Bachelor’s degree · Other bachelor’s award
Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Musicien (DNSPM)
Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur de la Musique Europe et Méditerranée (IESM) · IESM Europe et Méditerranée · Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Official award
- Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de MusicienDNSPM
- Subject
- Music PerformanceInstrument pathways: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba, Percussion, Piano, Harp
- Format
- On campus3 years
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Three-year DNSPM (180 ECTS) in the instrumentalist-singer discipline, classical-to-contemporary domain, which can be combined with a musicology licence at Aix-Marseille Université.
- Department
- IESM Europe et Méditerranée
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de MusicienDNSPM
- Award family
- Other bachelor’s awardAnother earned bachelor’s-level award, such as BEd, BMusEd, Diplom or a locally named qualification, shown with its official title.
- Qualification level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Official level
- RNCP 6 · Stated as niveau 6; conferring licence grade from 2025/2026As stated in the source. A framework level does not make different national awards equivalent.
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “pour la discipline « instrumentiste-chanteur » dans les domaines et options suivantes”Source |
Instrument and voice pathways
This is ONE program with the verified pathways below, not a separate degree per instrument. A pathway is listed only where an official page names the instrument in the title, as a major or as a formal principal-study option.
| Instrument | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba, Percussion, Piano, Harp | Named majorThe instrument is a named major of the program, confirmed on an official page. | “options violon, alto, violoncelle, contrebasse, flûte traversière, hautbois, clarinette, basson, trompette, trombone, cor, tuba, percussions, piano, harpe.”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 3 years
- Credits
- 180 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- 2026 competition; 2027 dates not yet published on the page
- Campus
- IESM, Aix-en-Provence380 avenue Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 13100 Aix-en-Provence
Teaching language
- Taught in
- French
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition required
- Audition details
- Format: Recorded prescreening and live audition
- Prescreening: Admissibility by video recording evaluated remotely; admission by in-person instrumental performance and interview at IESM Aix-en-Provence
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Interview required
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrance competition registration fee (scholarship holders exempt)Application fee · mandatory | €85one-time, 2026 competition | All students | 25 October 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)