Our dynamic BA Music Business and Arts Management degree prepares you for employment or further study in a broad area within the music and arts sectors. Covering areas such as entrepreneurism, project management, live music, musicology, copyright and consultancy, this multi-disciplined degree gives you an excellent overview of the music business as well as contemporary issues in arts management. Its content, an attractive blend of compulsory and elective modules, allow you to specialise in certain areas of expertise as your studies progress. The degree cuts across music, business and law. Our Performing Arts department has a vibrant character like no other and gives you regular contact with the professional music world, with visiting lecturers from the industry who, along with our core teaching team, provide invaluable knowledge and guidance. You can find information on our key staff - all either active practitioners or researchers in music or business - under the Profiles tab. Our students have secured, and continue to secure, internships and placements with the likes of the NME, Bath International Music Festival, EMI, the Barbican and The Puppini Sisters, among many others. You can read moreon the employment success of our students under the Careers tab on this page.

Graduates of BA Music Business and Arts Management leave fully equipped with the music business and management skills needed to secure employment in this vibrant sector of the economy. Event management, arts administration, the record industry or artist development are just some of the areas you might expect to work in. Opportunities in venue management, music and arts markets, arts outreach and education also exist, as demonstrated by the success of our graduates in recent years. Students of BA Music Business and Arts Management have gone on to gain employment with the likes of MTV, the MBF, Universal, PRS for Music and PPL, among many other prominent organisations.