Music is one of the UK’s largest industries by export alone and the professionally accredited Commerical Music course at University of the West of Scotland aims to enable those with talent, drive and ability to forge a varied, lifelong career incorporating performance, business, composition, production and sociology elements, in areas such as music promotion, tour management, sound engineering and production. Developed in response to industry, the focus is on a rapidly developing modern music business and the exciting opportunities brought about by new media. The course is structured around key skills and business modules which allows you to select modules suited to your own interests and career aspirations. Lecturers are practising music industry professionals and high profile guest speakers regularly bring their expertise to the course, most recently including Shirley Manson and Ricky Ross. International opportunities include performance at European festivals under our international exchange mechanism, placements in North America and the opportunity to study abroad at any of our international partner establishments. Open to those with an interest in music such as songwriters, producers, DJs, re-mixers, those wishing to run small record companies, develop artists or stage live events; the course will encourage you to develop a variety of specialisms, making you sufficiently versatile to sustain not one but several serial careers in the music industry.

Graduates are likely to have employment opportunities in scouting for record companies, music promotion, tour management, sound engineering, producing and becoming recording artists.