Follow your passion for music by studying the Diploma in Music at Melbourne. The Diploma in Music gives you the opportunity to further your musical training or explore areas of academic and practical interest in music, while gaining a music qualification alongside your undergraduate studies in another field. The program can be tailored, depending on your interests, and provides access to the full range of the curriculum at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. You'll study alongside Bachelor of Music students, allowing you to build valuable friendships and networks in a challenging musical environment. Pursue your own area of interest within the Melbourne: Conservatorium of Music. Specialisations on offer include: practical music, ensemble music performance, aural studies, composition, improvisation, music history and theory. Fast track your diploma: By taking academic and/or music studies subjects as breadth subjects in your undergraduate degree, you’ll have the opportunity to cross-credit up to 50 points from your degree to your diploma, enabling you to complete your undergraduate degree and the diploma within three years of full-time study. You can commence the diploma in the first or second year of your undergraduate degree. Beginning in first year allows you to complete both diploma and bachelors degree in three years.

Practical experience

If you're interested in music performance, the diploma can allow you to focus on practical music training, providing individual instrumental or vocal tuition during a three-year (minimum) sequence of practical, ensemble and elective subjects.

Academic studies

If you're interested in musicology, ethnomusicology or other areas of academic interest in music, the program allows you to complete the equivalent of a major in music studies.

Areas of study

Instrumental and vocal lessons

The diploma allows you to take 45 minute instrumental or vocal lessons with our world-class performance staff, or choose from any combination of practical, ensemble and elective subjects.

Wide choice of subjects

For students interested in music history, non-western music, jazz & improvisation, interactive composition or other areas of academic interest in music, the program allows access to the wide range of Conservatorium subjects in these areas.

Course structure

• This Diploma consists of 100 points (usually eight subjects) of elective subject choices, usually taken across three years, which may be chosen from all areas of study within the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
• No more than 50 points (usually four subjects) of level 1 Music electives can be taken
• At least 25 points (usually two subjects) of level 3 Music electives must be taken
• Up to 50 points (usually four subjects) may be cross-credited as Breadth to your main Bachelor degree.

Gain a music qualification alongside your undergraduate degree in another field. Your Diploma in Music could complement your other studies, or perhaps lead to a career that's quite music focused - whether this be through education or performance. You will be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of music study and communication skills you can apply to any industry. Roles: Take on a position as a tutor, educator, go on to perform or even produce! Further Study: As a graduate, you'll be eligible to continue your music studies through completion of a Bachelor of Music, or Graduate Diploma in Music. This can lead to further graduate study, including the Master of Music (Performance Teaching) and a range of graduate study options.

To be eligible to enrol in the Diploma in Music you must already be enrolled in one of the following undergraduate degrees at the University of Melbourne: Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Biomed

TOEFL Internet-based test: total score of at least 79 and scores of 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading and 13 for listening; IELTS: total score of at least 6.5 in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0; Pearson Test of English Academic : overall score of at least 58 and no PTE communicative skills score below 50; Cambridge English, Advanced/Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): Cambridge English Score of at least 176 with no skill below 169; C2 Proficiency (previously called Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) examination): Cambridge English Score of at least 180 with no skill below 180.