatility to work across concert music, theatre, visual media and beyond.

Alongside your practical development, our MMus Composition course offers the opportunity to broaden your scholarly knowledge through score analysis, conducting and recording techniques, culminating in a major supervised Masters project that reflects your unique creative journey.

Our highly experienced, award-winning staff will guide you through both learning activities and assessment tasks, encouraging a sense of artistic experimentation in respect of classical, established traditions.

Career opportunities:

This MMus Composition course prepares you not just for one career path, but for a portfolio career within the music and creative industries.

Job roles

sound editor
copyist
arranger
composer
sound designer
music director.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Practical Composition
Audio and MIDI Production
Music Score Production
Professional Orchestration and Arrangement

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00

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Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

You need:

an honours degree (2:2 or above) in music, music technology or a related subject -

advanced musical knowledge -

a portfolio of degree level or professional work -

a written statement

We may also offer you a place based on relevant experience or training, normally from within the work environment

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Tuition Fees

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17250 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

10850 GBP / year

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Additional Details

Part time

National - £5,425

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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Funding

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