This page contains information for candidates on how to complete an Acceptd application undergraduate and postgraduate studies

All candidates must submit an Acceptd application, ahead of their audition, as well as a UCAS Conservatoires application.

Follow these instructions to create an account and submit your application. This page also contains an FAQ if you need assistance with the process.

  1. Create an account on Acceptd and then go to the Royal Academy of Music landing page to start your application.
  2. Under 'Start an Application':
    1. select the relevant Program Group from the 'Select Program Group' dropdown menu
    2. Select the relevant Program from the 'Select Program' dropdown menu
  3. Input your answers to the questions in the different sections. You will be asked for your UCAS Conservatoires personal ID number. Please ensure you input this correctly.
  4. Upload into the ‘Media’ section any items that are required to support your course choice and Principal Study, these are detailed in the Audition Requirements section for your department.
  5. Supporting documents for MMus, Prof Dip and Adv Dip (Performance) are detailed on our Entry Requirements page, under ‘Written Requirements’.
  6. You will receive a confirmation email when you have submitted your profile, along with an Acceptd application ID.
  7. If you find any technical problems with the Acceptd portal, you can use the green Help button on screen to get assistance from the Acceptd customer team.

Frequently asked questions

Your Acceptd application is an opportunity to let us know more about you, to upload any supporting documents, and if you are auditioning online/by video recording, to upload your audition videos. Acceptd is the system the panels use to get to know you and to make notes and decisions on all applications (Live and Video).

You are also required to create an application because candidate references are handled through the Acceptd portal. Referees will receive an email request from getacceptd.com and they can upload their references into Acceptd directly.

Yes. The reference request from getacceptd.com should be completed, even if referees have uploaded their reference to UCAS or sent the reference to us directly. If your referee does not receive an email, please ask them, firstly, to check their Junk mailbox, and if they still don’t have it, please get in touch with the Admissions Team on admissions@ram.ac.uk.

Yes - if you are applying for two different Principal Studies (for example, Piano and also Piano Accompaniment, or Opera and Vocal Studies) you will need to go back to our Acceptd Landing Page and complete a profile for the second Principal Study.

No. Please only submit one UCAS Conservatoires choice, and one Acceptd application. If you are interested in two different courses (for example, MMus and MA, or Advanced Diploma and Professional Diploma), you only need to complete one UCAS choice and one Acceptd application. In your Acceptd application, please submit the supporting documents for all the courses you are interested in (where applicable).

It is possible that you have created an Acceptd account, but you have not started/completed an application on the Royal Academy of Music Acceptd page. Please follow the instructions on Page 1, explaining how to complete an application.

Please get in touch with the Admissions Team at admissions@ram.ac.uk.