Performing arts degrees

1,379 courses at 184 UK universities offer performing arts for 2027 entry: most ask for between 64 and 112 UCAS points; 248 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often ABB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 930, MA (Hons) 79, BMus (Hon) 72, CertHE 66
Study full-time 1,356, part-time 23

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing performing arts with another subject.

• audio technology 68
• film studies 31
• English literature 24
• Spanish studies 16
• creative writing 15
• English studies 15
• French studies 14
• German studies 12
• film and sound recording 12
• Italian studies 9

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• W3 music 316
• W4 drama 274
• W5 dance 38
• J9 other technologies 21
• T6 Middle Eastern studies 13
• P4 publishing 9
• W6 film and photography 9
• N2 management studies 8

Universities

• University of Glasgow 65
• Institute of Contemporary Music Performance 49
• Falmouth University 48
• University of Liverpool 42
• University of West London 39
• pointblank Music School 36
• Liverpool Hope University 34
• Bucks New University 31
• Royal Holloway, University of London 26
• Leeds Conservatoire 23
• Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 23
• University of Essex 23
• Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 22
• SOAS University of London 20
• University of Chichester 20
• Anglia Ruskin University 18
• Bath Spa University 18
• BIMM University 18
• Bangor University 16
• Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 16
• Lancaster University 15
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 15
• Trinity Laban 14
• University of Aberdeen 14
• Coventry College 13
• De Montfort University 13
• Brunel University of London 12
• dBs Institute 12
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 12
• University of Exeter 12
• University of Salford 12
• University of the Arts London 12
• Aberystwyth University 11
• Royal Northern College of Music 11
• University of Leeds 11
• Arts University Bournemouth 10
• Middlesex University 10
• Newcastle College University Centre 10
• University for the Creative Arts 10
• University of Gloucestershire 10
• University of Greater Manchester 10
• University of Huddersfield 10
• LMA 9
• Nottingham Trent University 9
• University of Lancashire 9
• University of Surrey 9
• Chichester College Group (inc Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Northbrook & Worthing Colleges) 8
• LCCM 8
• Queen Mary University of London 8
• Queen's University Belfast 8
• Rose Bruford College 8
• Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London 8
• SAE Institute 8
• UCEN Manchester 8
• Ulster University 8
• University of Bristol 8
• University of Hull 8
• University of Lincoln 8
• University of Warwick 8
• Burnley College 7
• Keele University 7
• London Metropolitan University 7
• Southampton, Solent University 7
• University of Derby 7
• University of Portsmouth 7
• University of South Wales 7
• University of Staffordshire 7
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David 7
• Canterbury Christ Church University 6
• Leeds Beckett University 6
• TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) 6
• University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College) 6
• University of Hertfordshire 6
• University of Northampton 6
• University of Sunderland 6
• University of Sussex 6
• University of Winchester 6
• University of Worcester 6
• Birmingham City University 5
• Goldsmiths, University of London 5
• Manchester Metropolitan University 5
• Royal Academy of Music, University of London 5
• University of Greenwich 5
• University of Sheffield 5
• Academy of Live Technology 4
• Bedford College Group 4
• Blackpool and the Fylde College 4
• Bournemouth and Poole College 4
• Cardiff University 4
• City St George's, University of London 4
• Edge Hill University 4
• Gloucestershire College 4
• Hereford College of Arts 4
• Kingston University 4
• New College Durham 4
• Norwich University of the Arts 4
• Nottingham College 4
• Sheffield Hallam University 4
• The Northern School of Art 4
• University of East London 4
• University of Manchester 4
• University of Reading 4
• University of Roehampton 4
• University of Southampton 4
• University of the West of Scotland 4
• Warwickshire College and University Centre 4
• York St John University 4
• Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts 3
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 3
• Coventry University 3
• Edinburgh Napier University 3
• GAMTA 3
• LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) 3
• Leeds Arts University 3
• North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College 3
• Open University 3
• Plymouth Marjon University 3
• Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh 3
• Raindance Film School London 3
• Sheffield College 3
• Sunderland College 3
• University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College 3
• University Centre South Essex 3
• University of Birmingham 3
• University of Chester 3
• University of East Anglia UEA 3
• University of Plymouth 3
• University of York 3
• ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music) 2
• Arts University Plymouth 2
• Boston College 2
• Central Film School London 2
• Collective Acting Studio 2
• Gateshead College 2
• Glasgow School of Art 2
• Hertford Regional College 2
• International College of Musical Theatre (ICMT) 2
• Liverpool John Moores University 2
• Loughborough College 2
• Middlesbrough College 2
• Morley College London 2
• Newcastle University 2
• Regent's University London 2
• Royal College of Music 2
• SGS (South Gloucestershire and Stroud College) 2
• SLP College 2
• South Eastern Regional College 2
• St Mary's University, Twickenham 2
• The University of Edinburgh 2
• Tyne Coast College 2
• University Centre Calderdale College 2
• University Centre St Helens 2
• University of Bedfordshire 2
• University of Brighton 2
• University of Kent 2
• University of Westminster, London 2
• Wrexham University 2
• Barnsley College University Centre 1
• Bournemouth University 1
• Bridgend College 1
• Bristol, UWE 1
• Chesterfield College 1
• Coastland College 1
• Craven College 1
• Durham University 1
• East Sussex College 1
• Futureworks 1
• Grwp Llandrillo Menai 1
• King's College London, University of London 1
• London School of Theology 1
• London South Bank University 1
• Oaklands College 1
• Ravensbourne University London 1
• Royal Academy of Dance 1
• Shrewsbury College 1
• United Colleges Group 1
• University Centre Peterborough 1
• University Centre Rotherham 1
• University Centre South Devon 1
• University of Cambridge 1
• University of Oxford 1
• Walsall College 1
• West Herts College Group 1
• West Suffolk College 1

Courses

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