Newcastle University
Contemporary and Popular Music
BA (Hons), 3 years
Typical offer rate
78–88%
high entry
Grad employment
90%
15 months after
In professional roles
60%
Median grad salary
£22,000
15 months after
Newcastle University's contemporary and popular music degree is a BA examining the forms, practices and contexts of popular music from the twentieth century to the present. Students develop skills in performance and critical analysis alongside a study of music's social and cultural significance. Offers go to most who meet the grades.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to Contemporary and Popular Music at Newcastle University has a 78–88% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Estimate my chancesAbout Newcastle University
Newcastle is a Russell Group university with a large campus in the heart of the city, strong in medicine, science and the humanities in the north-east.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Newcastle University · Contemporary and Popular Music
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.