Guildhall School ranked in UK top 10 universities for overall student satisfaction in NSS 2020

String chamber players laughing while waiting to go on stage

Guildhall School is also the top ranked conservatoire for ‘overall student satisfaction’ in this year’s National Student Survey (NSS).

Graduating students gave a 90% overall satisfaction rate for their time spent at the School in the National Student Survey 2020, putting Guildhall in the top 10 UK universities for overall student satisfaction, with an 88% overall satisfaction rate for teaching across the School and an 89% overall satisfaction rate for academic support.

Over 310, 000 students from 396 universities, colleges and other providers in the UK completed the survey this year, with 84% of graduating Guildhall students responding.

The School’s Production Arts faculty received a 94% overall satisfaction rate. Overall satisfaction was at 95% for Acting students, and 89% for Music students, the School’s largest undergraduate cohort. The Music department at Guildhall received the highest satisfaction rate across UK conservatoires for academic support (87%).

Ranked as one of the top ten performing arts institutions in the world (QA World University Rankings 2020), and third in the Arts, Drama and Music Complete University Guide League Table 2021, the School is a global leader of creative and professional practice which promotes innovation, experiment and research, with over 1,000 students in higher education, drawn from over 50 countries around the world.