Music degrees

823 courses at 144 UK universities offer music for 2027 entry: most ask for between 64 and 112 UCAS points; 165 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often ABB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 493, BMus (Hon) 72, CertHE 52, MA (Hons) 48
Study full-time 805, part-time 18

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing music with another subject.

• audio technology 67
• acting 14
• Spanish studies 13
• dance 13
• film and sound recording 12
• French studies 10
• German studies 9
• performing arts 9
• music marketing 9
• business and management 7

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• W3 music 312
• W4 drama 30
• J9 other technologies 21
• T6 Middle Eastern studies 13
• N2 management studies 8
• T7 American studies 8
• W5 dance 6
• P4 publishing 5

Universities

• Institute of Contemporary Music Performance 49
• University of Liverpool 41
• pointblank Music School 36
• Falmouth University 35
• University of Glasgow 35
• University of West London 30
• Leeds Conservatoire 22
• Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 22
• Bucks New University 20
• SOAS University of London 20
• Liverpool Hope University 16
• Royal Holloway, University of London 16
• Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 16
• University of Aberdeen 14
• University of Chichester 13
• Bangor University 12
• BIMM University 12
• dBs Institute 12
• Royal Northern College of Music 11
• Trinity Laban 10
• Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 9
• Middlesex University 9
• University of Huddersfield 9
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 9
• LCCM 8
• SAE Institute 8
• University of Lancashire 8
• University of Leeds 8
• Keele University 7
• Newcastle College University Centre 7
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 7
• Bath Spa University 6
• Nottingham Trent University 6
• Southampton, Solent University 6
• University of Portsmouth 6
• University of Staffordshire 6
• Anglia Ruskin University 5
• De Montfort University 5
• LMA 5
• Queen's University Belfast 5
• Royal Academy of Music, University of London 5
• Ulster University 5
• University of Gloucestershire 5
• University of Hertfordshire 5
• University of Sheffield 5
• University of Surrey 5
• University of Winchester 5
• Bournemouth and Poole College 4
• Brunel University of London 4
• Burnley College 4
• Canterbury Christ Church University 4
• Cardiff University 4
• Coventry College 4
• Goldsmiths, University of London 4
• Leeds Beckett University 4
• London Metropolitan University 4
• TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) 4
• University of Derby 4
• University of Hull 4
• University of Northampton 4
• University of Salford 4
• University of South Wales 4
• University of Southampton 4
• University of the Arts London 4
• Bedford College Group 3
• Birmingham City University 3
• Blackpool and the Fylde College 3
• City St George's, University of London 3
• GAMTA 3
• Open University 3
• UCEN Manchester 3
• University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College) 3
• University of Bristol 3
• University of Greater Manchester 3
• University of Greenwich 3
• University of Lincoln 3
• York St John University 3
• ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music) 2
• Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts 2
• Chichester College Group (inc Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Northbrook & Worthing Colleges) 2
• Coventry University 2
• Edge Hill University 2
• Gateshead College 2
• Gloucestershire College 2
• Hereford College of Arts 2
• International College of Musical Theatre (ICMT) 2
• Leeds Arts University 2
• Manchester Metropolitan University 2
• Middlesbrough College 2
• Morley College London 2
• New College Durham 2
• Newcastle University 2
• Royal College of Music 2
• Sheffield College 2
• SLP College 2
• The University of Edinburgh 2
• Tyne Coast College 2
• University Centre Calderdale College 2
• University for the Creative Arts 2
• University of Bedfordshire 2
• University of Birmingham 2
• University of Brighton 2
• University of East London 2
• University of Plymouth 2
• University of Sunderland 2
• University of Sussex 2
• University of the West of Scotland 2
• University of Westminster, London 2
• University of York 2
• Wrexham University 2
• Arts University Bournemouth 1
• Barnsley College University Centre 1
• Boston College 1
• Bournemouth University 1
• Bridgend College 1
• Coastland College 1
• Durham University 1
• East Sussex College 1
• Edinburgh Napier University 1
• Futureworks 1
• Glasgow School of Art 1
• Hertford Regional College 1
• King's College London, University of London 1
• Kingston University 1
• Liverpool John Moores University 1
• London School of Theology 1
• North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College 1
• Norwich University of the Arts 1
• Oaklands College 1
• Ravensbourne University London 1
• SGS (South Gloucestershire and Stroud College) 1
• Sheffield Hallam University 1
• South Eastern Regional College 1
• Sunderland College 1
• United Colleges Group 1
• University Centre South Devon 1
• University of Cambridge 1
• University of Chester 1
• University of Manchester 1
• University of Oxford 1
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David 1
• University of Worcester 1
• West Herts College Group 1
• West Suffolk College 1

Courses

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