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Bachelor of Music (with Honours) - BMus (Hon)
Bachelor of Music (Honours) Composition
Royal Academy of Music, University of London
Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Bachelor of Music (Honours) Composition course at Royal Academy of Music, University of London.
Select a qualification to see required grades
A level
E,E
Passes in two GCE Advanced-level (A2) examinations.
You may also need to
Attend an interview
Submit a portfolio
Most popular A-levels studied
See who's studying at Royal Academy of Music, University of London. These students are taking Bachelor of Music (Honours) Composition or another course from the same subject area.
| Subject | Grade |
|---|---|
| Music | A* |
| English Literature | B |
| Mathematics | A |
| History | C |
| Music Technology | B |
Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: 301F
Here's what Royal Academy of Music, University of London says about its Bachelor of Music (Honours) Composition course.
Whether your interest lies in concert music, media, TV and film music, composing for staged productions or electronic music, you can study on the Academy’s undergraduate composition course. Composition at the Academy has an international reputation centred on intensive project-based and highly collaborative degree programmes. Our cutting-edge courses are taught by distinguished and prominent composers, and they reflect the realities and challenges for today’s music creator. Academy composers have a wide range of opportunities for performance and recording, and are fully prepared to work in a variety of creative contexts. Our composition professors are dedicated teachers and active composers with professional musical careers of all kinds. Collectively, they have a wide range of industry knowledge and insight into all aspects of the profession. This course ensures a strong foundation in compositional techniques which, over four years of study, can be focused to support your individual interests and career ambitions. As a composer in the Academy, you are given unrivalled opportunities to have your music played and recorded in numerous contexts – and to develop your individual compositional style and musical personality within our highly collaborative environment. The deadline for the Academy to receive both your UCAS Conservatoires application and also your portfolio in your Acceptd application profile is 2 October 2025, 18:00 UK time. http://www.ram.ac.uk/departments/composition
Source: Royal Academy of Music, University of London
Course details
Qualification
Bachelor of Music (with Honours) - BMus (Hon)
Department
Composition
Location
Main Site | London
Duration
4 Years
Study mode
Full-time
Subjects
• Music composition
Start date
14 September 2026
Application deadline
2 October 2025
How you will be assessed
Please see the information on https://www.ram.ac.uk/study/about-our-courses
Royal Academy of Music, University of London student reviews
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1st year student
2 years ago
The course is engaging but the institution is impossibly woke.
Graduate
3 years ago
The student union was excellent. There was clubs you could join and loads of social nights.
Graduate
3 years ago
I love the “uni” lifestyle it is so independent and very grown up.
Graduate
3 years ago
For my course it wasn’t as financially impacting as other courses, I feel like it was an reasonable price for the experience and education you receive.
National Student Survey (NSS) scores at Royal Academy of Music, University of London
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 Royal Academy of Music, University of London students who took the Bachelor of Music (Honours) Composition 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?
84%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
93%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
92%
med
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
79%
med
Learning opportunities
78%
low
Learning opportunities
78%
low
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
76%
low
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
79%
low
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
83%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
74%
low
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
79%
med
Assessment and feedback
72%
low
Assessment and feedback
72%
low
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?
76%
low
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
64%
low
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
84%
med
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
53%
low
Academic support
90%
med
Academic support
90%
med
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
93%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
87%
low
Organisation and management
77%
med
Organisation and management
77%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
84%
med
How well organised is your course?
72%
med
Learning resources
78%
low
Learning resources
78%
low
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
65%
low
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
97%
high
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
71%
low
Student voice
62%
low
Student voice
62%
low
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
44%
low
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
72%
low
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
71%
med
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
79%
high
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
80%
low
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
88%
high
Student information
See who's studying at Royal Academy of Music, University of London. These students are taking Bachelor of Music (Honours) Composition or another course from the same subject area.
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
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Earnings after graduation
Earnings from Royal Academy of Music, University of London graduates who took Bachelor of Music (Honours) Composition - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£23.7k
First year after graduation
£23.1k
Third year after graduation
£28.8k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Bachelor of Music (Honours) Composition.
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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