Bachelor of Music (BMus)
This four-year programme offers you academic and performance training in music. Practical instruction is given in piano and all modern orchestral instruments, as well as in singing, the harpsichord, guitar, organ, recorder and choir conducting. Ample opportunities are available for music-making in such groups as the Stellenbosch University Symphony Orchestra, the Collegium Musicum, the Stellenbosch Symphonic Winds, Konsubrass, choirs and many smaller ensembles.
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Programme overview
Duration
Four years
Campus
Stellenbosch
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Career opportunities
music education, performance, chamber music/accompaniment, soloist singer/solo instrumentalist, musicology, composition, music technology, ethnomusicology and choral conducting.
Occupations:
Musician
Composer
Conductor
Minimum admission requirements – NSC/ IEB
- An NSC aggregate of at least 60% (excluding Life Orientation)
- Home Language 50%
- First Additional Language 40%
- In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
If you take Mathematics as a university subject, then also:
- Mathematics 70%
- Home Language 50%
- First Additional Language 40%
- In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
If you take Mathematics as a university subject, then also:
- Mathematics 70%
Minimum admission requirements – International curricula
IEB-ISC
IEB-ISC (NBTs compulsory) IEB-ISC aggregate of at least 65% (excluding Active Citizenry)
- Home Language 50%
- First Additional Language 40% If you take Mathematics as a university subject, then also Mathematics 70% In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
German Abitur
University Exemption with 60% average
Language requirements will be satisfied by
meeting the exemption requirements
If Mathematics is taken as university subject,
Maths 8 (Nam 10) - In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB Diploma)
University Exemption with 60% average
Language requirements will be satisfied by
meeting the exemption requirements
If Mathematics is taken as university subject, Maths 5 on SL OR Maths 4 on HL In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel AS-level , IGCSE/O-level
University Exemption with
60% average
Language requirements will be satisfied by meeting the exemption requirements
If Mathematics is taken as university subject, Maths B on AS-Level In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel A-level , IGCSE/O-level
University Exemption with
60% average
Language requirements will be satisfied by meeting the exemption requirements
If Mathematics is taken as university subject, Maths D on A-Level In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
IEB-ISC (NBTs compulsory) IEB-ISC aggregate of at least 65% (excluding Active Citizenry)
- Home Language 50%
- First Additional Language 40% If you take Mathematics as a university subject, then also Mathematics 70% In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
German Abitur
University Exemption with 60% average
Language requirements will be satisfied by
meeting the exemption requirements
If Mathematics is taken as university subject,
Maths 8 (Nam 10) - In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB Diploma)
University Exemption with 60% average
Language requirements will be satisfied by
meeting the exemption requirements
If Mathematics is taken as university subject, Maths 5 on SL OR Maths 4 on HL In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel AS-level , IGCSE/O-level
University Exemption with
60% average
Language requirements will be satisfied by meeting the exemption requirements
If Mathematics is taken as university subject, Maths B on AS-Level In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
Cambridge International/Pearson Edexcel A-level , IGCSE/O-level
University Exemption with
60% average
Language requirements will be satisfied by meeting the exemption requirements
If Mathematics is taken as university subject, Maths D on A-Level In the main instrument (or in singing) at least a practical standard in classical music equivalent to the Grade VII examination and theoretical knowledge equivalent to any of the examining bodies’ Grade V theory examination.
- Candidates must be available for an audition and theoretical test at the Department of Music in Stellenbosch, where candidates must demonstrate proof of the required standards. Upon receiving your application, we send you information about the audition. Further information at [email protected]
Programme structure
Full-time
Last updated
01 April 2026
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