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Durham's Music Department has been ranked second in the UK for Music in the Guardian University Guide 2027.

The Guardian's subject tables rank departments on measures including teaching quality, student satisfaction, staff-student ratio, spending per student, entry tariff and graduate career outcomes. Music's placing is one of nineteen Durham subjects in the Guardian's top five this year, up from sixteen last year, with the University ranked sixth overall. Congratulations to staff and students across the department.