This is for gap-year students preparing for an Oxbridge organ scholarship, or for those who wish to develop organ/choral direction skills before formal university or conservatoire training. This is for you if you would like to receive Academy training but do not require a full programme of study that leads to a degree. Organ Foundation students are considered as fully-enrolled members of the Academy’s student body, and have equal access to the Academy’s resources (library, computers, practice rooms etc).
The course principles are:
• To enable students to benefit from one year of conservatoire education
• To provide a tailor-made course of study according to the strengths and needs of each individual student
• To offer the same performance opportunities provided for degree students (with the approval of the BMus Year Tutor and Head of Programme)
• To offer appropriate academic subjects in consultation with the Academic Tutor and Head of Programme
• To assess practical and/or academic progress by examination
• To provide a transcript of studies showing completed modules (but no degree, diploma or other award)
During the application and audition process, you must select which instrument(s) you wish to specialise in for the duration of your course. On this course, you can choose from the following options:
Only one specialism is studied. It may be possible to study a further instrument, but this will not contribute towards the qualification.
For all courses, you must select at least one specialism from the 'primary' list. For those studying primary/secondary pathways, two instruments may be selected – one from the 'primary' list and one from the 'secondary' list. Joint pathway students may select any two instruments from either list.
Please see the information published on https://www.ram.ac.uk/study/about-our-courses
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Royal Academy of Music, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
The Organ Foundation course is not an eligible course for a UK Student visa.
You will need UK immigration permission which allows you to study, unless you have a UK passport or EU Settled/Pre-Settled status. Please contact admissions@ram.ac.uk if you have questions about your visa eligibility. https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration.
It may not be possible to audition candidates for Organ at our international venues, so please email admissions@ram.ac.uk before completing your UCAS Conservatoires application if you are thinking of auditioning there.
The application deadline for video auditions and for prescreening videos for our international centres in Australia and China is 2 October 2025, 18:00 UK time, for both the UCAS application and also your videos in Acceptd.
The application deadline for our New York audition centre is 31 October 2025, midday UK time, that is for the UCAS application and also your pre-screening videos in Acceptd.
Please note that if the Academy should not hold live auditions in the international centre you have chosen, we will assess your pre-screening video as your audition performance, and you may also be invited to have an online interview.
The application deadline for London in-person auditions in December is 2 October 2025, 18:00 UK time, for your UCAS application; then 31 October 2025, midday UK time, for submitting your Acceptd profile – the profile does not require prescreening videos.
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Tuition fees are available on www.ram.ac.uk/fees
This course is not eligible for UK Student Finance or Academy scholarships.
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