Have you chosen your program, read about costs, checked the admission requirements and deadlines? Are your application materials in order? If so, you're ready to apply!
Apply online
Deadline: February 1
Applicants who wish to audition on campus are advised to apply as soon as possible.
Step 1: Get your supporting materials together. You will need to upload them after you apply online.
Step 2: Complete McGill University's online application form in English or French. McGill's application guide will help you along the way. Include your statement of intent directly in the form.
Step 3: Pay the $129.52 application fee and the $79.73 audition fee via credit card. You will receive an email confirmation with your McGill ID after you apply.
Step 4: Submit your supporting material after you get your McGill ID.
- Upload through Minerva:
- Your unofficial high school/university transcripts. If you are a CEGEP or Ontario high school applicant and you indicated your permanent code or OUAC number on your application, skip this step.
Deadline: February 1 - Self Report Grades for High Schools in Canada (outside Ontario and Quebec) and the United States, you must self-report your grade 11 and 12 marks through a designated web form via Minerva.
- Composition applicants: Sample scores (2-3 samples) and if applicable written composition personal statement. All material should be merged into one pdf document before uploading.
Deadline: February 1
- Your unofficial high school/university transcripts. If you are a CEGEP or Ontario high school applicant and you indicated your permanent code or OUAC number on your application, skip this step.
- For B.Mus./B.Ed. Music Education applicants only: a reference letter from a music teacher or someone else who can attest to your teaching skills and potential to be a music educator. The reference letter can be emailed by your teacher to the undergraduateadmissions.music [at] mcgill.ca (Admissions Office).
- Upload through our music upload form:
- Your final video audition (format: avi, mov, mp4 or wmv) with description of recordings/repertoire, if you cannot participate in an on-campus auditions. This applies to all applicants.
Deadline: February 1 - Screening is not required for Fall 2024 admission.
- Composition applicants: Sample recordings, if available, and if applicable recorded composition personal statement.
Deadline: February 1 - Sound recording qualifying year applicants: Sound recording demos (mp3), if available.
Deadline: March 1
- Your final video audition (format: avi, mov, mp4 or wmv) with description of recordings/repertoire, if you cannot participate in an on-campus auditions. This applies to all applicants.
Next steps
After you've applied, check on your application status.
If you are attending an on-campus audition, check the audition repertoire requirements and dates.
Current McGill students - inter and intra faculty transfers
- See Inter/Intra faculty transfer and readmission for application information.
- Music students applying for readmission after a period of absence should contact the Student Affairs Office.
