Top results in the 2025 National Student Survey, Times University Guide, and 2026 Guardian League Table and Complete University Guide

We are delighted to announce our National Student Survey 2025 results, in which this year's graduates rank their universities and courses. Music at the University of Bristol scored  at least 95%+ satisfaction on 9 of 27 questions, including 100% student satisfaction on  “teaching staff make the subject engaging” and “the course is intellectually stimulating”. Overall, we achieved ‘Gold’ standard status in line with the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), recognising us as one of the very best Music departments in the UK.
We are the only UK university Music department to be ranked in the top five in all of the major university league tables: