Popular music performance degrees

35 courses at 14 UK universities offer popular music performance for 2027 entry: most ask for between 48 and 96 UCAS points; 6 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often CC.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 12, BMus (Hon) 9, CertHE 8, MMus 3
Study full-time 34, part-time 1

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing popular music performance with another subject.

• music production 6
• music 3
• musicianship and performance studies 3
• instrumental or vocal performance 2
• popular music 2
• popular music composition 2
• music and arts management 2
• music marketing 2

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• W3 music 15

Universities

• Institute of Contemporary Music Performance 13
• BIMM University 5
• LCCM 3
• Nottingham Trent University 2
• TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) 2
• University of Winchester 2
• Coventry University 1
• Gateshead College 1
• Leeds Arts University 1
• Newcastle College University Centre 1
• Queen's University Belfast 1
• University of Lancashire 1
• University of Liverpool 1
• University of South Wales 1

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