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Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Music Production (Top-up) course at Leeds Conservatoire.
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Tuition fees
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £9,250 per year |
| Scotland | £9,250 per year |
| Wales | £9,250 per year |
| Northern Ireland | £9,250 per year |
| Channel Islands | £9,250 per year |
| Republic of Ireland | £9,250 per year |
| EU | £20,300 per year |
| International | £20,300 per year |
Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: W304
Here's what Leeds Conservatoire says about its Music Production (Top-up) course.
Gain the skills and experience to become a sophisticated music producer, with the freedom to express yourself musically in any genre. This top up year for the BA (Hons) Music Production course at Leeds Conservatoire will aid further development of the students existing production skills, and allow students the opportunity to gain further experience and skills to become sophisticated music producers.
Combining one-to-one tuition, lectures and seminars, this top up year will further develop students’ composition skills with the technical know-how necessary to compete in a fast-moving music industry. Students will enhance their understanding of production practices within a studio environment while developing their skills in composition, arranging and the use of industry standard software in the mac lab.
Only at Leeds Conservatoire will you get the unique opportunity to collaborate with musicians from a variety of genres and with a multitude of specialisms. As a producer you’ll be in demand amongst our community of over 1,200 musicians, allowing you to build a portfolio of experience and establish your professional career long before you graduate.
Course details
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Department
School of Pop and Production
Location
Main Site | Leeds
Duration
1 Years
Study mode
Full-time
Subjects
• Music
• Music production
Start date
September 15, 2025
Application deadline
January 29, 2025
The modules you will study
The BA (Hons) Music (Production) Top-Up modules focus on developing you as a professional producer through small group work and individual production projects/portfolios. The professional studies strand will develop your core business skills, and other optional modules will introduce additional cross-genre capabilities.
The programme has strands in Specialist Study, Contextual Studies and Professional Studies. Students focus primarily on their Specialist Study.
Year 3 (Level 6) Compulsory modules: Specialist Study Music Production 3 Final Project Contextual Studies 3 Professional Studies 3
Students select either an Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Project or a Practice in Context Research Project for their Final Project module.
Contextual Studies 3 optional modules, one of: Composed Theatre Composition and Production for Film and Television Computer-Based Composition Electro-acoustic Composition Emerging Music Models Extended Improvisation Intercultural Music Software Environments – Performance and Sound Creation
Professional Studies 3 optional modules, one of: Business Leadership and Ethics Community Music Project Film Music – Aesthetics and Narrative Function Live Music Management Music Journalism
Module specifications can be found via the Leeds Conservatoire website: http://bit.ly/LC-ProdTopUp-UCAS
How you will be assessed
The Top-up course is assessed via musical portfolios, recordings, technical tests, presentations and written work. The exact nature of assessments will depend on the Contextual Studies and Professional Studies module options chosen, as well as the choice of project for the Final Project module. Formal assessments tend to take place at the end of each semester or the end of the year. There are a handful of assignments with deadlines halfway through a semester.
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from Leeds Conservatoire students who took the Music Production (Top-up) course - or another course in the same subject area.
Select an option to see a detailed breakdown
Teaching on my course
87%
med
Teaching on my course
87%
med
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
83%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
94%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
88%
med
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
81%
med
Learning opportunities
83%
med
Learning opportunities
83%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
79%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
86%
med
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
85%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
87%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
77%
med
Assessment and feedback
82%
med
Assessment and feedback
82%
med
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
81%
low
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
85%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
74%
med
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
94%
high
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
73%
med
Academic support
88%
med
Academic support
88%
med
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
84%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
91%
med
Organisation and management
61%
med
Organisation and management
61%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
59%
low
How well organised is your course?
63%
med
Learning resources
80%
med
Learning resources
80%
med
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
73%
low
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
87%
med
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
79%
med
Student voice
56%
low
Student voice
56%
low
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
46%
low
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
58%
low
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
66%
low
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
61%
med
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
86%
med
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
78%
med
Student information
The Music Production (Top-up) course at Leeds Conservatoire features content from more than one subject area. Choose an option below to find out about the students taking courses in each of those subject areas at this uni.
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Music | B | |||||
| Mathematics | A | |||||
| Music Technology | B | |||||
| English Literature | B | |||||
| Drama and Theatre Studies | B | |||||
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Music Technology | B | |||||
| Music | C | |||||
| Mathematics | A | |||||
| English Literature | B | |||||
| Geography | B | |||||
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
The Music Production (Top-up) course includes content from more than one subject area. Choose an option below for information about Leeds Conservatoire graduates across each of those subject areas.
Graduate statistics
60%
In a job where degree was essential or beneficial
93%
In work, study or other activity
45%
Say it fits with future plans
39%
Are utilising studies
Top job areas
36%
Artistic, literary and media occupations
14%
Elementary occupations
13%
Teaching Professionals
6%
Administrative occupations
Graduate statistics
60%
In a job where degree was essential or beneficial
93%
In work, study or other activity
45%
Say it fits with future plans
40%
Are utilising studies
Top job areas
37%
Artistic, literary and media occupations
14%
Elementary occupations
13%
Teaching Professionals
6%
Administrative occupations
Graduate statistics percentages are determined 15 months after a student graduates
Earnings after graduation
Earnings from Leeds Conservatoire graduates who took Music Production (Top-up) - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£15.3k
First year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Music Production (Top-up).
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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