Though you may not think that music and science go together, there is a wonderful synergy between the passion for creating music and a love of scientific knowledge.  Choosing between the two can be hard so why not make the most of your talents and study both science and music in a double degree course.

With this course, your knowledge of human biology may help you unravel the physiological response that music creates. Your knowledge of physics or mathematics could help you create great music, perhaps as you specialise in creative music technology.

And if your main focus is science, music expertise will offer interesting opportunities not available to everyone - perhaps working on treatments for auditory conditions or mapping sound to interaction.

The research into the possibilities of music is also ongoing and creating new jobs dedicated to the many effects of music, music perception or the performance and technical underpinnings of instruments. Alternatively, you could combine your knowledge of physics, mathematics and computing to become a sound engineer.

Bachelor of Science

• Biochemistry
• Genetics
• Forensic science
• Weather and climate science
• Environmental geoscience
• Industrial physics
• Food chemistry
• Biomedical science

Bachelor of Music

• Accompanist
• Artist manager
• Audio engineer
• Audio-visual production
• Composer
• Conductor
• Critic
• Editor
• Festival producer
• Film scoring
• Marketing and communications
• Mastering
• Music journalism
• Music publishing
• Music therapist
• Music writer
• Performance
• Producer
• Publisher
• Social media
• Teaching