Please see Filling In Your Application For UK Conservatoires via UCAS for further assistance with this process.
These details are for students applying to start their studies at the Academy in September 2025.
Until specified otherwise, these requirements also apply for auditions in future years. Some requirements may change: please check back here regularly. You are welcome to contact the Admissions Team admissions@ram.ac.uk or the department administrator if you have any queries.
The deadline for the Academy to receive both your UCAS Conservatoires application and also your portfolio is 2 October, 6pm UK time.
After you have completed and submitted your UCAS Conservatoires application, your portfolio should be uploaded into Acceptd: www.app.getacceptd.com/royalacademyofmusic
Scores should be uploaded in PDF format. Please note that after you have pressed Submit it is not possible to add or amend files, but the Admissions Team (admissions@ram.ac.uk) can unlock your profile if you need to add or amend up to the 2 October deadline. If you have recordings you should upload actual files, we do not accept links to YouTube, Dropbox or other external sites.
Portfolios uploaded after 2 October may be processed at the discretion of the Head of Composition.
You are not tied to the course choice in your application; the length and pathway can be discussed and adjusted as appropriate.
You should submit four pieces which you consider to be your best work and are recent examples of your music. We will accept fewer examples of your work if you haven’t written four pieces. If available, a short programme note can be included for the pieces in the portfolio, but this is not compulsory. There are no style constraints. The panel will be looking for evidence of technical accomplishment with regard to musical construction and a creative, individual and inventive musical voice.
If you are selected for a Round Two interview, seven days before your interview you will receive a short composition exercise by email, and after the interview when you have discussed your portfolio with the composition panel, you may be asked to have a subsequent interview with one of the undergraduate academic staff (a Programme Assessment), during which you can discuss your study plans.
As part of the Programme Assessment you may be asked some questions about a short extract of music, and be asked to take some aural skills assessments consisting of a sight-singing test and some of the following:
Sorry, we cannot issue specimen tests.
You should submit four pieces which you consider to be your best work and are recent examples of your music. If available, a short programme note can be included for the pieces in the portfolio, but this is not compulsory. There are no style constraints. The panel will be looking for evidence of technical accomplishment with regard to musical construction and a creative, individual and inventive musical voice.
If you are selected for a Round Two interview, seven days before your interview you will receive a short composition exercise by email, and after the interview when you have discussed your portfolio with the composition panel, you may be invited to attend a Programme Assessment where you can discuss your suitability for your course with Academy academic staff.
Applicants for the Master of Music (MMus) or the Professional Diploma (ProfDip) course need to submit written requirements, please view these on the entry requirements page of the website.
All Master of Music candidates are automatically considered for Master of Arts, so if you are also interested in MA study you should only apply for MMus because there will only be one assessment.
