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Do you want to be a successful music artist manager? Do you want to work in the A&R department of a major label, signing and developing new talent? Do you want to become a high powered music industry executive? Have you considered being a Tour Manager or a Promoter, running your own club? Or a Marketing Manager in charge of getting your artist onto the radio and into the newspapers? Are you keen to run your own recording label or set up a new music website? If so, then these and many other roles in the music business can be available to you……

Studying Music Industry Management at RDBS

With a long history of teaching business management programmes matching industry based learning with academic excellence, RDBS gives you everything you’ll need to advance your career in the Music Industry.

You’ll be studying within one ofLondon’s most diverse business schools, based in the heart of an international music industry capital, where the most important music companies in the world have their offices.

At UEL you will gain everything you need for starting your music industry career. The Music Industry Management BA programme is taught by senior lecturers all of whom have significant music industry backgrounds, and have consulted with key music business bosses in designing the programme content.

You will cover the full range of music industry specific disciplines, from artist and recording label management, music marketing and contract negotiation, through to the history of popular music, the live music business and music publishing.

What’s Included

• Learn from a team of lecturers who have worked with major artists and labels including Stereophonics and Island Records.
•  Take advantage of the excellent industry connections and special guest lecturers that our Music Industry Management BA team can introduce to you.
• Add an international dimension to your degree with our Study Abroad and Go Global programmes
•  Fast-track your professional career with our dedicated Employability Centre
•  Engage in a learning programme that’s truly transformational, giving you the knowledge and opportunities to succeed in a changing and creative global music industry.

Your Future Covered

At the Royal Docks Business School we pride ourselves on giving you an unrivalled student experience - and one that will shape your place in the working world. With access to a rigorous academic knowledge base and the opportunities to apply that knowledge professionally, our degree programmes give you the best possible head start. And based within one of the music industry's major world cities, you have the best business landscape in which to make your mark, whether that be inside a major music company, contributing to the growth of a small music business, or as an individual performer.   

'I had an amazing time here at UEL. Every one was very co-operative and so friendly!'

Roselyn George, RDBS student