Universities and Colleges
A number of universities have music departments and offer degrees in music - Bachelor, Master and Doctorate. They may be performance related and/or music theory which can be combined with other subjects, or they may be hybrid courses incorporating performance along with business and entrepreneurial skills. Scottish universities offering degrees include:
- University of Glasgow, Glasgow estb. 1451
- University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen estb. 1495
- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh estb. 1583
- University of Strathclyde, Glasgow incorporated as university 1964, estb. 1796
- Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh incorporated as university 1992, estb. 1964
- University of the West of Scotland, Ayr
- University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness
There are a number of colleges offering popular and contemporary music courses in Scotland at NQ, National Certificate, Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma level. Many of these courses may specialise within a particular area of music, such as the Electronic Music and Recording course at Clydebank College. Scottish colleges offering these courses include:
- Aberdeen College
- Ayr College
- Clydebank College
- Dundee College
- Edinburgh's Telford College
- Forth Valley College
- James Watt College
- Jewel and Esk College
- John Wheatley College
- Langside College
- Lews Castle College
- Motherwell College
- North Glasgow College
- North Highland College
- Perth College UHI
- Reid Kerr College
- Stevenson College
- Stow College
Read more about this topic: Music Schools In Scotland
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