Royal Northern College of Music - Bachelor of Music with Honours in Popular Music

Over the last decade, the RNCM’s Popular Music programme has established itself as a global destination of choice for outstanding music students, teachers, researchers and professional artists.

The UK’s only 4-year Bachelor of Music degree in Popular Music, this unique course continually reinvents itself to respond to the ever-changing, dynamic music industry, creating exceptional musicians, original artists and entrepreneurs and enabling purposeful, successful, sustainable careers.

This exciting new degree focuses on Artist Development, teaching the essential skills of the 3D musician: Performance, Composition and Production. Inspired by Manchester’s iconic and fertile music scene, our programme embraces innovation and diversity, and through the study of a range of popular music styles and genres, we empower you to be ambitious and imaginative with no boundaries to your creativity.

With the focus on producing exceptional graduates with the skills to shape the future of music, we regard you as a professional musician from day one and have a flexible degree that enables you to create your own bespoke package and to major in one of our four core areas of study. Through an unparalleled network of international visiting artists, industry professionals and influential music industry partners, we actively encourage and support you to develop your professional career alongside your studies.