Songwriting with Foundation Year at Leeds Conservatoire
Songwriting with Foundation Year (BA (Hons), W3J4) at Leeds Conservatoire asked for 64 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 128–143 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on leedsconservatoire.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~64 points
Openbelow CCC
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 leedsconservatoire.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 128–143 points.
30 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- W3J4 · W3 music + J4 polymers and textiles
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
80%
still studying
UK 85%
15%
left higher education
UK 10%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
40 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course89%89%
Learning opportunities88%85%
Assessment and feedback85%84%
Academic support93%92%
Organisation and management81%75%
Learning resources89%87%
Student voice73%77%
25 final-year students · 75% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£23k3 years£18k5 years£23.5k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 35 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
85% working10% studying5% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
70%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 79%
40%
use what they learned
UK 45%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 65% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
- Postcode
- LS2 7PD
Subjects
music design, and creative and performing arts
popular music composition design, and creative and performing arts
popular music composition design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Leeds Conservatoire
- 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 | Music Production BA (Hons) | 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 | Songwriting with Foundation Year this course | 64 points | 128–143 |
| 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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