Admission
To be accepted, students must take an entrance exam that is described in entry requirements.
Admission requirements
You can find the admission requirements here or via the menu.
Application
You must apply online via kum.studieoptag.dk.
Open for application for the study year 27/28 from mid-October.
Kum.studieoptag.dk is the application system for all education institutes under the Ministry of Culture.
Please note: We strongly recommend that you begin the application process in good time in case of technical issues or needed support. The completed and submitted application must be found in the system by the deadline.
Applicants from EU/EEA countries for the ordinary programmes (Bachelor/Master/Soloist) apply on the same terms as Danish applicants.
Regarding exchange students, please read here.
Applicants will receive information on the dates for entrance exams mid-December via e-mail.
Application fee
Please note: When applying for programmes at The Royal Academy of Music, you will be charged an application fee (DKK 500) which covers the costs of the auditions. The fee is non-refundable unless the application is cancelled before the application deadline.
The application is not valid until your payment of the fee has been registrered.
Application deadlines
Please note: If this is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday the deadline is the first coming weekday at noon.
Application deadline for the following programs will be 01 December 2026:
- all bachelor’s and master’s programs in Aarhus, Aalborg and Holstebro
- soloist programs (except classical applicants, who will have a deadline of 01 March 2027)
- applicants from non-EU/EEA (bachelor’s, master’s and soloist – except classical soloist applicants, who will have a deadline of 01 March 2027)
Further education
Information and deadlines can be found here.
Entry exams
Information about admission requirements here.
All entry exams are with attendance at The Royal Academy of Music.
Applicants from EU/EEA countries not residing in Denmark:
- Jazz/pop Music (bachelor and Master), Aalborg: may take the entry exam online.
Please read this document.
No later than Monday 04 January 2027 the applicant sends a link to a video of a concert. - Electronic Sound and Music (bachelor) and Electronic Music Production (Master), Aalborg: may take the entry exam online.
- Music and Co-creation (bachelor), Holstebro: may take the concert online.
The tests in Co-creation and general musical skills are with attendance in Holstebro. - Songwriting and Electronic Composition (bachelor and soloist), Aarhus: may take the entry exam online.
- Jazz/pop Composition (soloist), Aarhus: may take the entry exam online.
- Classical Composition, Aarhus: Entry exams for the bachelor programme is with attendance in Aarhus. Entry exams for soloist programme may take place online.
- Jazz/pop Music, Aarhus (bachelor): may take the concert online.
Please read this document. (new document will follow shortly)
No later than Monday 28 December 2026 at 12.00 (noon) the applicant sends a link to a video of a concert.
The tests in Musical profile and General Musical skills are with attendance in Aarhus. - Jazz/pop Music and Movement, Aarhus: may take the concert online.
Please read this document. (new document will follow shortly)
No later than Monday 28 December 2026 the applicant sends a link to a video of a concert (duration max 10 minutes).
The test in Singing, Dancing and Playing (SDS) is with attendance in Aarhus.
The tests in Musical profile and General Musical skills are with attendance in Aarhus. - Creative Music Practice (Master), Aarhus: may take the entry exam online in the following subjects main instrument, classical composition, jazz/pop composition, electronic composition, songwriting, and production, but we encourage applicants to show up in Aarhus.
Please read this document. (new document will follow shortly)
No later than Monday 28 December 2026 the applicant sends a link to a video of a concert (duration max 10 minutes).
The interview and the entry exams in the following subjects are with attendance in Aarhus: SDS, music pedagogy, and co-creation. - Nordic Master in Jazz/NOMAZZ (Master), Aarhus: may take the entry exam online.
Please read this document. (new document will follow shortly)
No later than Monday 28 December 2026 the applicant sends a link to a video of a concert (duration max 10 minutes) - Music Leadership (bachelor) and General Music Education (Master), Aarhus: all entry exams are with attendance in Aarhus.
- Classical programmes (bachelor, Master, and soloist), Aarhus: all entry exams are with attendance in Aarhus.
Entry exams are scheduled
(please note that we cannot provide you with a more specific time and date until after the application deadline)
Aalborg:
- Electronic Sound and Music, bachelor: 12-15 January 2027
- Electronic Music Production, master: 18 January 2027
- Jazz/Pop, bachelor and master (1st round): Concerts 6-8 January 2027,
Musical skills 7-12 January 2027 - Jazz/Pop, bachelor (2nd round): week 5
- Jazz/Pop, soloist: January/February 2027
Aarhus:
- Jazz/Pop, bachelor (1st round): week 1 and 2, 2027
- Jazz/Pop, bachelor (2nd round): week 3 and 4, 2027
- General Music Education, bachelor and master : January 2027
- Creative Music Practice, master: January 2027
- NOMAZZ: January 2027
- Jazz/pop Choral Conducting: January 2027
- Jazz/Pop programmes, soloist: January/February 2027
- Classical programmes, bachelor and master : January 2027
- Classical programmes, soloist: week 19, 2027
- Jazz/Pop composition, soloist: January/February 2027
- Songwriting, bachelor: January 2027
- Songwriting, soloist: January/February 2027
- Electronic composition, bachelor: January 2027
- Electronic composition, soloist: January/February 2027
- Classical composition, bachelor: January 2027
- Classical composition, soloist: January/February 2027
Holstebro:
- Music and Co-creation, bachelor: January 2027
Admission result
You may expect the final answer to your application for admission 09 March 2027. Classical soloist as soon as possible after the entry exams in May 2027.
Contact
Please contact a study coordinator if you have questions regarding application or entry exams.
Aalborg
Jazz/Pop/electronic music – Anne Vilsen
Aarhus
Jazz/Pop/NOMAZZ/D-RMB – Jolle Jette Jensen
AM/choir leading – Birgitte Thomsen
Classical – Sara Adel Præstholm
Composition and Songwriting – Britta Sandell Casper
Holstebro
Music and Co-creation – Hanne Bjerre
Information Meetings
Information meetings regarding the ordinary study programs are held in the fall. For more information, click here.
Coordinated Entry Examinations
Entry exams for a range of undergraduate programs at Danish music academies are coordinated. This means that you are able to apply for studies simultaneously in several music academies in a prioritised order.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees will be charged from students from non-EU/EEA countries. Read more.
Complaint procedures
A complaint in connection with the audition must be submitted to the academy no later than two weeks after the announcement of the result. Please contact the academy via [email protected] for further information.
Language
All applicants are expected to be able to follow tuition and communicate in Danish and/or English. Applicants from Sweden, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands are expected to be able to follow tuition in Danish unless otherwise agreed upon. We encourage all of our foreign students to learn Danish during their stay. You can read more about language requirements here.