Diploma · Artist Diploma
Advanced Artist Diploma
Royal Northern College of Music · Royal Northern College of Music · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- Advanced Artist Diploma
- Subject
- Music Performance
- Format
- On campus1 year full time
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A one-year diploma listed among the RNCM doctoral programmes for applicants who normally hold a good master's qualification.
- Department
- Royal Northern College of Music
- 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
- Advanced Artist Diploma
- Award family
- Artist DiplomaAn Artist Diploma. It is a non-degree performance award with its own title: it is never relabelled as a master’s degree.
- Qualification level
- Diploma
- Qualification standing
- Conservatory award (non-degree)An award made by a conservatory in its own name that is not an academic degree, such as an Artist Diploma.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
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
- 1 year full time
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Royal Northern College of Music124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Applicants for the AAD are normally required to hold a good (Distinction or Merit) master’s qualification in a relevant subject.
- Deadlines
- Application Deadline 13 Jan 2027
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.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, 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)