Information on our programs is always available; e-mail the Graduate Student Services Officer and identify the program in which you are interested. The University’s Office of Graduate Admissions has extensive information concerning the actual third-party application process and lots of information about applications in general.

Entrance Requirements

To pursue graduate (and therefore advanced) study in Music, applicants are required to have earned a Bachelor’s degree, and it is expected that applicants will have the equivalent of a Bachelor’s in Music. If you have not actually earned a degree in Music, comparison with the Stanford Department of Music’s requirements for the Bachelor’s degree will help you determine whether or not you will need to take courses in music theory, history, etc. on your own.

Please Note: You may only apply to ONE program at a time. This does not mean that you cannot take courses in other fields of interest; just that you are getting your degree in one field. (If, after you arrive and have enrolled in the degree program to which you were admitted, you may apply to an additional degree program.)

Application Deadline and Fee

Electronic applications are accessed via the Graduate Admissions website beginning in September of each year for admission in September the following year. Applications must be completed and filed by December 11, 2012. The application filing fee is $125.00.

Checklist of Supplementary Items to the Graduate Application in Music

In addition to the online application, we require the following:

• Statement of purpose (upload when applying online).
• Three letters of recommendation (must be submitted electronically via online application).
• Two transcripts from each school attended for at least one year (total). Hard copy transcripts must be sent directly from the institution generating same to:
  
     Department of Music
     Graduate Admissions
     Braun Music Center
     541 Lasuen Mall, MC: 3076
     Stanford University
     Stanford, CA 94305
  
  Official e-transcripts should be sent directly to: dabarney@stanford.edu
• GRE scores from an exam taken within the past 5 years; have ETS send to school code 4704 (there is no department code).
• If English is not your primary language and you do not meet the requirements explained on the Graduate Admissions website for waiver of this requirement, TOEFL scores are required from an exam taken within the past 18 months; have ETS send to school code 4704 (there is no department code).
• D.M.A. Composition applicants must also include representative scores and recordings (3–6), and a complete list of your compositions (must be submitted via CD with hard copy scores directly to the Department of Music, Graduate Admissions, 540 Lasuen Mall, MC: 3076, Stanford, CA 94305).
• Ph.D. applicants to Musicology and Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics and M.A. applicants to the Music, Science, and Technology programs must also include a writing sample demonstrating scholarly ability (i.e., published papers, Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis, papers submitted for classes taken elsewhere, etc.). Electronic formats submitted via online application are preferred.

IMPORTANT! Please be sure that your full name appears on each document submitted!

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