Application
DEADLINES. Applicants who wish to be considered for funding must see to it that their application and all supporting materials have arrived at the Department of Music no later than December 15.
Supplementary application materials should be submitted on line as part of the application. If you are unable to upload your writing samples to the on-line system, you may send to the graduate assistant via email as word attachments. If neither of these options are available to the applicant please send to:
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Music
University of Pennsylvania
201 South 34th Street, Room 129
Philadelphia PA 19104-6313
Click here to submit your ONLINE APPLICATION
COMPONENTS OF THE APPLICATION. The materials required of applicants differ slightly depending upon the program to which application is being made.
Applicants to the Ph.D. programs in musical composition must complete an
On-line application which includes:
1. Transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work
2. At least three letters of recommendation
3. Scores on the Graduate Record Examination (see the additional remarks on the GRE scores below)
4. At least one paper on an analytical, historical, or theoretical subject
5. Scores and (if possible) recordings of recent compositions
Applicants to the Ph.D. programs in the history, theory, or ethnomusicology must provide the on-line application which includes:
1. Transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work
2. At least three letters of recommendation
3. Scores on the Graduate Record Examination (see the additional remarks on the GRE scores below)
4. At least two papers on an analytical, cultural, historical, or theoretical subject.
FELLOWSHIPS
link to Fellowship information.
GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION. Applicants for financial assistance must take the Graduate Record Examination in time for the university to receive their test scores by December 15. Candidates should take the Verbal, Quantitative, and Writing sections of the examination. The University of Pennsylvania's school code for the GRE is 2926. GRE and GPA scores of students admitted for the current academic year 2012-13 are as follows:
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Median |
Range |
Verbal |
156 |
150-169 |
Quantitative |
155.5 |
146-165 |
Writing |
4.0 |
4.0-6.0 |
GPA |
3.87 |
3.6-3.92 |
CAMPUS VISITS. Faculty interviews and a visit to the campus are not necessary for application. After all applications have been received and reviewed, applicants who are accepted to our program are invited to visit the campus for an opportunity to meet the faculty and current students and sit in on seminars. Campus visits are usually arranged in March and funded by the department. For the 2011-12 academic year, we received approximately 120 applications. We typically offer admission to 4 – 6 students. If you happen to be in the Philadelphia area during the school year, you are welcome to visit the Music Department main office, which is open most weekdays from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.
A NOTE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS. All applicants whose native language is not English must submit acceptable proof of proficiency in English prior to consideration for admission. Normally, such substantiation of English proficiency is accomplished by taking both the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of Spoken English (TSE), which are administered by the Educational Testing Service (Princeton, New Jersey). The results of these examinations must be sent to the department by December 15. If a student has completed a four year undergraduate degree in an institution where English is the spoken language, TOEFL testing can be waived.
TRANSFER CREDIT. No more than four course units of transfer credit for graduate-level work pursued at other institutions may be applied toward the A.M. degree. The University allows up to eight of the twenty course units required for the Ph.D. to be transferred for graduate work carried out elsewhere. Such transfer credit is awarded, however, only after the student has been enrolled in our doctoral program for a full academic year--that is, after the faculty has had a chance to evaluate the appropriateness of the earlier work as preparation for the doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania.
A FINAL WORD ON THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS. The admissions process is taken very seriously by the faculty and staff of the Department of Music. Candidates for admission are encouraged to communicate with the Graduate Studies Assistant, Margie Smith<mmsmith@sas.upenn.edu> about any questions they may have.
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