Scholarships at Royal Academy of Music

Entrance scholarships (for degree and diploma students) are awarded on the basis of merit following your audition assessment (either by live audition or by video recording). Composers are assessed for scholarships on the basis of their second-round interview. There is no separate application process for scholarships.

Scholarships range from small awards to full fees. Most awards are to help with tuition fees, although undergraduate scholarships for UK students, and EU students eligible for UK student finance, are administered as maintenance awards for living costs.

Gap Year and Organ Foundation students are not eligible for Academy scholarship support.

If your course is longer than one year, the scholarship award will be reviewed each year and will depend on your satisfactory progression and engagement with the course.