admission requirements
In order to enter the graduate program, a student must be accepted by both the University and the Department of Music. University entrance criteria include a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution and a scholastic average of B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) or better. More specific Department of Music criteria ensure that a student show evidence that he or she can be a successful graduate student in his or her chosen area.
NOTE: An applicant for graduate study in the Department of Music must have an undergraduate degree in music from an accredited college or equivalent proficiency. An applicant without a music degree will be required to take a proctored test before being admitted; he or she may have to do undergraduate work before becoming a graduate student. UNM does not accept graduate students provisionally.
PLACEMENT EXAMS: Click HERE for information on graduate entrance exams in theory, history, and music education, and on piano proficiences for the various graduate concentrations.
APPLICATION PROCESS
deadlines
Early application is recommended.
Applications are reviewed as they are received,
but a prospective student should submit all materials by the following dates for consideration for admission to the graduae program in music:
July 1 for Fall Semester
November
1 for Spring Semester
April 24 for Summer
Session.
NOTE: To be eligible for financial aid you must
submit all application materials by March 1.
Deadlines for International Application are
considerably earlier than for domestic
applications (March 1 for Fall semester, August 1
for Spring semester, and January 1 for Summer
session).
Please submit materials by the above deadlines. Incomplete files will not be considered.
DEFERRAL OF ADMISSION
Acceptance into the graduate program is good only for the semester for which you apply. If you cannot enroll during that semester, you will forfeit your admission unless you submit to both the Office of Graduate Studies and the Department of Music a written request for deferral. This must be done no later than the Friday of the third week of classes of the semester for which you were accepted.
Click HERE to download the Admission Deferral Request Form from the Office of Graduate Studies website.
questions?
If you have questions about how to apply to the graduate program, contact Mrs. Colleen Sheinberg, Graduate Coordinator, at colleens@unm.edu, or (505) 277-8401.
