<p>Hi all, wasn't sure where to put this but I figured this'd be the place.</p>
<p>I'm going to be a HS senior this fall and I've been looking into colleges for Sound Engineering/Music Technology/Recording Arts and the like. I had really only been looking at US schools (I live in Indiana) but a few days ago my dad informed me that there was a very real possibility he'd get a very good position at the University of Manchester, so the family could be moving there after I graduate HS (it had always kind of been this possibility I knew was floating around, but lately it seems to have become a lot more serious). So depending on how far away I feel like I could be from the family, I decided I should probably look into schools in the UK. </p>
<p>One program that immediately stood out to me was the Electronics with Music course at the University of Glasgow. Does anyone have any information about this program or the University of Glasgow as a whole? In addition, I'd appreciate additional college suggestions as well for the type of program I'm looking at. I'm quite ignorant about the educational system in the UK though, so be patient with me! ;)</p>
<p>I don’t know much specifically about the University of Glasgow, though I can tell you generally about studying in the UK. You may want to contact a poster on this board called Spriteling, who is a student at uni of Edinburgh.</p>
<p>I also direct you to a UK version of this board at
<a href=“http://www”>www</a>. the student room .co .uk
Remove the spaces for the link to work.</p>
<p>I think there are actually about 4 universities in Glasgow maybe more (uni of Glasgow, uni of Strathclyde, Glasgow school of Art and Glasgow Caledonian). Uni of Glasgow is definitely the most well known and has the best reputation though.</p>
<p>In the UK there is one common app at UCAS
[UCAS</a> - Home](<a href=“http://www.ucas.com%5DUCAS”>http://www.ucas.com)
You can only apply for 5 universities in 1 year.</p>
<p>You are probably aware that you select your course of study (effectively your major) when you apply in the UK. Scotland is a bit different to England in that most courses last 4 years, you get a masters degree (often referred to as an “undergraduate masters” here) at the end and it is possible to switch course. Many people seem to think studying in Scotland is exactly the same as studying in the US. Maybe if you enroll in a special program just for US students it is. But it’s not if you are regularly enrolled. Though you can change course, you can’t change to something completely unrelated or something in which you have no background. eg if you study English, History and French in the first year, in the second year you cannot switch to Biology unless you have previously taken advanced Biology classes (A-level Biology probably). But in the same you you might be allowed to switch to a related subject like history of art, medieval history, French with Business or something like that. So it is more flexible than England but not a free-for-all. It is still strongly advisable to be quite clear on the sorts of subjects you would like to study before you apply.</p>
<p>If it is not clear on their website, I would advise you to email to admissions office of any UK unis you are interested in and ask them about their exact admissions requirements for US students.</p>
<p>Scotland is not very big. Edinburgh is only about half an hour from Glasgow and there are several universities there too, so you could look there as well. </p>
<p>You need to know there will be no financial aid. It doesn’t really exist for foreign students in the UK.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.
Good luck with your application.</p>