Music Production (with a Foundation Year) at University of Staffordshire
Music Production (with a Foundation Year) (BA (Hons), W38Q) at University of Staffordshire asked for 48 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on staffs.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~48 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 staffs.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 48
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, no formal qualifications 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- W38Q · W3 music
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 85%
25%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course81%89%
Learning opportunities94%85%
Assessment and feedback80%84%
Academic support92%92%
Organisation and management85%75%
Learning resources94%87%
Student voice71%77%
15 final-year students · 89% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£24k3 years£17.5k5 years£22k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 65 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
65% working10% working and studying10% unemployed15% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
53%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 55%
62%
say their work is meaningful
UK 70%
44%
use what they learned
UK 45%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations17%
- Elementary occupations14%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals14%
- Sales occupations13%
- Business and public service associate professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 60% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- ST4 2DE
Subjects
music production design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Stoke on Trent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | Musical Theatre HNC | 48 points | — |
| Coventry College | HNC Musical Theatre HNC | 48 points | — |
| Gloucestershire College | Music HNC | 48 points | — |
| Institute of Contemporary Music Performance | Audio Engineering and Production CertHE | 48 points | 112–127 |
| Middlesbrough College | Audio and Music Production FD | 48 points | — |
| Ravensbourne University London | Music Production and Sound Design with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| Southampton, Solent University | Digital Music with Foundation Year in Popular Music BA (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| Tyne Coast College | Music - South Tyneside College HND | 48 points | — |
| University Centre South Devon | Music Performance and Production FdA | 48 points | — |
| University of Salford | Music: Creative Music Technology with Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Staffordshire | Music Production (with a Foundation Year) this course | 48 points | under 96 |
See all 823 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More performing arts at University of Staffordshire
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- Sound Design BA (Hons)
- Sound Design (with a Placement Year) BA (Hons)