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The materials listed below are required to complete the application for admission to all Master of Music, Artist Certificate, and Doctor of Music applications to the Bienen School of Music. You are responsible for ensuring that they are received by the Office of Music Admission and Financial Aid by December 1. The University will not return any items submitted for admission consideration. 

Required Materials

• Graduate Application for Admission along with your $75 nonrefundable application fee.
• Official transcripts. Provide official documentation from each postsecondary school attended, showing all courses taken, grades, credit received, and degree(s) awarded or expected.
• Bienen program admission requirements. These include performance auditions (please remember to bring your completed Graduate Musical Background Information form), analytical or research papers, essays, composition portfolios, or other entry requirements specified by a particular program (please visit our Graduate Audition Process Page for more information).

INTERNATIONAL Applicants If your native language is not English, you must provide official results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).  TOEFL scores that are older than two years before the time of application will not be accepted.

TOEFL Requirements

All application materials should be sent to:

Office of Music Admission & Financial Aid
Bienen School of Music
Northwestern University
711 Elgin Road, Room 1
Evanston, IL  60208

Questions?

Please contact the Office of Music Admission and Financial Aid at musiclife@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3141.