**Course overview**
- Delivered by industry professionals, including visiting directors and musical directors, this unique and mainly vocational course equips students with fundamental performance and creative skills, ensuring a solid foundation for a range of careers within Music Theatre and the Performing Arts.
- The programme includes Musical Theatre and New Music Theatre strands, ensuring an holistic training and diverse performing experience, supported with academic rigour. Students take part in a full-scale musical theatre production in each year, and a major devising project in 2nd and 3rd year.
- The individual attention the students receive as part of their training at UCLan is without doubt part of the reason for the success and high retention rate of the course. The course has a 100% pass rate with the majority of students graduating with a 2:1 or 1st award. Most graduates go on to successful careers within performance and related areas.
- Each year the course takes a Graduate Showcase to an invited audience of industry professionals at a London venue. Venues have included the Soho Theatre and the Jermyn Street Theatre.
- The University Chamber Choir is made up of Music Theatre students. The choir has a successful record of winning national competitions, including the Adult Category of Choir of the Year. The choir has an annual concert tour in France, and has also visited Shanghai.
**Why study with us**
- Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Music Theatre is ranked 1st in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2021)
- Our chamber choir, which is made up of Music Theatre students, has won several national competitions, including the BBC Adult Choir of the Year.
- This course has a 100% pass rate to date, with most students graduating with a 2:1 or 1st class honours.
**Further information**
- This course offers you the chance to delve into the practical processes of music theatre – giving you the creative skills and performance experience vital for a variety of careers in the entertainment industry.
- Every year, we take a Graduate Showcase to an invited audience of industry professionals at a London venue, like the Soho Theatre and the Jermyn Street Theatre. It’s an ideal chance to connect with professionals and highlight your talent.
- You’ll also have the chance to attend our cJAM event – an employability fair reimagined for the creative industries. As well as an industry Q&A and a selection of informal networking events, you’ll have the chance to meet industry professionals one-on-one at a huge speed-meeting event – with placements with up to 30 employers up for grabs.
- Studying Music Theatre also offers the chance to join the University Chamber Choir. It’s not only a multi-award-winning group – including the Adult Category of Choir of the Year – but also has an annual concert tour in France, while it has also visited Shanghai.
- When you graduate, you’ll be ready to pursue a wide range of performance-related roles, including musical theatre, television, film, children’s theatre and TV, cruise ship entertainment, teaching and voice-over work – among others.
- Graduates from this course move into a variety of performance-related jobs including: musical theatre (West End, touring, regional and overseas), television, film, children’s theatre and TV, cruise ship entertainment, teaching, theatre in education, theatre representation and management, high profile singing engagements, voice-over work and many others.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1: Musical Theatre 1, Musical Theatre Skills, New Music Theatre 1
Year 2: Musical Theatre 2, New Music Theatre 2
Year 3: Musical Theatre 3, New Music Theatre 3
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
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How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
W310
Institution code:
C30
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
96 UCAS points at A2
P (C+)
96 UCAS points
96 UCAS points
96 UCAS points
96 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
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English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)
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Unistats information
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Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate
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Preston
PR1 2HE
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