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Study a music degree at Newcastle College University Centre

The flexible nature of our music Foundation Degree means that you’re able to study modules across a range of pathways including composition, DJ and electronic music, music production, performance and sound engineering or focus on one pathway depending on your area of interest. We also offer a BA (Hons) Creative Enterprise (Top-Up) degree which will enable you to build on your skills at Foundation Degree level.

BA (Hons) Creative Enterprise (Top-Up)

The philosophy of this degree is to replicate the first year of industry practice rather than the last year of education. You will research and design your own project brief and see it through to completion. Whatever you propose should be closely tied to your career aspirations and the needs of industry. So if you want to establish yourself as a professional practitioner your project will be carefully researched to make sure it takes you a step closer to realising your ambitions. It should build on your strengths and further develop the skills and interests you had at Foundation Degree level.

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BA (Hons) Music Production

The BA (Hons) Music Production degree is aimed at a very wide range of practitioner from DJs, electronic music producers, hip-hop and grime producers to more traditional band music producers and Studio & Live Sound Engineers. You will have the choice to specialise in a pathway relevant to your industry needs.

Pathways include:

  • Electronic Music Production
  • Music Technology, Production and Sound Engineering

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BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance

This programme puts you in the centre of a vibrant creative hub within the Performance Academy giving you the opportunity to work alongside, and in collaboration with music producers and sound engineers, media and film producers and other performing and visual artists.

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First-class facilities:

  • three music venues on campus, ten recording studios and ten rehearsal studios.

  • a dedicated DJ Electronic Music and Production (EMP) and production suite and extensive sequencing labs running Logic Pro and Ableton.

  • a music store with high-tech equipment for performance and recording.


Study with us and you will:

  • have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience at our own in-house record label, Push Puzzle Records in a variety of roles such as A&R, promotions and productions.

  • be taught by industry experienced tutors who know what it takes to succeed.

  • benefit from guest speaker lectures to gain industry insight.

  • be assessed in a variety of ways including portfolios, productions and commissions.

  • learn in smaller class sizes so you really get to know your classmates and tutors.