BMus (Hons) Popular Music with Placement Year

If you're passionate about popular music and want to take your skills as a performer, songwriter, and studio professional to the next level, then our Popular Music degree is for you. We'll support you on your way to a career in the fast-moving and competitive music industry. We'll give you the opportunity to develop industry-standard practices and techniques, while learning how to break the rules to unleash your creativity.

Why study Popular Music at Huddersfield?

• You'll study in the purpose-built Richard Steinitz Building, a state-of-the-art creative hub with many practice rooms, rehearsal spaces, and professional-standard recording studios.
• You'll also have access to a large instrument collection, all the technical equipment you'll need and two purpose-built on-campus performance venues.
• You’ll have the opportunity to work with successful musicians who will develop your abilities as a composer and a producer and take part in masterclasses and workshops given by distinguished visiting performers.
• QS World University Subject Rankings 2021 ranked the University of Huddersfield 8th in the UK for 'Performing Arts', and we were awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for our ‘world-leading work to promote, produce and present contemporary music to an international audience'.
• You'll choose your own focus, specialising in songwriting, performing, production or a mixture of subjects, and developing your own unique sound - whether it's metal, pop, electronica, or something completely new.