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

Semester 2, 2022

Read the Undergraduate Admission Requirements (pdf, 269KB)

Course	Audition registration deadline
Bachelor of Music (Music Education) Performance Musicology	30 June 2022

Course

Audition registration deadline

Bachelor of Music (Music Education)

Performance
Musicology

30 June 2022

Semester 1, 2023

Read the 2023 Undergraduate Admission Requirements (pdf, 671 KB)

Course	Audition registration deadline
Round 1: all areas excluding Music Theatre Jazz Performance Drum Set	30 June 2022
Round 2	18 September 2022

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.