Colleges and Universities Offering Bachelor of Music in South Africa

Institutions Offering Bachelor of Music

•  University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch  
  Specific Admission Requirements:
  • A National Senior Certificate (NSC) or the school-leaving certificate from the Independent Examination Board (IEB) as certified by Umalusi with a mark of at least 4 (50%) in each of the four school subjects from the list of school subjects under “Undergraduate Programmes” in this Calendar Part.
  • An average final mark in the NSC or the IEB school-leaving certificate (excluding Life Orientation) – 60%.
  • Home Language – code 4 (50%).
  • First Additional Language – code 3 (40%).
  • Mathematics – code 6 (70%) (if you are taking Mathematics 114, 144).
  • You must have a minimum standard equivalent to a Grade VII practical examination on your main instrument (or voice) and your knowledge must be equivalent to the Grade V theoretical examination of any of the music examination bodies.
  • Your admission is subject to a selection audition and a theoretical test in accordance with the Department of Music’s selection policy. This must take place either during your Grade 12 year or in the year preceding the first registration, during which you must provide proof of the abovementioned standards in classical music.
  
  -BMus is a selection programme where your admission is subject to a selection audition and a theoretical test. The selection takes place in the year preceding your registration for the programme.
  a) If you do not have the required skills, but show the necessary potential, you may possibly be accepted, provided that you register for supplementary work as specified by the department.
  b) If you are required to register for Musicology (Music Skills) 271 as an additional subject in the degree programme, you must pass the module before you will be allowed to proceed with Music Theory 222 and 252.
  c) Alternatively, you might be encouraged to first complete the entire year of the Higher Certificate programme before you reapply for admission to the BMus programme.
  d) If your practical work is of sufficient standard, but you do not have the required academic/theoretical background, you could do the three-year Diploma in Practical Music instead of this degree programme.
•  University of South Africa UNISA, Pretoria  
  Course entry requirements
  -Music at NSC Grade 12 level or equivalent,
  or
  -Theory of Music (Unisa Grade 5, ABRSM/Trinity Grade 6 Music Theory) or an equivalent,
  and A National Senior Certificate (NSC) (Degree endorsement) with at least 50% in the language of teaching and learning,
  or
  -A Senior Certificate (SC) with matriculation exemption or qualify for the exemption from the Matriculation Board with at least a D symbol on HG or a C symbol on SG in the language of teaching and learning.
  
  Maximum time to complete this qualification: 8 years
•  University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg  
  Entry Requirements:
  -APS 34+
  -English Home Language OR First Additional Language Level 5
  
  
  Course Duration: 4 years
  
  Mode of Study: Full time
•  University of Pretoria, Pretoria  
  Course Duration: 4 years
  
  Mode of Study: Full time
  
•  Rhodes University, Grahamstown  
  
•  University of the Free State, Bloemfontein  
  
•  University of Cape Town, Cape Town  
  

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