Universities UK, which received recognition in the field of music

"What programs for Music are the best in the UK? Why so many specialized schools are not in the main ranking?", - often ask the students questions in our forums.

Specialized universities often do not participate in the overall University rankings, because rankings are a large number of criteria can be applied to specialized schools.

The ratings for specialization exist. Most often they are made based on the research specialization of universities in the relevant subject area. (RAE 2008)

Below is the list of universities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, whose research activities in the field of Music was recognized as the strongest.

Position	The name of the University	Score	Program
1	Royal Holloway, University of London	345	51
2	University of Birmingham	330	Program
2	University of Manchester	330	Program
4	University of Cambridge	325	Program
4	King's College London	325	Program
4	University of Sheffield	325
4	University of Southampton	325
8	University of Oxford	320
8	University of York	320
10	Newcastle University	310
10	University of Nottingham	310
12	School of Oriental and African Studies	305
13	Queen's University Belfast	295
14	University of Bristol	290
14	City University, London	290
14	Goldsmiths College, University of London	290
14	University of Huddersfield	290
14	Royal Academy of Music	290
14	University of Glasgow	290
20	University of Surrey	285
20	Bangor University	285
22	Keele University	280
22	University of Leeds	280
22	University of Sussex	280
25	University of Durham	275
25	Cardiff University	275
27	The University of Edinburgh	270
28	De Montfort University	255
28	University of Liverpool	255
28	Open University	255
31	Royal College of Music	250
32	Birmingham City University	240
32	Brunel University	240
32	University of Aberdeen	240
35	Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama	235
36	University of Hull	225
36	Oxford Brookes University	225
38	Bath Spa University	220
38	Royal Northern College of Music	220
40	Canterbury Christ Church University	215
40	University of East Anglia	215	Program
42	University of Ulster	205
43	Dartington College of Arts	200
43	Guildhall School of Music & Drama	200
43	Leeds College of Music	200
43	University of Salford	200
43	University of Westminster	200
48	Anglia Ruskin University	195
49	Liverpool Hope University	190
50	University of Hertfordshire	170
51	Kingston University	145
52	University of West London	130
53	Napier University	105