Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Guildhall School is the top ranked conservatoire for student satisfaction and teaching in this year’s National Student Survey (NSS)

Graduating students gave an 88% overall satisfaction rate for their time spent at Guildhall School in the National Student Survey 2022, with a 90% overall satisfaction rate for teaching across the School.

Over 324, 000 students from 382 universities, colleges and other providers in the UK completed the survey this year, with 74% of graduating Guildhall students responding.

At Guildhall School, overall satisfaction was at 93% for Acting students, 86% for Music and 85% for Production Arts students, with the Music and Drama departments at Guildhall receiving the highest scores across UK conservatoires and drama schools for overall satisfaction, learning community and student voice.

Other highlights from this year’s results included 100% of Acting students reporting that staff had made the subject interesting, 94% of Production Arts students said their course challenged them to achieve their best work and 93% of Music students said staff were good at explaining things.

Ranked as number one in Arts, Drama & Music by the Complete University Guide 2023, one of the top ten performing arts institutions in the world (QS World University Rankings 2022), as well as the top conservatoire in the Guardian University Guide music league table, Guildhall School delivers world-class professional training in partnership with distinguished artists, companies and ensembles.