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Application Procedure (Continued)

Entry Qualifications

(Picture: Photo of a master-class with Gyorgy Pauk)

Undergraduate Programmes: BMus, Gap Year, Organ Foundation and Jazz Diploma

Minimum Age
Normally 17 at the time of registration.

Entrance Standards
Evidence of professional performing potential in Principal-study, sound general musicianship and a good aural response. As a guide to the technical standards expected, you should consult the syllabuses for Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM, www.abrsm.ac.uk) examinations at Grade 8 and Advanced Certificate level or Trinity/Guildhall (www.trinitycollege.co.uk) examinations at Grade 8 and Associate Diploma (ATCL) level. There is no formal minimum standard in keyboard skills, but an ABRSM Grade 5 minimum (or equivalent) is desirable in piano if keyboard is not the Principal-study, to enable you to improve your general musicianship.

Academic Qualifications for BMus (UK and Ireland)
England andWales: passes in two GCE Advanced level examinations, normally including a full A-level in Music. A pass at ‘AS’ level counts as half an A-level.
Scotland: B grade and at least four C-grade passes in Highers, including Music. An A C grade Advanced Higher qualification is considered to be equivalent to an A-level pass.
Ireland: B grade and at least four C-grade passes in the Leaving Certificate.

Other Qualifications equivalent to GCE A-level:
A pass in ABRSM Grade 8 (Theory) plus a pass in ABRSM or Trinity/Guildhall Grade 8 (Practical).
BTEC National Certificate (three full units in Music at Merit or higher).
Vocational A-level (formerly Advanced GNVQ) passed with Merit or higher.
International Baccalaureate: the Diploma, including music as a Group 6 subject, will satisfy the two A-level requirement.

International Academic qualifications
You may verify the acceptability of your qualifications at www.ram.ac.uk, but you should send copies of official transcripts or certificates with your application form. If subsequently offered a place, you must send original documentation to the Registry.

Postgraduate Programmes

Minimum Age
Normally 21 by 1st October in the year of entry.

Entrance Standards
Performance level at least equivalent to a recognised music diploma in the Principal-study.

Academic Qualifications
You should normally be completing or have completed a full-time (undergraduate) programme of musical study. For the MMus, you must possess a good honours degree, normally in Music. For the MPhil, you must possess an upper second class honours degree, and it is preferable also to have a Masters degree.

Equality
The Academy does not discriminate against students on grounds of age, sex, disability, ethnicity, religion, etc. It does, however, judge applicants critically on their personal suitability for a course of study according to ability and their potential to develop into professional musicians. The Disability Statement can be viewed at www.ram.ac.uk/disabilities

English Language Requirements for International Students
If English is not your first language, you are required to demonstrate your language proficiency by 1st May 2008. The Academy has adopted the International English Language Testing System (IELTS— academic tests) and you should take this examination, in your own country, soon after accepting a place at the Academy.

Minimum IELTS scores are:

Foundation: 4.5
BMus/Year-In: 5.5
Postgraduate Diploma: 5.5
MMus/MPhil: 7.0.

If you are joining the Vocal Faculty as a postgraduate student, you must score a minimum of 6.0 in the listening and speaking sections of the IELTS test.

Information on test centres can be obtained from www.ielts.org or from the Registry.

The Academy offers a short ‘acclimatisation’ course to selected international students before the beginning of the academic year, including a thorough introduction to the Academy and London life.
In 2006–7, international students at the Academy come from: Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eire, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam


‘A captivating concert… the way they all played their hearts out was deeply moving … throughout outstanding young players caught my ear’
David Mellor in the Mail on Sunday, September 2005.