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Welcome to the Royal Academy of Music Acceptd portal!

Your Acceptd application profile is an opportunity to let us know more about you, to upload any supporting documents and, if you are auditioning by video recording or providing prescreening recordings, to upload your audition videos. There is a link to our Candidate Guide to Acceptd on our Apply page.

Acceptd is the system the panels use to get to know you and to make notes and decisions on all applications (Live and Video). 

We anticipate opening Acceptd for 2026 applications early in August 2025.

Here you can:

  • Upload audition videos
    • All applicants submitting an audition video or portfolio (including for Doctoral study [MPhil/PhD], but not Exchange or Study Abroad) must submit an application through UCAS Conservatoires before uploading their items, please put the UCAS Conservatoires 10-digit Personal ID number into your Acceptd profile.
  • Upload a Composition Portfolio (Composition Applicants Only)
  • Upload a Conducting Portfolio (Conducting Applicants Only)
  • Upload videos and documents to support an application to the Junior Academy
  • Submit an Exchange or Study Abroad application
Please begin by selecting the Program Group you are applying for:

  • Bachelor of Music and Gap Year are Undergraduate Applications
  • Master of Arts, Master of Music, Professional Diploma, Advanced Professional Diploma, Advanced Artist Diploma and CPD are Postgraduate Applications.
  • Please use the separate options on the dropdown list if you are applying for Royal Academy Opera, Musical Theatre department courses, Doctoral Studies, Exchange or Study Abroad.

Uploading audition and prescreening videos, composition portfolios or conducting portfolios
Information about how to apply is available here. Written work requirements for Master of Music and our Diploma courses are detailed here.

You are welcome to contact the Academy’s Admissions Team on admissions@ram.ac.uk if you have questions about the file upload requirements for your application. 

For technical questions, please contact the Acceptd Help Desk.


We look forward to receiving your application!