Admissions
The deadline for submission of ALL application materials is
January 10. Failure to meet this deadline will jeopardize the opportunity
for admission and financial support. Students are admitted to begin
in Fall Quarter only.
All sections of the official UCSD Application for Graduate Admission
with the $60 non-refundable fee must be submitted by January 10.
Please apply ONLINE. Instructions are found at http://ogs.ucsd.edu.
Be sure to access all supplemental forms.
Music applicants must submit the following to:
Department of Music
Graduate Admissions
9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0326
La Jolla, CA 92093-0326
- Statement of Purpose (or may be submitted online)
- Three Letters of Recommendation (sent directly from recommenders
to the UCSD Department of Music)
- Official transcripts (sent directly from all institutions attended
to the UCSD Department of Music)
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores are required
for all applicants. Contact: Educational Testing Service, Princeton,
NJ. (609) 771-7670. E-mail: gre-info@ets.org;
Web site: http://www.gre.org (Institution Code = R4836; Department Code = 2404)
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores are REQUIRED
for all applicants whose country of citizenship does not have
English as its primary language, unless you have been enrolled
in a full-time program of study for at least one year in an English
speaking country. The minimum score is 550 (or 213 for the computer-based
test). Arrangements may be made at the nearest US Embassy, or
by contacting Educational Testing Service (ETS), Princeton, NJ
(609) 771-7100. E-mail: toefl@ets.org.
Web site: http://www.toefl.org.
(Institution Code = 4836; Department Code = 19)
Music applicants must submit a portfolio consisting of the following
by January 10 to:
Department of Music
Graduate Admissions
9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0326
La Jolla, CA 92093-0326
Please include your most recent works as well as
20th century pieces, when possible. If you wish to have your portfolio
returned, please include a postpaid, self-addressed padded envelope
at the time you submit your documents.
- For All applicants: a repertory list of works (solo and chamber)
performed or composed during the past few years and a sample of
printed concert programs in which you have participated, either
as performer, composer, or collaborator.
- For All applicants: a minimum of two papers illustrating writing
ability in any of the following areas: musical analysis, criticism,
aesthetics, music theory, or music technology.
- For Composition applicants ONLY: a minimum of three scores of
instrumental works with recorded examples of the works being performed.
(These may include, but should not be exclusively, electroacoustic
works.)
- For Computer Music and CS/EP applicants ONLY: appropriate documentation
(e.g., papers, performances, intermedia works, computer programs,
etc.) of prior work.
- For Performance applicants ONLY: tapes or CD demonstrating the
level of vocal and/or instrumental performance. In person auditions
are desirable when possible, but not required.
If at any time you have questions about the application process or the materials you should submit, please contact our Graduate Coordinator at
studentaffs@music.ucsd.edu.
