Congratulations on gaining the offer of a study place at the Academy!

We hope you will find this a useful summary of things you need to know before coming here in the next academic year.

REPLYING IN UCAS: YOUR DECISION

Your audition result is detailed in the UCAS Conservatoires Hub.

Please follow the link from the audition result to view the full explanation. The Academy will also send you an email confirming the details of the result. We have information about this on the 'What happens next' section of our website.

Please respond with your decision about your offer by the deadline date shown in your UCAS Conservatoires Hub. This is usually in early February for offers made at our December selection board. It may be a different date if one or more of your application results reaches UCAS in January or later.

If you are still waiting for a result you won't be able to respond in the Hub.

To accept the offer when all your results are in the Hub, select the Academy as your 'First Choice'. This will be shown as '1'.

UCAS Conservatoires will automatically decline your offer if you do not submit your decision by the UCAS deadline cutoff date you see when you log into the UCAS Hub.

If you need more time to make your decision, please email the Academy's Admissions Team at admissions@ram.ac.uk detailing the reasons you require an extension.

If you accept our offer, we will send you a confirmation email summarising your study details. If you change your mind about your decision within 14 days of submitting your acceptance decision, please notify both the Academy and UCAS Conservatoires.

See also: Decisions on your UCAS Conservatoires Application

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

Before you can begin your studies at the Academy, you must meet the Conditions of Entry which are detailed on our Entry Requirements page.

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

To join your Academy course, you must provide documentation to prove that you have met the academic entry requirements ('matriculation' requirements) which are mentioned in your offer. Your documentation must be received by the Registry Admissions Team by 18 July 2025.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

If your first language is not English, and our confirmation email tells you that you must take a language test, you must provide a test result by 1 May 2025.

FEES AND FUNDING

The Selection Board's assessment of your fee status is detailed in your offer in your UCAS Conservatoires Hub.

  • Home = 'UK'
  • Overseas = 'International'

If you believe the assessment is incorrect, please email our admissions team at admissions@ram.ac.uk by 9 January 2025 or within three weeks of the date of the offer.

If you accept our offer, you will be sent an invoice by the Fees Office (fees@ram.ac.uk), normally in May or June with details about payment of a 10% advance deposit. The remainder of the 2025/26 fee is due by 1 September 2025.

UK Bachelor Degree students who are eligible for a UK Student Finance tuition fee loan, or US nationals eligible for Federal or Private Loan funding, do not pay the deposit if they have completed their loan application.

Detailed guidance for international students is available from UKCISA.

SCHOLARSHIPS

If you have been awarded an Entrance Scholarship by the Academy following your entrance audition, this is detailed in your UCAS Conservatoires "Hub"; please click into the offer to see the details.

  • Scholarships for UK-fee Bachelor Degree students are maintenance scholarships and are paid directly through UK Student Finance to the student's UK bank account for living costs during the academic year - for further information, please see our Fees page for details about this and how to set up your UK Student Finance account.
  • Scholarships for other (international-fee paying, and all postgraduate) students are normally deducted from the tuition fee: the scholarship amount will be deducted from the second tuition fee payment amount due on 1 September, so you still make the initial deposit payment (unless you have a full-fee scholarship).

If your course is longer than one year, the award will be reviewed each year and will depend on your satisfactory progression and engagement with the course.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The Academy has a range of suggestions and guidance for funding your studies via the links below.

Enrolment

All term dates can be found here.

You must enrol at the Academy before you can benefit from the privileges of studentship. The starting date for Enrolment week can be found here and you are expected to attend the whole week.

Before you can be enrolled, you must:

  • Make all required tuition fee payments, or provide an official letter proving that the tuition fee will be paid to the Academy. Money sent to the Academy must have had time to clear the banking process. This may be a few days after the transfer is initiated
  • Complete your online Enrolment Form. You will be sent a link to this online form in August via email, where you will be asked to upload:
    • Scans of your passport, including the front and back cover, all pages containing your photo and all pages with UK immigration stamps and/or tickets.
    • For visa holders, a ShareCode for confirming your e-visa so we know you have the correct immigration status for your course in 2025/26.

You can contact admissions@ram.ac.uk if you need advice about enrolling.

If you have not enrolled by the first day of the academic year, you may lose access to the ASIMUT room booking and study diary system.

If you have not enrolled two weeks after the start of term (by 22 September 2025), your study place may be suspended or withdrawn.

If you have a Student Visa and do not enrol, the Academy has to inform the UK Home Office [UKVI].

You need to re-enrol at the start of each academic year.

Additional things to prepare

The dropdown sections below contain information on additional things to help you prepare for when you arrive.

You will need to bring formal clothing for when performing in concerts.

FEMALE

  • Long black dress (alternatively: long black trousers and black top)
  • Black shoes

MALE

  • Dark suit with white shirt and tie
  • Dinner jacket (formal black jacket and trousers) black bow tie and white shirt
  • Black shoes

If you are joining the Bachelor of Music degree, Gap Year or Organ Foundation course, the following are recommended materials to prepare you for the start of your studies. The Analytical Skills documents may be particularly useful if you have used a different system to describe music, for example some countries use the solfège system.

Analytical Skills introduction - this includes an example of a test we give to students in their first term.

Analytical Skills primer - some exercises with intervals, scales, chords and voice-leading.

Analytical Skills answers - the answers for the Primer's exercises, you can compare these with your own answers.

Aural Skills introduction - two exercises for ear training, including the answers.

If you are joining the Bachelor of Music degree, Gap Year or Organ Foundation course, here is some suggested reading to help you prepare for your studies. These titles are available through major bookshops or online.

  • Hanning, B. R. (2010). Concise history of Western music (4th ed.). W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.
  • Weiss, P., & Taruskin, R. (2008). Music in the Western world: A history in documents (2nd ed.). Schirmer Books.
  • Taruskin, R., & Gibbs, C. (2012). The Oxford history of Western music: College edition. Oxford University Press.
  • Taylor, E. (1991). The AB guide to music theory: Part II. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
  • Ledbetter, D. (Ed.). (1990). Continuo playing according to Handel. Clarendon Press.
  • Hindemith, P. (1949). Elementary training for musicians (2nd ed.). Schott & Co. Ltd.
  • Holmes, J., & Scaife, N. (2012). Aural training in practice, ABRSM grades 6-8 [with 3 CDs]. ABRSM.
  • Kelly, T. F. (2000). First nights: Five musical premieres. Yale University Press.
  • Harper-Scott, J. P. E., & Samson, J. (Eds.). (2009). An introduction to music studies. Cambridge University Press.

Further resources

Explore the pages below to ensure you are prepared for when you start your studies at the Academy.

CHANGING YOUR CONTACT DETAILS

You must inform the Academy's Registry whenever you change your address, phone number or email.

PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE ACADEMY

To change your contact details before your your arrival at the Academy, please email registry@ram.ac.uk.

Please also update your personal details in UCAS Conservatoires if your details change between your application date and your arrival to enrol at the Academy.

AFTER THE START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR

After the start of the academic year please update your details online in your Student Quercus record profile. We will send you login details before the start of the academic year.

INFORMING UKVI

If you are on a Student Visa, you must also inform UKVI of any change to your address, phone number or email.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Academy!