It builds upon a strong foundation of music psychology teaching and research within the School of Music and is aimed at students who are interested in music education, performance, community music, music therapy, music technology, computer science and/or applied fields such as marketing, consumer behaviour and film music composition.

The Music and Music Psychology MArts programme is offered by the University of Leeds.

Students enrolling on this programme will develop their skills and knowledge in music and music psychology simultaneously; music degrees at Leeds encompass western art music, popular and world music and these are studied from the perspectives of history, theory, criticism, composition, performance and music technology. The diverse nature of this programme offers considerable freedom of choice in subject areas, allowing students to experience both breadth and focus during the four-year degree.

On the core music psychology modules, students will learn about existing research in psychology of music alongside developing domain-specific research methods. The teaching staff on this programme cover all approaches to music psychology research within their research activity which means that students will be able to pursue areas of study that are of interest and relevance to them and their future careers. The programme will also provide the training and preparation necessary for students with ambitions to study the Psychology of Music to MPhil/PhD level.

What facilities are available

At the heart of the School of Music is the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, a beautiful performance space which hosts a large and varied programme of concerts in term time. The entire concert programme is free to students.

The School of Music has its own purpose-built building complete with rehearsal, performance and practice spaces, a lab for studying the psychology of music and four lecture theatres.

There are also studios for sound recording, software development and computer music composition Ð we have a wide range of professional recording equipment and up-to-date music software to help you with your studies.

In addition our instrument collection includes a specially commissioned gamelan, historic and modern keyboard instruments and a large selection of orchestral and world percussion.