The Master of Music Therapy (Nordoff Robbins): Music, Health, Society is an internationally renowned Masters level programme, validated by Goldsmiths, University of London. Successful completion of this two-year course gives you eligibility to apply to the Health and Care Professions Council for registration as a music therapist, the UK legal prerequisite for working in the profession.

This is a practice-centred programme. You will spend one full day per week throughout the programme on placement and we will expect you to demonstrate a growing capacity to work independently as the programme progresses. You will experience three different placements during your two years with us: the contrasts between these, as well as what you learn from your fellow students about their placements, will help you to think about what music therapy has to offer in different contexts.

Supervision on the work you do at placement aims to ensure that you are thinking about and reflecting on your practice to an extent that ensures that you are working not only safely but also effectively: ultimately we want you to begin to develop your own "internal supervisor" so that you are equipped to work independently.

We expect you to work hard on extending and diversifying your communicative and social musicianship so that you are able to exercise musical craft in making strategic and informed use of musical elements and processes in your work with people on placement. To support you in this we provide weekly small-group teaching in this area and we expect you to devote time to practising at home.

What Will You Be Expected to Achieve?

The programme’s learning outcomes are based on the Health and Care Professions Council’s Standards of Proficiency for Arts Therapists (which include specific standards for music therapists), the HCPC's Standards of Education and Training, the QAA Subject Benchmarks for the Arts Therapies as well as the specific competencies which underpin the music-focused Nordoff Robbins approach.