Thank you for choosing to study Master of Music with us. We are delighted to welcome you! As you embark on this exciting journey, you'll have the opportunity to explore new creative boundaries and collaborate with like-minded peers. We look forward to supporting your academic and professional growth throughout your time here. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
The Course Team
Academic Calendar: Trimesters [15 Week]
View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2025-26 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.
Your Welcome Week is an essential introduction to your course and the wider University, helping you to feel confident and prepared for your studies right from the very start.
It is important to check your Course Welcome Week for all the activities you are required to attend as part of your course induction. If any of your welcome activities are in groups, your course team will contact you before you arrive to let you know which group you will be in.
In addition, check the Student Events Hub for a range of fun activities. including the Students’ Union Welcome Fair, to help you make friends and live your best CCCU student life.
Your teaching timetable
UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities for a course. If your course is taught in groups, it will display information for all groups, not just the group you will be assigned to.
Your individual student timetable will show you what modules and groups you are expected to attend via MyTimetable. This will be available for when your teaching starts.
Learn more about timetabling for new students including user guides and videos.
See information above regarding welcome week.
To get a feel for some of the activities our students have been involved in, visit our Instagram @cccu_music.
In addition to other exciting activities, you will have access to our Creative Agency, which supports students by providing opportunities to engage in paid projects and develop a portfolio of work essential for preparing for your future career. The Agency also facilitates student collaboration, allowing students to contribute to each other's projects across different courses.
Once your University IT account has been activated, you will be able to access our resources, including Library resources and relevant software. On our Blackboard pages (virtual learning environment platform) you will be able to find detailed information about your course, as well as about supporting services and opportunities available to you.
At the beginning of your academic course, you will be assigned to a personal tutor, who will provide you with academic support throughout the course and act as a gateway to support and development services offered elsewhere in the University.
After welcome week you will begin work on your first three modules that you will study in Trimester 1: Theories, Critiques and Techniques; Collaborative Practice; and Creativity, Culture and Community.
As an MMUS student, you are considered a researcher whether your field is performance, composition, production or critical writing. To familiarise yourself with the research of our staff, please take a look at our research repository.
The work that you undertake in your Final Project module will be unique to you as a performer, composer, producer or scholar. Before you begin your course, think about what you would like to include in, and get out of, your final performance, creative portfolio, or dissertation so that you can present this to your supervisor when you first meet them.
To prepare for your first sessions, you will have access to our Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard). This will give specialist reading lists for each module and will help you structure your learning beyond the lectures/workshops.
International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.
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