University of South Wales
MA Music Therapy
MA at University of South Wales, based in Newport. It is HCPC-approved, so completing it makes you eligible to apply for registration and work as a music therapist anywhere in the UK. There is no UCAS code recorded, so this is normally a direct application to the university.
Course facts
- Award
- MA
- Route
- Pre-registration master’s
- Study modes
- part-time
- Campus
- Newport
- Where
- Wales, Wales
- Regulator
- HCPC — approved
Everything above is taken from the published record for this programme. Rows that are absent are absent from the source data, not omitted for brevity.
Entry requirements
Outcomes
Where the national surveys publish figures for this course, they appear here. Small cohorts are routinely suppressed in the official releases, which is why a tile can read "not published" for a course that is running perfectly well.
Outcome figures are worth less on this kind of course than on most. Pre-registration programmes feed a regulated profession with a national pay scale, so a graduate from any approved course starts on the same band as a graduate from any other. Earnings differences between providers mostly reflect where graduates end up living and whether they take NHS or private work, not the quality of the teaching. As a reference point, a newly qualified music therapist in Wales starts on NHS band 6, which begins at £40,559 in 2026/27. See the full pay picture.
Paying for it
Full-time pre-registration study in Wales is normally funded through a tuition fee loan and a maintenance loan from the student finance body for the nation you study in, topped up by whatever health-specific support that nation runs. Allied health students are treated more generously than most because placements make part-time work hard to sustain.
The NHS Learning Support Fund is an England-only scheme, so it does not apply here. Wales runs its own arrangements instead.
All funding and bursaries · rules change every academic year, so check the current terms before you apply.
How this course compares
There are 7 other approved music therapist courses in the UK. Because every one of them leads to the same registration, the differences that actually matter are practical: how long the course runs, whether the award is a bachelor's or a master's, where the placements are and what the university asks for at entry.
Other allied health courses at University of South Wales
Worth a look if you are still deciding between professions — a university that runs several allied health programmes usually shares placement networks and teaching facilities across them.
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Where this page’s data comes from
- HCPC approved programmes directoryHealth and Care Professions Council · No open licence stated; HCPC copyright · checked 3 September 2026
- HCPC register summary and registrant snapshots (aggregate)Health and Care Professions Council · No open licence stated; HCPC copyright · checked 3 September 2026
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