Music (BMus, 4 years)

Academic Admission

The minimum admission requirement to an undergraduate programme of study is a recognized High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) or equivalent internationally recognized qualification(s). Students with a lower HSLC grade than 7.5/10 or 15/20 or equivalent depending on the grading system of the country issuing the HSLC are provided with extra academic guidance and monitoring during the first year of their studies.

Audition and Interview

The audition on the applicant’s primary study instrument will consist of three to four pieces that exhibit contrasting style periods (as appropriate to the instrument), tempi, and expressive and technical demands. The audition should be no less than twenty minutes and should demonstrate the applicant’s ability to handle large musical works.

Applicants will be interviewed by the BMus faculty and should be prepared to answer questions related to:

• Personal reflection on their past artistic and educational experiences;
• Their reasons for pursuing the BMus degree;
• How they expect the BMus degree to help them to fulfil their artistic and professional goals.

Indicative Examples of BMus Audition Programs

Classical Piano

• All major and minor scales and arpeggios in four octaves, hands together
• A piece chosen from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, or 20th Century eras. (Single movements of sonatas are acceptable)
• Sight reading

• A technical study or composition by Sor, Giuliani, or Carcassi
• A work from the Renaissance or Baroque Period
• A work from the standard repertory of the 19th– or 20th-century

• A ballad
• A swing song
• A song of your choice from the jazz standard or pop repertoire (i.e., ‘Lullaby of Birdland’, ‘It Could Happen to You’, ‘Autumn Leaves’, ‘Misty’, etc.)

The list below provides the minimum English Language Requirements (ELR) for enrollment to the programme of study. Students who do not possess any of the qualifications or stipulated grades listed below and hold IELTS with 4.5 and above, are required to take UNIC’s NEPTON English Placement Test (with no charge) and will receive English Language support classes, if and as needed, from UNIC’s International Gateway Centre (IGC).

• TOEFL – 525 and above
• Computer-based TOEFL – 193 and above
• Internet-based TOEFL – 80 and above
• IELTS – 6 and above
• Cambridge Exams [First Certificate] – B and above
• Cambridge Exams [Proficiency Certificate – C and above
• GCSE English Language “O” Level – C and above
• Michigan Examination of Proficiency in English (CaMLA) – Pass
• Pearson PTE General – Level 3 and above
• KPG (The Greek Foreign Language Examinations for the State Certificate of Language Proficiency) – Level B2 and above
• Anglia – Level B2 and above
• IEB Advances Programme English – Pass
• Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) Michigan Language Assessment by: Cambridge Assessment English & University of Michigan – 650 average score for ALL skills and above