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Music to your shortlist
Will my grades get me in?
We compare your grades with the typical offer above. Offers can change, so always check the university’s course page.
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Music at University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh is ranked 18th of 109 universities for music on our measures. 86% of students are positive about the course, and graduates earn a median £24k after 15 months, rising to £27k after five years.
Typical offer AAB–ABBCentral, Scotland2 courses
How it compares with other music courses
The marker shows the typical (median) music course. How we measure
Who gets in
UCAS points of students who started, with the A-level grades worth the same points. These totals include every qualification students had (a fourth A-level, EPQ, AS levels and so on), so many people here had a lower offer than their total suggests.
- Under 96 ptsbelow CCC0%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC0%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB6%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB8%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA14%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more72%
Most students here apply with Highers and Advanced Highers, which earn more UCAS points than A-levels, so these figures look higher than A-level offers usually are.
What graduates earn
The 15-month figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey and covers graduates in full-time work. The 3 and 5-year figures come from tax records and include everyone in work, including part-time, so they can be lower than the 15-month figure.
Compare the 2 music courses here
Each course has its own satisfaction, drop-out and entry figures where enough students answered. Add your grades above to see your fit for each one.
- Highest student satisfaction: Acoustics and Music Technology (90%).
- Least competitive entry: Acoustics and Music Technology. Half of the students who started had more than 188 UCAS points, against 196 on the most competitive course here.
- Every course here offers a year abroad.
- Degrees awarded: BMus, BSc.
Acoustics and Music Technology
BSc · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 90%
- Stay on
- 90%
- Entry points
- 188
- Graduate jobs
- 75%*
- Salary
- £24k*
Music
BMus · 4 years
Typical offerAAB–ABB
- Satisfied
- 83%
- Stay on
- 90%
- Entry points
- 196
- Graduate jobs
- 70%
- Salary
- £24k*
* When a course is too small to publish its own figure, we show the figure for similar courses at this university. Highlighted figures are the best of this university’s own course figures. Entry points are the middle UCAS score of students who started, counting all their qualifications, so they’re usually higher than the offer.
Typical offers are taken from each university’s own course page (checked October 2026). Offers change each year and some courses ask for specific subjects, so always check the course page before you apply.
Links go to the university’s own course pages, where you’ll find current entry requirements and fees.
Similar ranking
- University of GloucestershireRanked 16
- University of SheffieldRanked 17
- City St George's, University of LondonRanked 19
- University of ManchesterRanked 20
Nearby
- Edinburgh Napier University0 miles away, ranked 47
- University of the Highlands and Islands36 miles away, ranked 98
- University of Glasgow43 miles away, ranked 5
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland43 miles away, ranked 10
Living in Edinburgh
Most first-year students live in university halls, and many universities guarantee a place if you apply on time. Start with University of Edinburgh’s own accommodation page for halls, prices and deadlines.
University of Edinburgh accommodation