Conservatory
Royal Northern College of Music
Conservatory: Royal Northern College of Music
Manchester, United Kingdom
Overview
A Manchester conservatoire offering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral music programmes across performance, composition, popular music, conducting and music education.
Programs researched: 11. None yet has a verified program-level accreditation record in our data.
Subjects with a verified program link: Composition, Conducting, General Music Studies, Music Education, Music Performance, Popular and Contemporary Music.
Programs
Each program is listed with its official award, subject and instrument links, delivery and published tuition. Accreditation, fees, language and entry requirements belong to the program, not to the whole institution.
Certificates
PGCE (Secondary) Music with Specialist Instrument Teaching (with QTS)
PGCE (Secondary) Music with Specialist Instrument Teaching (with QTS)CertificateCertificateMusic Education
On campus1 year full-timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
Diplomas (not degrees)
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced StudiesDiplomaPostgraduate DiplomaMusic PerformanceComposition (concentration)
On campus1 year full-timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
Postgraduate Diploma in Solo Performance / Vocal Studies (International Artist Diploma)
Postgraduate Diploma in Solo Performance / Vocal Studies (International Artist Diploma)DiplomaArtist DiplomaMusic Performance
On campus9 months full-timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
Advanced Artist Diploma
Advanced Artist DiplomaDiplomaArtist DiplomaMusic Performance
On campus1 year full timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
BM / BMus programs
Bachelor of Music with Honours in Popular Music
Bachelor of Music with Honours in Popular MusicBachelor’sBM / BMusPopular and Contemporary Music
On campus4 years full timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
Bachelor of Music with Honours
Bachelor of Music with HonoursBachelor’sBM / BMusMusic PerformanceComposition (concentration)
On campus3-4 years full timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
Other bachelor’s awards
Bachelor of Arts Education with Honours in Inclusive Music Education
Bachelor of Arts Education with Honours in Inclusive Music EducationBachelor’sBA / BA (Hons)Music Education
On campus3 years full timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
MM / MMus programs
Master of Music
Master of MusicMaster’sMM / MMusMusic PerformanceConducting (concentration)
On campus2 years full time or 1 year intensive full time (excluding Conducting)EnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
Other master’s awards
Master of Performance
Master of PerformanceMaster’sOther master’s awardMusic Performance
On campus2 years full time or 1 year intensive full timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
Master of Education
Master of EducationMaster’sOther master’s awardMusic Education
On campus1 year full time or 2 years part timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
PhD and research doctorates
PhD
PhDResearch doctoratePhDGeneral Music Studies
On campus3 years full time or 6 year part timeEnglishRoyal Northern College of Music
Tuition not published
Campuses and facilities
Places where teaching actually happens. Practice rooms, recording studios, rehearsal spaces, performance venues and instrument collections are stated per campus, only as published. Nothing is assumed.
Royal Northern College of Music
124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Facilities not described on the pages we checked.
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded per program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, program accreditation, professional validation, degree-awarding authority and national qualification registers are different things, and a qualification accepted in one jurisdiction is not automatically accepted elsewhere.
No recognition records have been verified for this institution yet.
Official faculty, performance and showcase links
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Sources and verification
How this profile was verified
Facts come from the institution’s own pages and from official registers, each with a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Last checked 25 October 2026. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)