Popular Music Performance & Songwriting at BIMM University
Popular Music Performance & Songwriting (BMus (Hon), 3C48) at BIMM University asked for CC in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bimm.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~CC
Open64 points · below CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check bimm.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 64
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
85 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 81%, no formal qualifications 9%, other qualifications 4%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Music (with Honours)
- Code
- 3C48
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
87%
still studying
UK 85%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
8%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
145 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course82%89%
Learning opportunities78%85%
Assessment and feedback78%84%
Academic support90%92%
Organisation and management67%75%
Learning resources72%87%
Student voice74%77%
65 final-year students · 72% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
3 years£18k5 years£23.5k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- London, Greater London, England
- Postcode
- SW6 1EN
Subjects
popular music performance design, and creative and performing arts
musicianship and performance studies design, and creative and performing arts
popular music composition design, and creative and performing arts
musicianship and performance studies design, and creative and performing arts
popular music composition design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Birmingham
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
- Campus
- Brighton
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
- Campus
- Bristol
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
- Campus
- London
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
- Campus
- Manchester
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Music at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIMM University | Popular Music Performance & Songwriting this course | CC | 96–111 |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Music Production with Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 48 - 64 points | 112–127 |
| Falmouth University | Creative Music Technology BA (Hons) | 64 points | 96–111 |
| Leeds Conservatoire | Classical Music with Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 64 points | 112–127 |
| Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts | Acting (Musical Theatre) BA (Hons) | 64 points | 128–143 |
| London School of Theology | Theology and Worship Studies BA (Hons) | 64 points | under 96 |
| Morley College London | BA (Hons) Creative Practice: Music and Sound BA (Hons) | 64 points | — |
| Newcastle College University Centre | Live Performance Technical Production FdA | 48 - 64 points | — |
| North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College | Music Production HND | 64 points | — |
| University of Lancashire | Electronic Music Production and Performance BA (Hons) | 64 points | 96–111 |
| University of Northampton | Music Production and Performance (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 64 points | — |
See all 823 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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