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Music Business and Media BA(Hons)

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Intro

Explore the dynamic world of popular music with our forward-looking Music Business and Media degree. 

This course offers a blend of theory and practice, allowing you to dive into the history of music’s influence on society and develop essential skills for a career in the music industry.  

You’ll gain hands-on experience in music management, marketing and media production, guided by expert lecturers and industry professionals. Tailor your studies to your passions, work on real-world projects and benefit from Brighton’s vibrant creative scene, just a short train ride from London.

This innovative degree will ensure you begin your music career in one of the UK’s leading creative hubs.

Key facts

Location Brighton: Moulsecoomb

UCAS code W392

Full-time 3 years

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If you’re interested in exploring the social, cultural, political and industrial aspects of popular music – from the birth of jazz in New Orleans to #blacklivesmatter – then this is the course for you. 

Iestyn George, Senior Lecturer

Entry criteria

Entry requirements

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBB–BCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DMM–MMM. You will be considered if your predicted grades fall within this range.

International Baccalaureate
30 points, with three subjects at Higher level.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at merit or above.

Foundation degree/HND
May enable you to start the course in year 2 or year 3.

Foundation diploma
Pass. A foundation diploma is not a requirement for entry – it is just one of the qualifications that we accept for admission to the course.

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

Studied before or got relevant experience?
A qualification, HE credits or relevant experience may count towards your course at Brighton and could mean that you do not have to take some elements of the course or can start in year 2 or 3. 

International requirements and visas

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We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

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Applying for a student visa

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Contextual admissions

At Brighton, we understand that not everyone has the same opportunities, and some may face extra challenges to meet grade requirements. If you meet our contextual admissions criteria, we’ll make you an offer of at least two grades or 16 UCAS tariff points lower than the standard for your course. Find out about contextual admissions at Brighton.

With a contextual offer, you may also qualify for extra financial support through our Brighton Boost cost of living package. Find out about the Brighton Boost.

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I realised the course could spark my creative side with the video modules and that I could also learn about the industry and radio, the route I want to go down ... The course has been really helpful and has so much variety

Hollie Strzyzewski, Music Business and Media student

Course content

Top reasons to choose this course

  • Graduate ready to take on a wide variety of roles across the music industry, from PR to A&R.
  • The subject matter is a fascinating and ever-evolving mix – you will examine how the music and media industries intersect, investigating the social, cultural, economic, political and technological changes associated with their development.
  • Excellent work placements organised by our dedicated placements team.
  • Opportunities to work on live industry projects.
  • Option modules in areas such as branding, journalism, public relations and sustainability, enabling you to tailor your degree to your specific career ambitions.
  • Brighton is a fast-growing creative media hub and home to a thriving music scene.
  • The course team are experts in their field who are passionate about sharing their knowledge with a new generation of media and music professionals.
  • Develop valuable transferable skills including practical media skills, critical thinking and writing, independent research and analysis and excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills.
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Year 1

In your first year you will study methods of understanding and theorising the media and music industries. You will also examine the social, cultural, economic, political and technological changes associated with their development.

Modules

Core modules

  • Media and Popular Culture

    This module will introduce you to the concept of popular culture through the perspectives of media studies. You will critically engage with, explore and critique a range of popular cultural forms and practices. You will explore a range of current as well as historical examples of film, TV, music, and online popular culture through analysis of both the conditions of production - the entertainment industry - and audiences’ engagement with these texts.

  • The Music Business

    This module introduces the character of the music industries and the activities associated with the music business, including recording, publishing, live performance, marketing and management. You'll explore and analyse popular music as both a cultural and industrial form., alongside considering popular music within the context of media industries, examining relationships between production, distribution and consumption.

  • Popular Music: Histories and Contexts

    The module introduces the cultural contexts of popular music genres, styles, issues and debates – enabling you to place popular music within key historical developments. You'll explore the key formal debates of popular music studies and how they relate to popular music studies research.

  • Critical Approaches to Media 1

    This module will introduce you to a range of critical academic approaches to media. It tackles the most cutting-edge topics in media studies and introduces canonical approaches used in their analysis. An introduction to these approaches will enable you to understand the workings of media audiences, industries and texts. The module will focus on media experiences that are relevant to your everyday life, ensuring that as well as academic development, the module will give you the tools to analyse your own engagement with, and consumption of, the media.

  • Critical Approaches to Media 2

    This module introduces key media studies theories and concepts and applies them to the analysis of real-world issues. You will develop skills and techniques to critique media representations, showing the importance of media analysis in everyday life. By analysing media technologies, you will engage with the most innovative media content, forms and practices of the day. By questioning mediation, the module will bring to life the role of media in society and enable you to critique the media in terms of culture, politics, innovation and environment.

Options*

  • Video Production 1

    This module will equip you with the essential skills and practical experience required to create short-form non-fictional audio-visual content, suitable in form to contemporary web-based - as well as more traditional - delivery platforms and audiences. It covers all three stages of video production: pre-production research and planning, production and post-production, including editing. It will introduce the fundamentals of video and sound-recording techniques as well as give you the skills required for successfully engaging with contributors/participants.

  • Photographic Practice 1

    In this module you will explore the role and use of photography in visual media. You will engage with various aspects of the language and production of promotional and editorial photography. You will respond to set briefs and create your own website that includes an online portfolio as well as learn the core skills in which to consider, articulate and document reflections on your practice.

  • Film Language and History

    This module introduces how the formal language of cinema – cinematography, editing, sound, shot composition, etc – contributes to establishing a film’s narrative. You’ll explore the history of mainstream Western cinema by looking at the key technical, institutional and economic developments of the medium. Areas covered include the emergence of the actuality genre, narrative theory, structure and the relationship between plot and story, and censorship and the cinema.

  • Community Media for Social Action – Decolonising Media

    Tools, spaces and processes of community communications form the basis of inquiry into community media and social action. You will engage with theories of empowerment and voice as well as engaging in introductory practices of community media for social action. Your outputs from the practice component will be presented in class before being archived on the student learning space. You will also learn to reflect critically on your experiences and the processes of contextualised content generation through online communicative learning.

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.


Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Year 2

In your second year of your Music Business and Media degree you’ll focus on an industry placement as well as looking at research methods for live projects which will equip you with the knowledge and skills to execute independent research.

Modules

Core modules

  • Media Placement

    This module involves a series of guided practical workshops covering research skills, CV/cover letter writing and portfolio development, followed by a four-week placement at an organisation or a work-related research project. You will reflect on your experience to consider the links between the course material and the professional activities which take place a media-related environment.

  • Music, Technology and Everyday Life

    This module blends cultural, critical media and technology studies to explore ways in which people engage with popular music, focusing specifically on how they relate to music technologies and popular music texts – music, lyrics, performers and representations – in their daily lives. Topics covered include everyday life and music technologies, Walkmans, iPods and walking in the city, record collecting, gender and domesticity and popular music and subcultures.

  • Research Methods and Methodology

    To prepare you for your final year dissertation, this module covers a range of academic topics related to the theory, practice and design of research in the area of media studies. You will explore and gain an understanding of the research process, including the selection of methods, theories and analysis techniques appropriate for a media studies project and undertake a literature review on a chosen topic.

  • The British Music Industry

    In this module you will develop an understanding of the British music industry landscape – the recording industry, live music and publishing – and critique its complexities and changes. You will analyse and discuss key areas and theoretical concepts concerning the industry as well as gain skills and techniques, such as running a record label and organising live events.

Options*

  • Community Radio – Empowering Voices for Inclusion

    This module combines theory and practice to explore the ways in which community radio informs and connects people and impacts local communities. You will learn about the research, production and packaging stages of preparing audio content for broadcast, explore the day-to-day challenges facing community radio stations and expand your experience of collaborative work and learning.

  • Specialist Portfolio

    In this module you will produce your own journalism in a subject area of your choice, using a range of forms and styles. You will create and populate an online publication platform, using audience development strategies (including social media and analytics) to build a following and employing professional techniques. You will also publish your work in a collaborative journalism project.

  • Video Production 2

    During this module you will develop your video production skills and learn the concepts, theories and practice of documentary making. You will explore the three main stages of documentary production: pre-production (research and planning); production; and post-production, including editing techniques using professional video-editing software. Particular emphasis is given to creating an engaging narrative and focusing on the target audience.

  • Media Project Management

    This module introduces you to key theories and approaches in project management, focusing on media projects. You will put these into practice by developing project plans as well as critiquing and reflecting on project management approaches and techniques, and on the purpose of project management within the creative industries. You will also gain a theoretical foundation for your final year live project.

  • Photographic Practice 2

    Photographic Practice 2 explores contemporary, historical, critical and creative approaches to digital photography in a global context. You will investigate photography’s power to communicate and use your practice to challenge and highlight issues faced by society. Employing a range of lens-based media and digital platforms, you will share your work-in-progress in a mid-term presentation and produce a digital portfolio comprised of a photobook, research diary and web presence.

  • Social Media for Activist and Community Groups

    In this module you will learn how social networking offers new possibilities for activist and non-profit groups. You will devise a social media strategy for a partner organisation and develop graphic and/or audiovisual material to accompany this. You’ll present your work to the organisation and critically reflect on social media practices across different platforms, focusing on the potential and limitations of using this technology for social good.

  • Brands and Public Relations

    In this module you will examine the relationship between branding and public relations from a media perspective. It presents a practical and theoretical introduction to brand creation and the role public relations plays in the process of brand management, including industry perspectives. As well as studying the beginnings of public relations and issues including politics and corporate social responsibility, you will also take part in a brand development project.

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Placement 

In your second year you will complete a placement in an external organisation. You will receive guidance and support from a dedicated placement team. Placements are usually around four weeks and are academically assessed. 

The placement enables you to:

  • apply your learning to real-life situations and challenges
  • make confident and informed decisions about the direction of your media career
  • get an insight in to how businesses and organisations  function
  • develop your existing skills and discover new ones
  • explore career options    
  • make professional contacts, create an effective CV and digital media presence
  • build confidence and organisational skills.

Read about media students’ experiences on placement.

Our media students have been on placements with organisations including:

  • Ricochet
  • Creative Assembly
  • BBC Good Food and Olive Magazine
  • Absolute Radio
  • Brighton & Hove Green Party
  • Lowkey Films
  • Drop4Drop
  • Integrity Music Europe
  • YDN Radio
  • Life Water
  • Electric Square
  • ITV Potato
  • Renewable World
  • Deluxe
  • ILOVEDUST
  • Bauer Media
  • Brighton Dome
  • Brighton Fringe.

Final year

You will work in creative partnership with music innovation labs and gain practical understanding of digital media marketing as well as conceptual knowledge of the celebrity economy. With the university’s support you will undertake a live project, go into industry and complete an independent research project.

Modules

Core modules

  • Music Innovation: Design and Development

    Music Innovation: Design and Development explores music innovation in a rapidly changing world. It is organised around two main themes: the blurring of boundaries between music and other fields like film, art and health; and the impact of technology such as blockchain on the music/artistic landscape. At the end of the module, you will undertake a collaborative project informed by the debates you have been introduced to.

  • Digital Media Marketing and Innovation

    This module introduces you to key practical aspects of digital media marketing within the context of the technological and business innovations that are driving change across the digital landscape. It will provide you with an understanding of search engine optimization (SEO) and social media marketing and an appreciation of how digital innovations are shaping the marketing sector.

  • Live Project

    This module will support you in preparing, conducting and evaluating a live project within the media industry. You will develop a working brief for an entrepreneurial live project or a project within a specific organisation or your own start-up and create an online portfolio to showcase your work. You will give a mid-project presentation to critically discuss the experience of running it and write a 5,000-word dissertation exploring aspects of the project in the light of media theories and concepts.

Options*

  • Global Challenges

    Drawing on UNESCO’s concept that culture is a fundamental part of sustainable development, this module looks at the way in which creative industries contribute to economic and cultural development, social stability and equity, and environmental protection. You will explore how media works to define the ways that societies, cultures and individuals interact on local, national and global levels, and look at how your own creative practices might address global challenges.

  • Television Production

    This module explores the practical and theoretical approaches to producing a studio programme for television broadcast. You will develop critical, technical and interpersonal skills for working collaboratively in a multi-camera television studio and produce your own television programme based around a popular genre, such as a chat show, documentary, magazine programme or local news programme.

  • Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Culture

    This module will look at the ways in which sustainability, innovation and digital media are interconnected. You will explore relevant case studies both from a technological and social/cultural perspective and critically evaluate theoretical frameworks of innovation and sustainability and how they relate to digital media. Topics will include concepts of sustainability (social, political, economic and environmental), smart cities, big data, drivers of innovation, and the business case for sustainable innovation.

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Facilities 

  • Digital and analogue stills equipment, including DSLRs and a range of lenses, plus an offsite darkroom
  • Video recording equipment – from Canon DSLRs to Blackmagic cameras – in a dedicated TV studio
  • Audio recording kit and facilities, including bookable sound/radio booths 
  • Dedicated video editing suites including Mac and PC computers with specialist software

Meet the team

Staff who teach on the course include:

Iestyn George (course leader) lectures in media studies and is a journalist who previously worked as an editor at NME, GQ and Golf Punk. He was marketing manager of the Manic Street Preachers between 1999 and 2003. 

Podcast: listen to Iestyn talk about his work in journalism and marketing, why he believes media is the most important subject to study at university and the future of magazines.

Dr Shara Rambarran is a musicologist who worked (performing, composing, production and music PR) in London before returning to academia to specialise in popular musicology. Shara has extensive experience in delivering programmes in popular music, music history, music industry/business and cultural studies at various universities. She co-runs the Art of Record Production conferences and serves on the editorial boards for the Journal on the Art of Record Production, Journal of Popular Music Education and the British Pop Archive. Shara is also the musicologist for Spotify’s Decode music podcast series and author of Virtual Music: Sound, Music, and Image in the Digital Era (Bloomsbury).

Dr Eleftherios Zenerian studied political and social sciences at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (BA, MSc) and the University of Sussex (MSc, PhD). He has taught sociology, politics and media, and cultural studies in the University of Sussex and University of Portsmouth. His research interests encompass creative labour, popular music cultures, and social and cultural theory. He currently researches fan creativity and the materiality of popular music.

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100% of our students said their 2021–22 media placement was extremely beneficial in building the skills and knowledge needed for their future career, and almost half of the placements resulted in a job offer

On the course I’ve found myself recording a podcast, conducting a brand proposal, developing a new music innovation, recording promotional videos and so much more. Plus, I still work with my placement company on their social media, so it was definitely a worthwhile opportunity!

Kristian Floate, student

Careers

Prepare for your career 

Studying Music Business and Media will provide you with subject knowledge and expertise plus the opportunities to put what you learn into practice with work-related experience. 

You will develop valuable transferable skills, including practical media skills, critical thinking and writing, independent research and analysis. The course will equip you with excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills.   

Option modules span areas such as branding, journalism, public relations and sustainability in digital culture, enabling you to tailor your degree to your specific career ambitions.  

The course aims to develop versatile and creative music business innovators and leaders, and graduates who are well equipped to enter careers in the media and creative industries. The course will prepare you to engage critically across a range of key debates in the field of music and media studies.

The placement and your live project experience will help you and your CV stand out as you start your career.

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What can I do with a media degree?

This course is the newest addition to our well-established programme of media-related degrees.

Graduates from Brighton media courses have gone into work in fields including marketing, PR, social media and production. They work for organisations including the BBC, Channel 4, Ricochet, Universal Pictures, EMI and Vogue. This course opens up opportunities across the music industry in areas including A&R and promotion.

Our students often secure full-time jobs with the organisations that provide their industry placements and live projects.

Graduates from the University of Brighton’s media programme area have been recruited in roles such as:

  • Journalists
  • Editorial assistants
  • Social media managers
  • Runners
  • Production assistants
  • Sub-editors
  • Talent coordinators
  • Digital content producers
  • Presenters.

Professional advice and support 

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and rediscover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that’s not just while you are a student – our support carries on after you’ve graduated.

Find out more about our Careers Service...

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Fees and costs

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,535 GBP

International (full-time) 17,250 GBP

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2025–26.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

Find out more

  • Brighton Boost – cost of living help for our new undergrad students. Find out about how we can help with your study, accommodation or travel costs and more...
  • Fees, bursaries, scholarships and government funding info for UK and international undergraduate students
  • Student finance and budgeting while studying
  • Read our student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf) for more on University of Brighton tuition fees.

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that are included and any extras that you may be expected to pay while studying a course  in the School of Art and Media in the 2022–23 academic year are listed here.

  • Typically, practice-based courses incur more costs than text-based subjects. For many courses you will need to budget for the cost of specialist materials, equipment and printing and are likely to spend between £50–£300 per year.
  • For some courses you may also need to budget up to £100 for specialist personal protective clothing which, with care, will last for the whole of your course and beyond.
  • For most courses you will have the opportunity to attend field trips and off-site visits, for example to galleries, exhibitions and studios both in the UK and overseas. These are optional and are not required to pass your course. The amount spent would be based on location and number of trips taken, and typically range between £100 and £700 across the duration of your course.
  • You will have access to computers and necessary software at City campus and Moulsecoomb campus and at other locations across the university. Specialist equipment is provided to cover essential learning. Students may choose to buy their own specialist equipment, these may include cameras, or computers and software, university/student discounts are available for some equipment and software. Budgets can range from £50–£2,000. Buying specialist equipment is best undertaken in consultation with our academic and technical staff. This expenditure is not essential to pass any of our courses.
  • For some courses you will need to budget up to £200 for printing and publishing. Photography courses may incur higher costs (£500–£2,000) when printing and framing images of professional standard for public presentation.
  • Course books, magazines and journals are available in the university libraries. You do not need to have your own copies, but if you wish to, you should budget up to £200 over your course to buy them.
  • For courses in which there is an optional placement year, you will need to budget for living costs (rent, food, travel etc) in that city/country, as if you were on site at the university.
  • For some courses you will need to budget up to £150 for stationery.
  • Final-year graduation shows are opportunities to present your final, independent project work to the public. Practice-based courses will typically incur higher costs. Depending on the specific nature of your final project you will need to budget between £20–£2,500.

You can chat with our enquiries team if you have a question or need more information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

Location and student life

Campus where this course is taught

Moulsecoomb campus

Two miles north of Brighton seafront, Moulsecoomb is our largest campus and student village. Moulsecoomb has been transformed by a recent development of our estate. On campus you’ll find new Students’ Union, events venue and sports and fitness facilities, alongside the library and student centre.

Over 900 students live here in our Moulsecoomb Place halls and the new Mithras halls – Brunswick, Goldstone, Hanover, Preston and Regency.

Moulsecoomb has easy access to buses and trains so you can access all the exciting things happening in our home city.

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Accommodation

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

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Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:

  • Mithras Halls are stylish new high-rises in the heart of the student village at our revitalised Moulsecoomb campus with ensuite rooms for more than 800 students.
  • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around two miles from Moulsecoomb campus and four miles from the city centre, and is easy to get to by bus.

Want to live independently?
We can help – find out more about private renting.

Relaxing in halls

Modern accommodation at Moulsecoomb

Mithras halls room with a view

Relaxing in halls near the campus

Student Union social space

Student Union social space at Moulsecoomb

Local area

One of Time Out's 50 best cities in the world

“Brighton has… all the important parts of a sprawling cosmopolitan metropolis (connections to London in under an hour, an array of properly excellent restaurants, energetic late-night spots) … with the easy-breezy beachy attitude to life that makes you feel welcome in an instant.”
Time Out’s 50 Best Cities in the World, 2025

About Brighton

The city of Brighton & Hove is a forward-thinking place which leads the way in the arts, technology, sustainability and creativity. You'll find living here plays a key role in your learning experience.

Brighton is a leading centre for creative media technology, recently named the startup capital of the UK.

The city is home to a national 5G testbed and over 1,000 tech businesses. The digital sector is worth over £1bn a year to the local economy – as much as tourism.

All of our full-time undergraduate courses involve work-based learning - this could be through placements, live briefs and guest lectures. Many of these opportunities are provided by local businesses and organisations.

It's only 50 minutes by train from Brighton to central London and there are daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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Brighton Beach sunset

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Support and wellbeing

Your course team

Your personal academic tutor, course leader and other tutors are all there to help you with your personal and academic progress. You'll also have a student support and guidance tutor (SSGT) who can help with everything from homesickness, managing stress or accommodation issues.

Your academic skills

Our Brighton Student Skills Hub gives you extra support and resources to develop the skills you'll need for university study, whatever your level of experience so far.

Your mental health and wellbeing

As well as being supported to succeed, we want you to feel good too. You'll be part of a community that builds you up, with lots of ways to connect with one another, as well having access to dedicated experts if you need them. Find out more about how we support your wellbeing.

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Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you'll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

Find out more about Sport Brighton.

Sports scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about sport scholarships.

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