
Bachelor of Music Honours Year at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music |
Arts and humanities
The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is an intensive and highly specialized one-year program designed to round off your undergraduate learning in music. The program prepares you for entry into the music profession and creates a direct pathway to graduate coursework and research opportunities in music
Official- Duration
- 1 years
- Qualification
- Bachelor Honours Degree
- AQF 8
- Campus
- Southbank
- VIC · +1 more campus
- Course code
- CRICOS 060219F
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Course overview
The Bachelor of Music (Honours) is an intensive and highly specialized one-year program designed to round off your undergraduate learning in music. The program prepares you for entry into the music profession and creates a direct pathway to graduate coursework and research opportunities in music
Entry requirements
Requirements are recorded per intake year and per audience. Meeting them does not guarantee an offer.
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed: - within the last 5 years, a Bachelor of Music or equivalent degree with a weighted average mark of at least H3 (65%), or equivalent, with a major relevant to the discipline stream within the Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours) that they seek to enter. Applicants are also required to meet any specific subject prerequisites, prior academic performance requirements and audition, folio or academic writing requirements associated with the discipline stream that they seek to enter. - Composition - Interactive Composition - Jazz & Improvisation - Musicology/Ethnomusicology - Performance - Tailored Program (Please note, this specialisation is suspended and will _not_ be offering a 2027 intake) Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider: - prior academic performance, and where relevant, audition, folio or academic writing requirements associated with the discipline stream that they seek to enter; and - the availability of supervision and resources in suitable areas. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments. For applicants who have not completed the Victorian Certificate of Education or the International Baccalaureate Diploma, theundergraduate English language requirements must be met. _Notes:_ Quotas may be applied to the degree as a whole or to individual discipline streams, and preference may be given in some discipline streams to applicants with evidence of appropriate preparation or potential to undertake research. 2. order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed: - within the last 5 years, a Bachelor of Music or equivalent degree with a weighted average mark of at least H3 (65%), or equivalent, with a major relevant to the discipline stream within the Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours) that they seek to enter. Applicants are also required to meet an Planning reference: missing 2027 requirements use the latest published requirements from 2026; newer explicit 2027 requirements take precedence.
Academic qualifications
Values are shown exactly as the institution publishes them.
Prior tertiary weighted average mark
65%
65%
English language
Band minimums apply in addition to the overall score.
- IELTS AcademicOverall 6.5
Additional requirements
Academic entry requirement
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed: - within the last 5 years, a Bachelor of Music or equivalent degree with a weighted average mark of at least H3 (65%), or equivalent, with a major relevant to the discipline stream within the Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours) that they seek to enter. Applicants are also required to meet any specific subject prerequisites, prior academic performance requirements and audition, folio or academic writing requirements associated with the discipline stream that they seek to enter. - Composition - Interactive Composition - Jazz & Improvisation - Musicology/Ethnomusicology - Performance - Tailored Program (Please note, this specialisation is suspended and will _not_ be offering a 2027 intake) Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider: - prior academic performance, and where relevant, audition, folio or academic writing requirements associated with the discipline stream that they seek to enter; and - the availability of supervision and resources in suitable areas. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments. For applicants who have not completed the Victorian Certificate of Education or the International Baccalaureate Diploma, theundergraduate English language requirements must be met. _Notes:_ Quotas may be applied to the degree as a whole or to individual discipline streams, and preference may be given in some discipline streams to applicants with evidence of appropriate preparation or potential to undertake research. 2. order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed: - within the last 5 years, a Bachelor of Music or equivalent degree with a weighted average mark of at least H3 (65%), or equivalent, with a major relevant to the discipline stream within the Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours) that they seek to enter. Applicants are also required to meet an
China Gaokao
1. The University of Melbourne does not currently accept Gaokao results for direct undergraduate entry. Standard Chinese high-school applicants normally use Trinity College Foundation Studies unless they hold another recognised qualification. 2. Recognised alternatives include IB, GCE A Levels and a US High School Diploma; course prerequisites and English requirements still apply.
Intakes and tuition
Tuition is recorded per intake with the institution's own basis. Superseded rows are kept so fee changes stay visible.
| Intake | Campus | Starts | Applications close | Tuition | For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 · Semester 2 | 234 St. Kilda Road,Southbank (SouthBank campus) | — | — | — | International students |
| 2027 · Semester 1 | Southbank | — | — | $37,312per year | International students |
Where it is taught
234 St. Kilda Road,Southbank (SouthBank campus)
Primary234 St. Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC
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References
Official course page, institution website and the sources behind this profile.
- Bachelor of Music Honours Year at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music |study.unimelb.edu.au
- The University of Melbourneunimelb.edu.au
- CRICOS provider recordOfficial source
- Information for international students from ChinaOfficial source
- English language requirementsOfficial source
- Graduate coursework entry requirements for international applicantsOfficial source
- Graduate research entry requirements for international applicantsOfficial source
- Undergraduate entry requirements for international applicantsOfficial source
- Australian Year 12 international entry score guideOfficial source
- GCE A Levels entry score guideOfficial source
- International Baccalaureate entry score guideOfficial source
- Trinity College Foundation Studies entry score guideOfficial source
- Official course catalogue and course-specific entry requirementsOfficial source
- QS World University Rankings 2027Official source

