Popular Music Performance and Songwriting at Coventry University
Popular Music Performance and Songwriting (BA (Hons), W315) at Coventry University asked for 112 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on coventry.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~112 points
Selectivearound BBB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check coventry.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 112
The middle entrant had 112–127 points. 35% had fewer than the 112 asked.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- W315 · W3 music
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- January 2028
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
70%
still studying
UK 85%
30%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course95%89%
Learning opportunities89%85%
Assessment and feedback85%84%
Academic support86%92%
Organisation and management64%75%
Learning resources100%87%
Student voice76%77%
10 final-year students · 61% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£20.5k5 years£25.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 35 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
85% working15% working and studying
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
55%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 55%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 70%
40%
use what they learned
UK 45%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations40%
- Sales occupations15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials10%
- Administrative occupations10%
- Elementary occupations10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Coventry, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- CV1 5FB
Subjects
popular music performance design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Coventry Campus
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucks New University | Audio and Music Production BA (Hons) | 88 - 112 points | 96–111 |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Music Production BA (Hons) | 112 points | 112–127 |
| City St George's, University of London | Music, Sound and Technology BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 128–143 |
| Coventry University | Popular Music Performance and Songwriting this course | 112 points | 112–127 |
| dBs Institute | Electronic Music Production BA (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 112–127 |
| Hereford College of Arts | Popular Music BA (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | — |
| Keele University | Digital Media and Music Production BA (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| University of Aberdeen | Art History and Music MA (Hons) | BBC | 144–159 |
| University of Chichester | Commercial Music BA (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | — |
| University of Derby | Entrepreneurship and Popular Music BA (Hons) | 112 points | — |
| University of Hull | Music BA (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
See all 823 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More performing arts at Coventry University
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