Admission
To be accepted, students must take an entrance exam that is described in entry requirements.
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
You must apply online via studieoptag.dk. (Please note: For non-EU/EEA-applicants and for soloists applicants the system will open for applications from 2 December 2023.)
Open for application for the study year 24/25 from 12 October.
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.
Regarding exchange students, please read here.
Mid-December, bachelor and master applicants for the classical and jazz/pop departments will receive information on the dates for entrance exams.
Mid-December, applicants for the electronic department (DIEM) and songwriting will receive information on the admission procedure.
Application deadlines
- Deadline for bachelor and master: 1 December 2023 at noon
- Deadline for soloist: 1 March 2024 at noon
- Deadline for NOMAZZ: 1 March 2024 at noon
- Deadline ordinary educations for non-EU/EEA-applicants: 1 March 2024 at noon.
Please note: If this is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday the deadline is the first coming day at noon.
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, Aalborg: may take the entry exam online.
- Electronic Sound and Music, Aalborg: may take the entry exam online.
- Jazz/pop Music and Co-creation, Holstebro: may take the concert and the test in general musical skills online.
The test in Co-creative profile is with attendance in Holstebro. - Songwriting, Electronic Composition, Rhythmic Composition, Aarhus: may take the entry exam online.
- Classical Composition, Aarhus: Entry exams for the bachelor programme is with attendance in Aarhus. Entry exams for master and soloist programme may take place online.
- Jazz/pop Music, Aarhus: may take the entry exam online.
No later than 28th og december 2023 the applicant sends a link to a video of a concert (duration max 10 minutes)
The pedagogical test for master applicants for the music teacher programme is with attendance in Aarhus. - Jazz/pop Music and Movement, Aarhus: may take the concert and the test in general musical skills online.
The test in Singing, Dancing and Playing (SDS) is with attendance in Aarhus. - General Music Education, Aarhus: may take the second round (individual test and test in ear training and theory) online.
First round (test in Music teaching and presentation of main instrument/vocal is with attendance in Aarhus.
The pedagogical test for master applicants is with attendance in Aarhus. - Classical programmes, Aarhus: all entry exams are with attendance in Aarhus.
Entry exams are scheduled
Aalborg:
- Electronic Sound and Music, bachelor: 04, 05 and 08 January
- Pop/Jazz, bachelor and master: 09, 10, 11 and 12 January
- Pop/Jazz, bachelor (2nd round): Week 5
- Pop/Jazz, soloist: TBA
Aarhus:
- Pop/Jazz, bachelor (1st round): Week 1, 2 and 3
- Pop/Jazz, bachelor (2nd round): Week 4
- Pop/Jazz, master: Week 3 and 4
- General Music Education, bachelor and master : Week 3
- NOMAZZ: TBA
- Pop/Jazz programmes, soloist: March/April 2024
- Classical programmes, bachelor and master : 04-21 January
- Classical programmes, soloist: 08-12 April
- Jazz/pop composition, master: 11 January
- Jazz/pop composition, soloist: TBA
- Songwriting, bachelor and master: 09 and 10 January
- Songwriting, soloist: TBA
- Electronic composition, bachelor and master: 16 and 17 January
- Electronic composition, soloist: TBA
- Classical composition, bachelor and master: 11 and 12 January
- Classical composition, soloist: 20 March
Holstebro:
- Pop/jazz, bachelor: Week 1, 2 and 3
You may expect the final answer to your application for admission for either undergraduate or graduate studies in the middle of March. Soloist in May/June.
Contact
Please contact a study coordinator if you have questions regarding application or entry exams.
Aalborg
Pop/jazz/electronic music/choir leading – Anne Vilsen
Aarhus
Pop/jazz – Jolle Jette Jensen
AM/NOMAZZ/D-RMB – Christian Therkelsen Agerbæk
Classical – Sara Adel Præstholm
Electronic Composition/Songwriting/ Pop-Jazz Composition – Britta Sandell Casper
Holstebro
Pop/Jazz – Christian Therkelsen Agerbæk
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 Christian Therkelsen Agerbæk 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.