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The A Level entry requirements for this course are:

AAB; ABB

AAB, including Music; ABB + Grade 8 in either Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool/LCME or equivalent) or Performance (ABRSM/ARSM/Rockschool/Trinity) + Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM/Trinity/LCME)

Other requirements

Music Technology is acceptable in lieu of Music

English language requirements |

You must demonstrate that your English is good enough for you to successfully complete your course. For this course we require: GCSE English Language at grade 4/C; IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component; or an alternative acceptable English language qualification

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2027-28 entry

Music BMus

School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Taught by world-leading academics, we offer a diverse and flexible range of modules, inspiring you to become the musician you want to be. We provide creative experiences within a range of musical industries to help you establish your professional career.

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September

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Course description

Why study this course?

18 hours of instrumental tuition

Learn from one of our distinguished professional teachers in the first year, whether or not you choose to take a performance module.

Work in music

Gain practical industry experience while you learn with our "Work in Music" module and build a network of professionals who can advise you on your career.

Become a Sheffield-made musician

Enjoy the city’s vibrant music scene that gave birth to the likes of Self Esteem, PULP and Arctic Monkeys. Feed off this inspiring musical heritage, and collaborate with our regional industry partners.

Creative experiences

Opportunities include student-led reading groups, multiple ensembles, active student societies, masterclasses and our dynamic musical event series.

Become an independent musician and music researcher, find your creative voice and take your first steps towards forging a rewarding, international career.

A music degree from Sheffield is about supporting you to become the musician you want to be. Taught by world-leading academics, you’ll study everything from performance, composition and musicology, to ethnomusicology, music psychology, musical industries and technology.

You’ll learn to listen, perform, think and write critically about music of multiple genres, delve into the histories and cultural contexts of music both at home and from around the world, and have the chance to receive compositional training in both instrumental and music technology software.

Together we embrace all music genres and perspectives on music, encouraging you to develop your skills as an independent musician and music researcher.

Culminating in a final year project, taught over a full academic year in group sessions and regular tutorials, this degree will help establish a portfolio of work that will help you find success in a range of careers.

Accreditation

The University of Sheffield is an All-Steinway School. This accreditation enables students to access pianos of the highest quality and places the University among a select group of international education institutions.

All-Steinway School

A selection of modules are available each year - some examples are below. There may be changes before you begin your studies. As you progress through your course, we’ll confirm additional details for the core and optional modules available to you.

Choose a year to see modules for a level of study:

Title: Music BMus course structure

UCAS code: W302

Year one

Year two

Year three

Year oneYear one

You will learn about the global context of Music through its history, psychology and more to make up 80 credits.

You'll also have the option to choose optional modules totalling up to 40 credits.

Core modules:

Music in a Global Context

Whatever kind of music study you decide to specialise in, you'll do it better if you see it in the context of music as a phenomenon common to all humanity. You'll understand what's different about your own chosen field but also how the music you love derives from diverse cultural sources. In this module we examine how any music uses specific ways of organising sound to serve particular cultural purposes. You'll learn to recognise and describe diverse musical styles, research them through scholarly sources, present an analysis using appropriate audio-visual technology, and take control of the transferable skills you're developing.

20 credits

Digital Skills for Music

The module aims to develop your confidence and technical expertise with a range of technologies of value to academic and professional practice. Lectures will introduce fundamental principles and specific technologies for use in researching, creating and producing music. These technologies will then be applied in the production of a collaborative project, helping students to develop team work and interpersonal skills that will serve them in subsequent levels of study and professional practice.

Indicative areas of study include audio recording and production, sound design, computational literacy, data analysis, the ethics of artificial intelligence, effective group work, research management and productivity.

History of Western Music

This module provides an overview of some of the key issues in the history of Western art music, as well as the historical context surrounding them. A range of approaches to the study of music history will be considered, giving you an introduction to the discipline of musicology. The module will also develop your ability to write about music and use primary and secondary sources to inform critical discussions.

Psychological Foundations of Music

Music Psychology offers insights, ways of thinking, reflective tools and methods to understand the foundations of musical behaviour, learning and thought. This module offers the foundation to students to be able to engage with the literature, knowledge and underpinning techniques in this area. Learning about psychology of music will help you engage with some of the most provocative questions about musicality, such as what enables our capacity for music, why we respond emotionally to music, whether music makes us smarter, and what underlies therapeutic applications of music for health and wellbeing?

Optional modules:

Composition

In this module you will develop your composition skills, practice writing music in staff notation, and learn to write effectively for different instrumental and vocal forces. Drawing on the models of a diverse range of classical composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, we will focus on techniques for writing inventive melodies and rhythms, and employing wide-ranging approaches to harmony. The module aims to give you a foundation in composition and increase your confidence in preparation for further study.

Performance

In this module you will develop the musical and intellectual abilities appropriate to solo performance. The theoretical background is considered, focusing on the aural and analytical skills essential to performance at an advanced level. An awareness of style and interpretation, as well as effective preparation and communication are built into teaching. You will receive one to one tuition in addition to attending whole class performance lectures.

Popular Music Studies

This module provides an introduction to the academic study of popular music. You will explore key approaches to studying popular music in its socio-cultural contexts, investigating major issues and debates. Lecture materials and in-class tasks will engage with approaches to the analysis of popular music and media, issues of representation, authenticity, identity, technology and industry. The module is delivered via lectures and group tasks to encourage interaction and collaboration between students. Assessments are designed to allow you to apply key analytical and theoretical frameworks to music of your own choosing, testing both your individual skills and knowledge alongside group work and collaboration.

Music Analysis

This module aims to introduce, develop and refine ways of thinking, listening and writing about western music. You will learn to listen to and analyze harmonic, tonal, motivic, thematic, melodic, rhythmic, textural and formal features of a range of western music genres, such as Common Practice harmonic principles, Medieval counterpoint, jazz standards and rock'n'roll. By using analytical techniques to reveal distinctive structural characteristics across multiple styles of music, this module not only prepares you for western-music-based modules at FHEQ levels 5 and 6 but also provides new models of approaching music that can be applied in wider creative and empirical contexts.

Year twoYear two

You’ll have the opportunity to tailor your degree to your interests by taking a range of core and optional modules. The core modules will make up 80 credits and the optional modules will make up 40 credits.

Core Modules:

Western Music in Context

Musical products and practices always in some way reflect and respond to their circumstances. In this module you will study the relationship between music and its context across one or more historical periods and settings, considering factors such as politics and society, careers and patronage, aesthetics and ideology, and the place of music in everyday life. In the process you will acquire skills in the investigation of primary sources for music history, and learn to critically evaluate the methods and aims of historical musicology as a discipline.

Music Psychology in Practice

Music Psychology in Practice advances skills and understanding of the psychology of music with a focus on psychological aspects of making music, learning music, and communicating music to audiences. The module enables you to deepen your knowledge through focussed reading, critical reflection, and self-exploration. Furthermore, it scaffolds the skills for empirical study, providing you with training to investigate musical experiences and behaviours. This module will develop your work-related learning as it addresses demands you may face as a music professional, enabling you to consider your own perspectives and learning of music as well as those of others.

Studio Practice

This module focuses on practical approaches to sound recording, production and creation. The module develops technical knowledge, skills and creativity through practical work and study of key concepts related to sound recording, music production and audio engineering. By developing work-related skills in sound recording, mixing and mastering you will be prepared for final year projects involving technology and work in the professional sound studio and future digital workplaces.

Lectures will develop your understanding of the sound studio, music software and digital audio. Studio tutorials will explain how to work carefully and creatively in the University of Sheffield Sound Studios (USSS). Online learning and practical sessions will enhance your knowledge and skills with the fundamentals of sound recording, digital audio and music technology.

Work in Music

The module provides an opportunity for students to examine in depth a working environment of interest to them and to undertake work-related learning through contact with a professional music setting. Students will take responsibility for approaching and communicating with external music organisations and professionals with a view to securing advice or practical experience. Module tutors will provide support and will also have access to a directory of local and national organisations that students might approach. Through seminar sessions, students will be supported in developing clear aims and objectives for the module and will receive guidance regarding module assessments. Through experience of a work environment, students will develop specialist knowledge, reflective skills and a critical awareness of primary research methods.

Optional Modules:

Topics in Popular and Contemporary Music

This module will introduce a range of approaches to the study of musical genres of the 20th and 21st centuries, illustrated through focused case studies drawn from across a variety of vernacular corpora, including jazz, popular musics, and musical theatre and film.

Through illustrative examples, the module will equip you to engage critically with concepts of genre, aesthetics, taste, identity and inequality over the last hundred years, exploring issues such as the development of blues and cool jazz, the history of blackface in musical theatre, and the role of recorded and broadcast media in the production and reception of musical styles and cultural hierarchy.

Through studying in-depth case studies of specific works, artists and genres, you will develop the skills to connect compositional style, performance practice and historical and social contexts of this period to a range of theoretical frameworks - including those of critical theory, racial politics, media production and communication studies. You will, over the course of the module, explore how the conceptual principles of genres have been constructed, articulated and disrupted over this period of vernacular and art musical history.

Composition and Instrumentation

This module will support your development of an individual compositional voice through projects aimed at developing your creative musical thinking at the same time as sound technical skills and awareness of composition in the 21st Century. We will focus on the techniques and methods of instrumental and vocal composition relevant to contemporary notated music. Learning will be through a combination of research, reflection, and discussion, in conjunction with the completion of a series of varied compositional tasks. Through these tasks you will develop your craft in composition, instrumentation and notation, along with your critical skills. The work you complete for this module will help you to prepare for the Final Year Composition Portfolio. Wherever possible, you will be enabled or encouraged to have your compositions played by live musicians.

This module will introduce you to performance practice and techniques related to performance at an intermediate level. It will help you prepare for further performance opportunities and the Final Year Project: Recital.

It will also strengthen your skills and experiences, preparing you for practical music making outside the curriculum.

The module builds on the foundation work completed in Year 1 and looks at how performance and improvisation develop from classical extemporisation through to jazz practice.

You will take individual instrumental/vocal lessons, which will run alongside workshop-based lectures throughout the academic year. Through writing critically aware programme notes you will acquire work-related skills in communicating concisely and efficiently.

You will also attend at least eight UoS lunchtime, rush hour or evening concerts across the semester and write a short critical review on 6 performances.

Writing Musical Culture

This module provides an introduction to the wide range of qualitative and ethnographic research methods used to document and analyse the experiences, attitudes and practices of musicians, audiences and stakeholders in respect of music making and listening in their everyday lives. You will learn how qualitative data is sought, collected and used across a range of music-research disciplines—including ethnomusicology, music psychology and sociology—to generate profound knowledge and understanding of the emotional, cognitive and social meaning of musical activities for research participants in a variety of contexts.

Lecture-seminars will introduce you to ethnographic principles and techniques, including (e.g.) grounded theory, participant observation, structured and unstructured interview techniques, interview transcription, data coding, and musical/audio transcription and analysis. Methods will be explained, illustrated with case studies taken from across a range of disciplines and fields, and evaluated for their efficacy, contributions, limitations and ethical implications. This module provides focussed training to support those aiming to design and carry out qualitative research projects on music topics in their final year.

Year threeYear three

As well as a research project (to make 40 credits), you’ll have the opportunity to tailor your degree to your interests by taking a range of modules (to make 80 credits).

Core Module:

Independent Music Project (Major)

This capstone module supports the transition to professional practitioner through a self-directed project in performance, composition, written research, or professional practice (special project). You will define your own project scope to produce a substantial body of work—be it a solo recital, a portfolio of compositions, a thesis, or a collaborative initiative—reflecting professional-level rigour and stylistic awareness.

Supported by individual supervision, you'll integrate advanced research with creative or practical execution, demonstrating the ability to contextualise your work within historical, cultural, stylistic or industry frameworks. Achievement is evidenced through the successful delivery of a scholarly or public-facing output, event or text, integrating or supported by critical reflection on the creative and technical decisions or approach.

You will choose from one of four pathways:Dissertation, where you produce a written scholarly thesis of original empirical, analytical or theoretical research. Special Project, where you conduct a public- or work-based activity, producing and reporting on professional or collaborative practice. Composition, where you produce a portfolio of creative musical compositions, displaying a clear artistic voice, stylistic awareness and technical command. Performance, where you present a public recital of vocal or instrumental music, displaying repertorial and stylistic range and technical skill, supported by extended programme notes.

Through your selected pathway, you will develop: autonomy - taking responsibility for planning, managing and executing a complex project; criticality - by reflecting on why choices have been made and how they sit within the wider field or context; and communication - by presenting work to both specialist and non-specialist audiences, ensuring the work's contribution beyond the classroom.

40 credits

Independent Music Project (Minor)

Underpinned by individual supervision, you will integrate advanced research with creative or practical execution, demonstrating the ability to contextualise your work within historical, cultural, stylistic or industry frameworks. Achievement is evidenced through the successful delivery of a scholarly or public-facing output, event or text, integrating or supported by critical reflection on the creative and technical decisions or approach.

You will choose from one of four pathways:

Dissertation, where you produce a written scholarly thesis of original empirical, analytical or theoretical research.

Special Project, where you conduct a public- or work-based activity, producing and reporting on professional or collaborative practice. Composition, where you produce a portfolio of creative musical compositions, displaying a clear artistic voice, stylistic awareness and technical command.

Performance, where you present a public recital of vocal or instrumental music, displaying repertorial and stylistic range and technical skill, supported by extended programme notes.

Through your selected pathway, you will develop: autonomy - taking responsibility for planning, managing and executing a complex project; criticality - by reflecting on why choice have been made and how they sit within the wider field or context; and communication - by presenting work to both specialist and non-specialist audiences, ensuring the work's contribution beyond the classroom.

Orchestration and Arrangement

This module deals with the craft of orchestrating and arranging for small and large ensembles. You will aim to become conversant with a wide range of different orchestral instruments and learn to write for them idiomatically. You will aim to adapt existing compositions with attention to issues of style, coherence and practicality. You will produce performance materials to a professional standard. A range of repertoire options will be offered for each assignment

Community, Music and Education

The Community, Music and Education module aims to introduce you to the ideas that surround contemporary research, practice and debate in community music and music education. Lectures, preparatory reading and in-class discussions will consider the political, historical and social contexts for the provision of musical learning and opportunities within and beyond school. Your reading and your own research will encourage you to develop evidence-based perspectives on the current and future direction of community music and music education.

Analysis and Criticism of Western Art Music

In this module you will develop techniques of music criticism and analysis, deepening your ways of understanding music in the western art tradition by probing new repertories and scholarly methods. You will have an opportunity to engage with new, specialized musical material, learning how to engage critically and analytically with it.

Sound and Moving Image

This module gives you the opportunity to compose sound and music for film and other visual media, and position sound and music within the filmmaking process. Using a variety of software, you will be responsible for the entire project from the ideas stage through to the creation of all audio materials. A diverse range of existing movies, audiovisual works and relevant literature will be studied, and you will be expected to use these to inform your own work.

Traditional Music in the Modern World

This module provides an introduction to the study of a range of folk and traditional musics worldwide. A range of approaches (e.g. ethnomusicology; critical and cultural theory; political theory) are used to consider the traditional identities these musics help to construct. You will study a number of relevant music cultures, and will examine how traditional music and musicians reflect, affect and respond to their contemporary contexts, and understand the range of reasons why musicians are motivated to make historically-rooted, vernacular or locally constructed music within contemporary societies.

As well as developing a theoretical understanding of the field, you will develop the ethnographic and analytical skills to conduct your own field study of folk and traditional music.

Lectures survey contemporary and historical literature and recordings in the field of folk and traditional music, explore music cultures in terms of specific debates and contexts, and provide training in relevant theories and analytical approaches. Topics include: past and current definitions of the terms 'folk music' and 'traditional music'; revivalism; nationalism; institutionalisation; competition; education and transmission; transnational identities; and the intersection of tradition and music technology.

Creative Performance and Improvisation

This module introduces you to contemporary improvisation. You will explore the history and development of free and graphic score based improvisation by a series of lectures and performance based workshops.

You will use these skills to develop, write and perform a solo for your own instrument that uses elements of graphic score and free form notation, plus develop basic skills needed to develop an understanding of electroacoustic composition and fixed or live electronics.

By learning and developing these skills over a series of practical and taught sessions, you will become more flexible and confident as a performer, and also develop ideas and concepts that can be used in a wide range of community music, education and performance settings, thus adding an important skillset to a musician's portfolio career toolbox.

Music Psychology in Everyday Life

Music Psychology in Everyday Life provides the training and skills to understand and investigate musical behaviours and experiences using psychological theories and methods.

Through the in-depth exploration of selected topics in Psychology of Music, you will develop your ability to read research literature in this area, to critically reflect on current understanding of music psychology, and adopt and adapt existing methods to conduct a research study of your own design.

In this module, you will work independently and as part of a group, advancing your ability to collaborate, lead and communicate whilst working towards a particular goal.

We will also develop your work-related learning skills by looking at how non-academic organisations use research outcomes.

This includes uses of music in everyday and specialist contexts, informal and formal uses, for therapy, consumer development, community building, self-help, and education.

The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we will inform students and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.

Learning and assessment

Learning

Our teaching ranges from academic to hands-on. You'll learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, interactive classes and tutorials, and you'll be expected to carry out independent study, assignments and instrument practice. Instrumental lessons are available in your first year and throughout the rest of your degree if you choose to take assessed performance modules.

We invest to create the right environment for you. That means outstanding facilities, study spaces and support, including 24/7 access to our online library service.

Study spaces and computers are available to offer you choice and flexibility for your study. Our five library sites give you access to over one million books and periodicals. You can access your library account and our rich digital collections from anywhere on or off campus. Other library services include study skills training to improve your grades, and tailored advice from experts in your subject.

Learning support facilities and library opening hours

Our staff research directly informs the content of our degrees and we bring our expertise and ideas into all our teaching, so you’ll benefit from being introduced to the latest discoveries at the forefront of musical research.

Assessment

A few of our modules include formal exams but the majority of your assessment is through coursework (for example essays, journals, compositions, recordings, group projects) and assessed performances.

Entry requirements

With Access Sheffield, you could qualify for additional consideration or a contextual offer - find out if you're eligible.

Standard offer

Access Sheffield offer

A Levels + a fourth Level 3 qualification

ABB, including Music + B in a relevant EPQ

International Baccalaureate

34, with 5 in Higher Level Music; 33 + Grade 8 in either Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool/LCME or equivalent) or Performance (ABRSM/ARSM/Rockschool/Trinity) + Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM/Trinity/LCME); 33, with 5 in Higher Level Music, and B in a music-based extended essay

BTEC Extended Diploma

DDD in Music

BTEC Diploma

DD + B in A Level Music; DD in Music + A at A Level

Scottish Highers

AAAAB, including Music; AAABB + Grade 8 in either Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool/LCME or equivalent) or Performance (ABRSM/ARSM/Rockschool/Trinity) + Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM/Trinity/LCME)

Welsh Baccalaureate + 2 A Levels

B + AA, including Music; B + AB + Grade 8 in either Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool/LCME or equivalent) or Performance (ABRSM/ARSM/Rockschool/Trinity) + Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM/Trinity/LCME)

Access to HE Diploma

Award of the Access to HE Diploma in Music, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 36 at Distinction and 9 at Merit

Routes for mature students

ABB; BBB

ABB, including Music; BBB + Grade 8 in either Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool/LCME or equivalent) or Performance (ABRSM/ARSM/Rockschool/Trinity) + Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM/Trinity/LCME)

33, with 5 in Higher Level Music; 32 + Grade 8 in either Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool/LCME or equivalent) or Performance (ABRSM/ARSM/Rockschool/Trinity) + Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM/Trinity/LCME)

DD in Music + B at A Level

AAABB, including Music; AABBB + Grade 8 in either Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool/LCME or equivalent) or Performance (ABRSM/ARSM/Rockschool/Trinity) + Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM/Trinity/LCME)

B + AB, including Music; B + BB + Grade 8 in either Practical (ABRSM/Trinity/Rockschool/LCME or equivalent) or Performance (ABRSM/ARSM/Rockschool/Trinity) + Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM/Trinity/LCME)

Award of the Access to HE Diploma in Music, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 30 at Distinction and 15 at Merit

Equivalent English language qualifications

Visa and immigration requirements

Other qualifications | UK and EU/international

Pathway programme for international students

If you're an international student who does not meet the entry requirements for this course, you have the opportunity to apply for an International Foundation Year in Business, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Sheffield International College. This course is designed to develop your English language and academic skills. Upon successful completion, you can progress to degree level study at the University of Sheffield.

If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the school.

Graduate careers

The musical excellence and academic aptitude you develop on your course makes you highly valued by employers. In addition to a rich stream of specialized technical skills, you'll develop your time management, critical thinking and interpersonal communication in order to present yourself with confidence and collaborate effectively.

There are lots of opportunities to get work experience. Hands-on projects are integrated into several academic modules and every year our Concerts team provides internships while the Careers Service can help you find placements. You can lead a music project or workshop in a local school through our student-led volunteering organisation Music in the City. All of these experiences will help you build a compelling CV.

Our graduates work with prestigious orchestras and music institutions within the UK and globally, in roles ranging from performing and conducting to administration and education. Sheffield music graduates have also forged successful careers in other fields, from audio programming to marketing and management.

Graduate job roles include:

Artist management

Audio programming

Concerts coordination

Instrument repair

Marketing and communications

Music research

Music promotion

Music therapy

Orchestral management

Professional performance

Publishing

Sound engineering

Teaching

Say yes to every music making opportunity you can while at university, even if it’s something a little out of your comfort zone

George Morton

Department of Music,

BMus Music, MMus Composition and Performance

My career - music teaching and performance

Joss Mann-Hazell

Undergraduate student,

BMus Music

Department statistics

1st in the Russell Group for academic support and student voice

National Student Survey (NSS) 2025

3rd in the UK for music

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024

Ranked 6th nationally for the quality of our research environment

Research Excellence Framework 2021

An All-Steinway School

The University of Sheffield is proud to be an All-Steinway School

Our school ethos combines high achievement with a sense of community and a shared passion for music. Our internationally recognised research informs our high-quality teaching and our student experience is second to none.

Sheffield is celebrated as one of the UK's leading music cities, with dozens of major venues from the City Hall, the Crucible, the Lyceum, the Lescar, the Greystones and the Foundry, covering all music genres. This brings with it a host of opportunities for our students to get involved in professional music-making of the highest quality.

You can also enjoy events from University of Sheffield Concerts which hosts concerts and masterclasses from touring professional musicians throughout the year.

Music students study at the heart of the campus in our Jessop Building, Soundhouse and performance facilities. We timetable teaching across the whole of our campus.

Facilities

Specially designed for music study, our £8.5m facilities provide the ideal environment for our diverse and cutting-edge teaching and research.

The University of Sheffield are proud to be an All-Steinway School, which places us among a select group of international education institutions. This accreditation means that you'll have access to pianos of the highest quality.

The Jessop Building houses study and rehearsal rooms, with dedicated specialist spaces including our historical instruments collection, ethnomusicology space and collection, music psychology lab and music technology lab.

The Soundhouse is our purpose-built facility for instrumental lessons, practice, small-scale rehearsals and sound recording, and houses the internationally-renowned University of Sheffield Sound Studios for recording and electroacoustic composition.

The University of Sheffield is also home to a suite of performance spaces, including the beautiful 380-seater Firth Hall, set in the stunning Edwardian Grade II listed Firth Court and home to the University’s multi-genre Concert Series.

University rankings

A world top-100 university

QS World University Rankings 2027 (82nd)

Number one in the Russell Group for student voice

National Student Survey 2026

92 per cent of our research is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent

University of the Year for Student Experience

The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026

Number one Students' Union in the UK

Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

Number one for Students' Union

StudentCrowd 2025 University Awards

7th best University for Work Experience

Higherin 2026-27

Student profiles

The support and encouragement to find your own musical voice from the staff you will get is amazing

Phoebe N Mckernon

Fees and funding

We have a fixed fee guarantee in place for undergraduate overseas students, meaning that your tuition fee will not increase during your studies. Tuition fees for undergraduate home students may increase during your studies in line with our Terms and Conditions upon Acceptance of an Offer policy.

Tuition fees

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Additional costs

The annual fee for your undergraduate course includes a number of items in addition to your tuition. If an item or activity is classed as a compulsory element for your course, it will normally be included in your tuition fee. There are also other costs which you may need to consider. These costs may increase due to price increases outside of the University’s control, if you defer entry or if you choose to change course.

Examples of what’s included and excluded in undergraduate fees

Funding your study

Depending on your circumstances, you may qualify for a bursary, scholarship or loan to help fund your study and enhance your learning experience.

Use our Student Funding Calculator to work out what you’re eligible for.

£2,500 per year scholarships for international students

We're offering automatic scholarships worth up to £10,000 to overseas fee-paying students starting their studies in September 2026 - no additional application required.

Additional funding

The School of Languages, Arts and Societies offers a number of music scholarships. These can include scholarships in partnership with local music organisations, giving you a chance to gain advanced work experience within the music sector while studying.

Alternatively, we can offer bursaries donated by alumni to help support you with your studies. Both single honours BMus students and dual honours students with music are eligible to apply. For a full list of scholarships and prizes available, please visit our scholarships page.

Placements and study abroad

Placements

You may have the opportunity to add an optional placement year as part of your course, converting the three-year course to a four-year Degree with Placement Year.

A placement year will help you to:

gain an insight into possible careers

develop a range of transferable skills

build a professional network

get a feel for what you do and don’t like doing

add valuable work experience to your CV

gain experience of applying for jobs and interview practice

apply elements of academic learning in the workplace

There are other opportunities to get work experience, with hand-on projects integrated into several of our academic modules.

In addition, you could lead activities with local schools through our student-led volunteer organisation, Music in the City, or release music through our department record label, Octagon Records. The University of Sheffield Concert Series also offers internships training you in music management skills.

All of these experiences will help you build a compelling CV.

Study abroad

Spending time abroad during your degree is a great way to explore different cultures, gain a new perspective and experience a life-changing opportunity that you will never forget.

You can apply to extend this course with a year abroad, usually between the second and third year. We have over 250 University partners worldwide. Popular destinations include Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Find out more on the Global Opportunities website.

University open days

We host five open days each year, usually in June, July, September, October and November. You can talk to staff and students, tour the campus and see inside the accommodation.

Open days: book your place

Online events

Join our online information sessions to find out more about different aspects of University life.

Online information sessions

Subject tasters

If you’re considering your post-16 options, our interactive subject tasters are for you. There are a wide range of subjects to choose from and you can attend sessions online or on campus.

Upcoming taster sessions

Offer holder days

If you've received an offer to study with us, we'll invite you to one of our offer holder days, which take place between February and April. These open days have a strong school focus and give you the chance to really explore student life here, even if you've visited us before.

Campus tours

Our weekly guided tours show you what Sheffield has to offer - both on campus and beyond. You can extend your visit with tours of our city, accommodation or sport facilities.

Campus tour: book your place

Events for mature students

Mature students can apply directly to our courses. We also offer degrees with a foundation year for mature students who are returning to education. We'd love to meet you at one of our events, open days, taster workshops or other events.

Lifelong learning events for mature students

Make sure you've done everything you need to do before you apply.

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