Experimental Performance - PgDip
Birmingham City University
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Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

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The course is suitable for both recent graduates and suitably qualified mature students, with a range of support to ensure that you leave Royal Birmingham Conservatoire ready to pursue a musical career.A distinctive feature of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s postgraduate provision is that it will give you the opportunity to make choices within your course directly relevant to your future career aspirations, both within your Principal Study area and in your supporting studies. All MMus and ...Read more

The course is suitable for both recent graduates and suitably qualified mature students, with a range of support to ensure that you leave Royal Birmingham Conservatoire ready to pursue a musical career.A distinctive feature of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s postgraduate provision is that it will give you the opportunity to make choices within your course directly relevant to your future career aspirations, both within your Principal Study area and in your supporting studies. All MMus and PgDip routes include a core Career Development module designed to get you thinking about your future professional plans, and a broad menu of optional Professional Development modules designed to help you work towards achieving your personal career aspirations. You will also take a core module designed to develop your skills as a researcher or informed practitioner.You will have the opportunity to study in one of several Principal Study areas, most of which are also offered at PgDip or PgCert level.

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78/279
CUG Subject Ranking
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26th
CUG Ranking
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103rd
What students say
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Louise
04 Oct 24

The worst is how unorganised the schedule is, how we have to work our clashes in our schedule and it feels always last minute. The positive is that it has such good teachers and..Read more

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Jake
15 Dec 23

Good location to Birmingham City. Good student night life. Cheaper uni meals would be..Read more

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.

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£12,880 per year

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£28,460 per year

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£28,460 per year

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Louise
04 Oct 24
Professional Performance AdvPgDip (post-Masters level 8)
The worst is how unorganised the schedule is, how we have to work our clashes in our schedule and it feels always last minute. The positive is that it has such good teachers and...
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J
Jake
15 Dec 23
Good location to Birmingham City. Good student night life. Cheaper uni meals would be...
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Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University , Birmingham

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Birmingham City University
200 Jennens Road Birmingham West Midlands B4 7XR United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Birmingham Moor Street  0.4 miles away
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