Let your musical ambitions take centre stage, on our acclaimed and well-established BA (Hons) Popular Music course. With expert advice from our team of professional performers, composers, and academics, find your voice and sing your heart out as you develop your creative and professional skills, in a positive and stimulating learning environment.

Enjoy excellent on-campus facilities including music production workstations (Pro-Tools and Logic), band rehearsal rooms, a professional performance theatre, and three state-of-the-art acoustically-designed Eastlake recording studios. Perform solo and with a band, in renowned venues and festivals around Scotland, and explore your full creative potential in all course work, from song writing and composition, to collaboration and research.

Special features

You will benefit from excellent facilities on campus, including music production workstations (Pro-Tools and Logic), band rehearsal rooms, a professional performance theatre and access to three acoustically designed Eastlake state-of-the-art recording studios

You will experience real life scenarios of performance situations

Instrumental study is part of the course

An impressive guest speaker programme forms part of the course

You will have the opportunity to perform solo and with a band

You will have the opportunity to network with and perform in renowned venues and festivals around Scotland

You can study full time or part time to suit your personal circumstances

What can I do on completion of my course?

Once you have successfully completed your BA (Hons) Popular Music, a variety of career paths will be open to you in the music and media industries.In the past, graduates have gone on to work in many areas of the music industry and education. Career destinations include:

Instrumental teaching practice

Performance, composition and production freelance opportunities in the creation of albums and television commercials, and video games scores.

International touring and recording.

West End theatre productions

If you have the talent and determination and are prepared to develop this by study in an excellent learning environment, then these possibilities are now open to you for a future career.

Duration: Full-time: 4 years, 40 hours per week, Part-time: 8 years, 20 hours per week, negotiable.