Music (Faculty of Music) at UdeM: Admission Average
Université de Montréal · Montreal, QC
What average do you need for Music (Faculty of Music) at UdeM?
Music (Faculty of Music) at Université de Montréal is not admitted on a high school average. Admission is Audition-based, usually after some or all of an undergraduate degree.
Highly regarded Francophone music conservatory.
Ontario applicants are assessed on their top six Grade 12 U/M courses, including the program's prerequisites. Work out yours with the Best 6 calculator.
Music at other universities
- Wilfrid Laurier University – Audition-based
- McGill University – Audition-based
- MacEwan University – Audition-based
- Acadia University – Audition-based
- University of Manitoba – Audition-based
- Mount Allison University – Audition-based
Typical high school prerequisites
- English
- Audition (required at most programs)
- Music theory and performance experience
First-year courses
- Music Theory I
- Ear Training
- Music History
- Principal Instrument Lessons
- Ensemble Performance
These are typical for Music programs across Canada. About the Music degree
After a Music degree
Music usually takes 4 years.
- Musician / Music Professional – $35,000 to $120,000+
- Teacher – $50,000 to $105,000
- McGill's Schulich School of Music is considered the top music school in Canada.
- Music Education is the most directly employable music degree - leads to Ontario teacher certification.
- Music therapy requires a separate graduate degree - it is not a direct outcome of most BMus programs.
Applying to UdeM
What Music asks for besides your marks
- Music (Faculty of Music) has its own application deadline: due March 1, 2027. General UdeM page says Faculty of Music deadline is Jan 15 for all; the Bac en musique page itself shows Mar 1, 2027 (program page takes precedence). Official page
- Letter of presentation, audition and theory placement test: Date not posted yet. Within 10 business days of applying, name your instrument, pay the $53.50 audition fee and upload a 2-page French letter; audition and theory test follow. Official page
From UdeM's admissions pages, checked October 2026.
Université de Montréal is Quebec's largest French-language university and one of the world's leading Francophone research institutions. It ranks among the world's top 200 universities (#162 in QS 2027). UdeM has a full-scale academic health centre (CHUM), a renowned law faculty, and close ties to Mila, the Quebec AI institute and one of the world's most influential AI research centres. Courses are primarily in French.
Université de Montréal is in Montreal, QC, was founded in 1878 and has about 69,200 students. Domestic tuition is about $3,100 a year and co-op is not widely offered.
Deadlines: direct application February 1 (applicants from outside Quebec); November 1 for Pharmacy and Optometry.
- Mila (the Quebec AI institute, founded at UdeM) is among the world's top AI research centres - CS/ML students have access to extraordinary resources.
- All instruction is in French - functional French is required. This is a genuine barrier for anglophone students.
- Quebec residents pay some of the lowest tuition in Canada (~$3,100/year before fees). Out-of-province Canadians pay a higher non-resident rate, so check UdeM's current fee schedule.
Other UdeM programs
- Medicine (MD) – high 90s (CEGEP or undergrad based)
- Law (LLB) – high 80s-low 90s (CEGEP)
- Computer Science (DIRO) – high 80s-low 90s
- Pharmacy (PharmD) – high 90s
- Dentistry (DMD) – high 90s + DAT
- Architecture – high 80s + portfolio
- Criminology – high 80s
- Psychology – high 80s
- Nursing (Sciences infirmières) – high 80s
- Education – mid-to-high 80s
- Political Science – mid-to-high 80s
- Optometry – high 80s-low 90s