What will I learn?

Become a qualified music therapist and learn to use music to improve wellbeing and to positively support people of all ages through diverse challenges. Music therapists draw on the inherent qualities of music to support people of all ages and at all stages of life who face diverse challenges. Music therapy facilitates positive changes in wellbeing through engagement in musical interaction. Music therapists work with both musical and verbal material within a therapeutic relationship, engaging a wide range of service users in accessible therapeutic work, to promote greater wellbeing through specific therapeutic aims. The programme enables those who are competent and practising musicians to train as therapists, combining their skills, education, and life experiences to support a diverse range of service users.

Which department am I in?

Allied Health Professions

Study options

Full Time (2 Years)

Tuition fees

£18,250.00 (19,88,451) per year

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Main Campus

Grove House, Roehampton Lane,

London,

United Kingdom,

SW15 5PJ, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants will normally be required to hold an honours degree, usually in music. Other clinically related disciplines such as psychology, teaching, nursing, or social work, and graduate level professional qualifications in appropriate disciplines such as the performing arts, Occupational Therapy and Social Work are also considered where music skills are demonstrably sufficient. Applicants need to evidence that they can meet the academic demands of a Masters degree and will be required to prepare and submit a written personal statement to support their application.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.