Undergraduate courses and admission

Become part of our vibrant and diverse community of highly experienced teachers, performers, scholars and an exceptionally talented student body – all of whom share a passion for music.

Degree options

Your guide to the admissions process

How to apply

Apply
Register audition and interview
Check email for a confirmation of your audition and interview.

You can be considered for multiple degrees in the one audition as long as the instrument or program is the same. e.g classical guitar in BMusic (Performance) and BMusic (Music Education). Please indicate this in your audition application.

Audition dates and requirements

Audition and interview round 1

5-9 July 2021

Audition requirements:

Performance: live audition or video submission (individual choice)
Composition/Creative/Digital/Musicology: online portfolio + zoom interview

Application closing dates: 27 June 2021

Please note: this round excludes Music Theatre, Jazz and Drum Set.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 health considerations, there will be no disadvantage to candidates that elect to submit a video. We value health and safety first.

Audition and interview round 2

27 Sept-1 Oct 2021

Audition requirements:

Performance: video audition
Music Theatre, Jazz, Drum Set: live audition
Composition/Creative/Digital/Musicology: online portfolio + zoom interview

Application closing date: 19 Sept 2021

Places are limited in each discipline. Please make sure you register your audition and/or interview before the closing date.

Download our undergraduate pre-admission and audition requirements (pdf, 342KB).

Current NSW Year 12 applicants

*Domestic students undertaking a recognised Year 12 qualification who are applying to the following course/s, will automatically be considered for an early unconditional offer through the Creative Arts Special Admission Scheme (CASAS):

No additional application is needed
You must submit your UAC application by the relevant UAC round deadlines
You need to pass the audition requirement to be eligible to receive an early offer
Predicted ATAR data will be obtained through UAC.

*Domestic student is an Australian or New Zealand citizen (including dual citizens), Australian permanent resident or a permanent Australian humanitarian visa holder.

Current interstate Year 12 applicants

No additional application is needed
Please upload evidence of year 11 and year 12 results to date in the audition portal (acceptd) as part of your audition application
You must submit your UAC application by the relevant UAC round deadlines
You need to pass the audition requirement to be eligible to receive an early offer
Predicted ATAR data will be obtained through UAC.

*Domestic student is an Australian or New Zealand citizen (including dual citizens), Australian permanent resident or a permanent Australian humanitarian visa holder.

Non recent school leavers

Apply and upload evidence of year 12 completion and/or tertiary studies completed, attempted, or currently enrolled in since finishing school, in the audition portal (acceptd) as part of your audition application
Register audition and interview
Check email for a confirmation of your audition and interview.

We will assess your best results, regardless of the order in which you completed your studies. This means that if, for example, your ATAR score is higher than your bachelor's results, your application will be considered on the basis of the ATAR (or equivalent score) only
If you did not receive an ATAR (or equivalent), a minimum 12 months (or part-time equivalent) of tertiary study is needed to be eligible to apply.

International applicants

Apply
Register audition and interview
Check email for a confirmation of your audition and interview.

If applying directly to the University of Sydney, please make sure you provide your student number or a valid IPU number in your audition application.

University of Sydney internal transfer students

Make an internal course application (between 1 April-30 Nov)
Register audition and interview
Check email for a confirmation of your audition and interview.

This includes Sydney Conservatorium students.

Creative Arts Special Admission Scheme (CASAS)

The Creative Arts Special Admissions Scheme offers talented Year 12 students a chance to receive an early offer to study music based on their audition and academic performance in year 11 and 12 so far, prior to getting an ATAR. Find out more.