- Submit your application and screening material by December 1st
- Applications for Fall 2024 open on September 15 for all graduate programs
- In your online application, you will enter information on your academic history, program of choice, audition and teacher preference, screening material (if applicable) and the names of your 2 referees.
- Please ensure that your academic history is accurate and complete, including any institutions from which you earned transfer credits. Ensure that your dates of graduation are correct. You cannot edit this information once submitted.
- You must enter exactly two referees in the online application – they have until December 15th to submit their letters. Current McGill students are exempt from this requirement.
- Applicants to graduate programs in: conducting, jazz, and DMus performance will need to submit their screening material at this time.
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AFTER YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AND PAY THE APPLICATION FEES, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL APPLICANT CHECKLIST AND ACCESS TO UPLOAD ALL OF YOUR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS BY DECEMBER 15TH
- Upload your supporting documents and recorded audition by December 15.
- We require transcripts from each college/university-level institution that you have attended in both the original language AND a certified translation to French or English. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable as long as the document includes the name of the University, the applicant's name, degree program, dates of enrolment, and all grades.
- Review the additional required application materials for your program.
- Deadline to submit your proof of English proficiency.
- Your scores must be sent electronically to McGill University by your testing centre and will be automatically added to your online application once received. Please submit your scores in advance as it can take several weeks for them to be received.
- If you believe you should be exempt from the language testing requirement per one of the conditions listed here: please contact the graduateadmissions.music [at] mcgill.ca (graduate admissions office).
- Upload your recorded audition to your applicant portal by December 15 if you will not be auditioning on campus (performance programs only).
- Prepare for your live audition (performance programs only)
- Review the required repertoire for your audition.
- Save the date for your audition! We cannot accommodate live auditions on alternative dates. If multiple dates are listed for your instrument and you have a preference, please graduateadmissions.music [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Audition%20Dates) (contact us )as soon as possible.
- Mid-March – Mid-April
- Admissions decisions will be released on a rolling basis
