Applications for Leeds Conservatoire Degrees are made through UCAS in most cases.
All applicants must demonstrate their strengths in their chosen specialism – methods we use to assess this include auditions, interview and portfolios. We’ve prepared handy course by course guides for prospective international students
Apply for Classical and Jazz
Visit UCAS and register your details for a Conservatoires application. You can then apply by entering the relevant institution code and course codes.
For Classical and Jazz, the institution code for Leeds Conservatoire is L31 and the course codes are:
- BA (Hons) Music (Classical) - 305F
- BA (Hons) Music (Classical with Jazz) - 412F
- BA (Hons) Music (Classical) with Foundation Year - W30F
- BA (Hons) Music (Jazz) - 403F
- BA (Hons) Music (Jazz with Popular) - 303F
- BA (Hons) Music (Jazz with Production) - 908F
- BA (Hons) Music (Jazz) with Foundation Year - W37F
Apply for Acting, Actor Musician and Musical Theatre
Visit UCAS and register your details for an Undergraduate application. You can then apply by entering the relevant institution code and course codes.
For degrees in Acting, Actor Musician and Musical Theatre the institution code for Leeds Conservatoire is L30 and the course codes are:
- BA (Hons) Acting - W320
- BA (Hons) Actor Musician - W321
- BA (Hons) Musical Theatre - W311
- BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Studies (Top-Up) - W322
Apply for Music Business, Music Production, Film, Folk, Roots and Blues, Popular and Songwriting
Visit UCAS and register your details for an Undergraduate application. You can then apply by entering the relevant institution code and course codes.
For BA (Hons) Music degrees in Business, Popular, Production, Film Music, Folk, Roots and Blues, Songwriting and (FdA) Foundation Degrees the institution code for Leeds Conservatoire is L30 and the course codes are:
- BA (Hons) Music (Business) - 4R5T
- BA (Hons) Music (Film Music) - W3W3
- BA (Hons) Music (Film Music) with Foundation Year - W3W4
- BA (Hons) Music (Folk, Roots and Blues) - W309
- BA (Hons) Music (Popular) - W302
- BA (Hons) Music (Popular with Jazz) -2Q4A
- BA (Hons) Music (Popular with Production) - 9Y5T
- BA (Hons) Music (Popular) with Foundation Year - W3W2
- BA (Hons) Music (Production) - W301
- BA (Hons) Music (Production with Jazz) - 3Q9X
- BA (Hons) Music (Production with Popular) - 5W2D
- BA (Hons) Music (Songwriting) - W310
- BA (Hons) Music (Songwriting) with Foundation Year - W3J4
- BA (Hons) Music (Production) - W301
- BA (Hons) Music (Production) with Foundation Year - W333
- BA (Hons) Music (Electronic Music Production) - W331
- BA (Hons) Music (Electronic Music Production) with Foundation Year - W332
Next Steps
1. Your Audition
When: October – April
See our auditions tab above for guidelines and timeframes.
2. Your Offer
When: After your audition/interview/portfolio
If you receive an offer it will either be conditional, based on you subsequently meeting academic, English and/or musical requirements, or unconditional.
Accept Your Offer (Classical and Jazz)
Go to your UCAS Conservatoires application to accept your offer. If it’s unconditional the place is yours! If it’s conditional then it’s yours when you meet our entry requirements.
Accept Your Offer (All other courses)
Go to your UCAS Undergraduate application to accept your offer. If it’s unconditional the place is yours! If it’s conditional then it’s yours when you meet our entry requirements.
3. Student (previously Tier 4) Visa
When: July (or earlier)
CAS, which you need to get your Visa.
You should allow enough time to complete your visa application – a lot of documentation is required and the process cannot be rushed
Information for prospective and current students
To read our comprehensive policies and regulations, please head over to our policies page.
If you have any questions about any of the regulations or policies of Leeds Conservatoire, please email quality@lcm.ac.uk.
Accreditation of prior learning (APL)
Applicants who have undertaken learning which has been formally assessed and certified by another educational institution or training provider, as well as applicants who have gained formal recognition of learning through other experience (e.g. in-house training programmes that are not externally assessed), may be able to use this towards their study at Leeds College of Music either to satisfy entry requirements or to join the programme at a later stage. The following document provides further information on the conservatoire’s APL application procedure.
There are two ways to make a Postgraduate application to Leeds Conservatoire:
Route 1: UCAS Conservatoires
Note: If you have already started a UCAS Conservatoires application for any institution, this is your only route.
If you are applying via UCAS Conservatoires, you will need the following codes:
UCAS Conservatoires Institution Code
L31
UCAS Conservatoires Course Codes
MA Drama Courses
- MA Dramaturgy - W44F
- MA Musical Direction - W45F
- MA Musical Theatre Company - W42F
- MA Musical Theatre Creatives - W43F
- MA Directing (2025) - W46F
MA Music Courses
- MA Music (Classical) (2025) - 806F
- MA Music (Composition) (2025) - 804F
- MA Music (Film, TV and Games) (2025) - 803F
- MA Music (Jazz) (2025) - 805F
- MA Music Production (2025) - 802F
- MA Live Events Management (2025) - 801F
- MA Popular Music (Performer) (2025) - 807F
- MA Popular Music (Songwriter) (2025) - 808F
- MA Popular Music (Writer Performer) (2025) - 809F
Direct Application Form
Alternatively you can apply directly to Leeds Conservatoire via our Postgraduate Direct Application Form.
Note: If you have already started a UCAS Conservatoires application for any institution, you must apply through UCAS Conservatoires and cannot use the Direct Application Form.
Next Steps
1. Your Audition
When: October – April
See our auditions tab above for guidelines and timeframes.
2. Your Offer
When: After your audition/interview/portfolio
If you receive an offer it will either be conditional, based on you subsequently meeting academic, English and/or musical/performing arts requirements, or unconditional.
Accept Your Offer
Go to UCAS Conservatoires to accept your offer. If it’s unconditional the place is yours! If it’s conditional then it’s yours when you meet our entry requirements.
3. Student (previously Tier 4) Visa
When: July (or earlier)
CAS, which you need to get your Visa.
You should allow enough time to complete your visa application – a lot of documentation is required and the process cannot be rushed.
Information for prospective and current students
To read our comprehensive policies and regulations, please head over to our policies page.
If you have any questions about any of the regulations or policies of Leeds Conservatoire, please email quality@lcm.ac.uk.
Accreditation of prior learning (APL)
Applicants who have undertaken learning which has been formally assessed and certified by another educational institution or training provider, as well as applicants who have gained formal recognition of learning through other experience (e.g. in-house training programmes that are not externally assessed), may be able to use this towards their study at Leeds College of Music either to satisfy entry requirements or to join the programme at a later stage. The following document provides further information on the conservatoire’s APL application procedure.
Leeds Conservatoire occasionally auditions applicants overseas.
To find out when and where our overseas auditions are taking place, please see our In Your Country page.
Request an Overseas Audition Day at Your School (School Staff)
Staff at overseas schools are also welcome to request an audition on their premises – we usually conduct a few auditions directly at schools per year.
For more information please email international@lcm.ac.uk. The registration process will vary depending on the event.
Attending In-Country Auditions
If you register to attend an audition in your country then instead of applying through UCAS, you will be given an in-country application form, which you must complete either before your audition or no later than one day afterwards.
Our in-country application form is simple and easy to complete. It is not available to download as it is an online form.
For more details on what happens at an overseas audition, please see our Auditions tab, above.
Next Steps
1. Your Offer
If you receive an offer it will either be conditional, based on you subsequently meeting academic, English and/or musical/performing arts requirements, or unconditional.
2. Accept Your Offer
If you would like to study with us in Leeds, please email internationaladmissions@lcm.ac.uk to tell us that you accept your offer. If it’s unconditional the place is yours! If it’s conditional then it’s yours when you meet our entry requirements.
3. Student (previously Tier 4) Visa
When: July (or earlier)
CAS, which you need to get your Visa.
You should allow enough time to complete your visa application – a lot of documentation is required and the process cannot be rushed.
Applicants to certain courses at Leeds Conservatoire will need to audition, interview or submit a portfolio of work. Most international applicants submit audition, interview and portfolio materials online. Your materials will be assessed by our curriculum teams.
Find out more about the audition process, and download subject-specific audition guides:
Most applicants will be asked to submit audition, interview and portfolio materials online.
Find out more about auditions, interviews and portfolios, including subject-specific guides:
Leeds Conservatoire occasionally holds auditions overseas. These may be open, or delivered exclusively through a school or other organisation – our In your Country page will give details of our overseas auditions if they become available.
We currently have auditions planned in the US, for more information please see our International Activities page
