Undergraduate Gap Year

This course is not open to application until the 10th July 2024.

Royal Academy of Music, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework.These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

What does this TEF outcome mean?

Course summary

This course is for you if you are about to complete your secondary school (High School) studies and either wish to spend a year at the Academy before taking up a full-time undergraduate course at another institution, or if you would like to receive Academy training but do not require a full programme of study that leads to a degree. Gap year students are considered as fully-enrolled members of the Academy’s student body, and have equal access to the Academy’s resources (library, computers, practice rooms etc). The course principles are: • To enable students to benefit from one year of conservatoire education • To provide a tailor-made course of study according to the strengths and needs of each individual student • To offer the same performance opportunities provided for degree students (with the approval of the Academic Tutor and Head of Programme) • To offer appropriate academic subjects in consultation with the Academic Tutor and Head of Programme • To assess practical and/or academic progress by examination • To provide a transcript of studies showing completed modules (but no degree or other award) The application deadline for London auditions or video auditions is 2 October 2024.

Course details

Principal study options

During the application and audition process, you must select which instrument(s) you wish to specialise in for the duration of your course. On this course, you can choose from the following options:

Single specialism

Only one instrument is studied. It may be possible to study a further instrument formatively, but this will not contribute towards the qualification.

Instrument/specialisms

For all courses, you must select at least one specialism from the 'primary' list. For those studying primary/secondary pathways, two instruments may be selected – one from the 'primary' list and one from the 'secondary' list. Joint pathway students may select any two instruments from either list.

Primary instrument/specialism

Accordion
Bassoon
Bassoon (Historical Performance)
Cello
Cello (Historical Performance)
Clarinet

Assessment method

Please see the information published on https://www.ram.ac.uk/study/about-our-courses

How to apply

This course is not open to application until the 10th July 2024.

*If you are an international applicant, or you are applying for a postgraduate course, or are choosing certain assessment locations, the 'on time' deadline may be later in the year - please contact the conservatoire directly.

02Oct

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:: 102F

Institution code:: R53

Campus name:: Main Site

Campus code:: -

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

International applicants

The Gap Year course is not an eligible course for a UK Student Route visa. You will need UK immigration permission which allows you to study, unless you have a UK passport or EU Settled/Pre-Settled status. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions about your visa status. https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration. The application deadline for London auditions or video auditions is 2 October 2024. The application deadline for video auditions is 2 October 2024 for the UCAS application (25 October for your recordings in Acceptd). The application deadline for our New York audition centre is 1 November 2024 for the UCAS application, and also your pre-screening video in Acceptd. Please note that if the Academy should not hold live auditions in New York, we will assess your pre-screening video as your audition performance, and you may also be invited to have an online interview.

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

There are no qualification requirements for this course.

Additional entry requirements

Audition

Evidence of professional performing potential in your principal study

English language requirements

Test	Grade	Additional details
IELTS (Academic)	5.5	Minimum scores of 5.5 for each section of the test.
PTE Academic	59	Minimum scores of 59 for each section of the test.
TOEFL (iBT)	72	Minimum scores for Reading: 18, Listening: 17, Speaking: 20, Writing: 17.

We accept IELTS Online, TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home Edition. PTE Academic, PTE Academic Online and Cambridge C1 Advanced.

English Language requirements are published on our website:

https://www.ram.ac.uk/study/entry-requirements

Assessment locations

In the event of a successful assessment, applicants may be invited for a further interview prior to being made an offer.

Remote assessment recordings may be accepted in the event that you cannot attend an assessment in person.

Single specialism assessment

Location	On-time Fee	Late Fee
Video Recording: Upload	£100	£100
New York	£100	£100
London	£100	£100

Joint principal specialism assessment

Location	On-time Fee	Late Fee
Video Recording: Upload	Not available at this location
New York	Not available at this location
London	Not available at this location

Additional information

The Entry Point for this course is Year 1. Please see the information on https://www.ram.ac.uk/study/audition. London in-person auditions for your Principal Study are not pre-screened. Video auditions: for details about how to prepare a video audition, please see the Audition Requirements section for your Department on https://www.ram.ac.uk/study/departments. New York: The application deadline for our New York audition centre is 1 November 2024, that is for the UCAS application and also your pre-screening video in Acceptd.