Detailed Program Facts

Application Fee

  Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE

Tuition Fee

 CAD 26,580 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

Living Cost in University of Glasgow

  CAD 9,207 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Check program website for more information about funding options.

English Test Requirements

• IELTS
  • Minimum Overall Score - 7.0  Minimum Listening - 7.0  Minimum Reading - 7.0  Minimum Writing - 7.0  Minimum Speaking - 7.0  
• TOEFL
  • Minimum Overall Score - 100.0  Minimum Listening - 24.0  Minimum Reading - 24.0  Minimum Writing - 27.0  Minimum Speaking - 23.0  
• PTE
  • Minimum Overall Score - 66.0  Minimum Listening - 66.0  Minimum Reading - 68.0  Minimum Writing - 82.0  Minimum Speaking - 65.0  

• Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Bachelor's degree.

• Minimum CGPA Required: 60.00 %

Additional Information

Career Prospects
The programme opens opportunities to enter and develop your career or business in the music (or related media and creative) industries. The programme will provide you with:

• Experience working in the music industries via either project or entrepreneurship pathways
• Critical methods of evaluating music industries research produced by different stakeholders (e.g. academics, lobbying groups, and policymakers)
• knowledge of the key theoretical, historical, and methodological debates in music industries and popular music research

Recent graduates work as Head of Publisher Services at PRS/ ICE Services, label services manager at Ferocious Management, Royalties Administrator at BBC Studios and as International Partner Manager at PRS for Music.

Others are lecturers in Commercial Music and Cultural Policy Research. Some work for Glasgow based organisations and companies (for example, the Scottish Music Industry Association and The Riverside Festival) while some are self-employed or freelance artists, educators and music entrepreneurs.

Scholarships

Scholarships

Undergraduate

• University of Glasgow funding
  • College of Arts Deans' Award
  • College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences Deans' Award
  • College of Social Sciences Deans' Award
  • Sanctuary Scholarships
  • Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship

Postgraduate

• University of Glasgow funding
  • Sanctuary Scholarships
  • Adam Smith Scholarship (International)
  • ASBS Global Challenges Scholarship
  • Joseph Lister India Scholarships
  • School of Computing Science: International Excellence Awards
  • School of Geographical and Earth Sciences: PGT Excellence Awards
  • Scotland's Saltire Scholarships
  • University of Glasgow International Leadership Scholarship
  • University of Glasgow College of Arts South Asia Award

There are various options through which a student can get a post study work visa in the UK. 
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for the graduates with a genuine and credible business idea. 
Tier 2 (General) is the leading immigration visa to work in the UK.
Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme is for students who have completed their Ph.D. and is valid for 12 months for them to work, look for work or set up a business. 
Tier 5 Youth Mobility is for individuals of certain countries like Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand aged between 18 -30 who wish to move to the UK. 
Tier 5 GAE is for individuals who want to come to the UK for work experience, training, research or a fellowship. 
UK Ancestry is for individuals who are a citizen of a commonwealth and plan to work in the UK and have a grandparent who was born in the UK.