BA/BS in Music at Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Music programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 25,173 per year (CAD 10,986 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Music
Duration: 4 years
Local tuition: CAD 10,986 / year
International tuition: CAD 25,173 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This Bachelor of Arts in Music at Acadia's School of Music combines a core program of music courses with electives students choose to match their interests, covering performance, theory, history, composition, songwriting, and recording. Sample courses include jazz history, music production, improvisation, and the study of music in contemporary communities. Students can complete the degree as a standard major or, with an honours option, add a creative or research thesis with faculty mentorship; double or second majors, including combinations with programs such as Community Development or Mathematics, are also possible. All students receive weekly one-on-one applied lessons with faculty and take part in ensembles and small classes, and paid roles as teaching assistants, peer tutors, or research assistants become available after first year. Admission requires an application to the School of Music and an audition, live or recorded. Delivery is on campus at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The program suits students working toward careers as performers, composers, music educators, producers, or arts administrators, or anyone wanting to study music performance and creation within a flexible, individually shaped curriculum.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: All prospective music students must complete a School of Music application. Applicants to the Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music Therapy degrees must also complete a live or recorded audition as part of that application. For applicants presenting the International Baccalaureate Diploma, Acadia University's general entry requirement is the IB Diploma including IB English with an overall score of 24 or better, with a score of 30 or higher earning 30 hours of university credit.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Acadia does not publish year-specific application deadlines: its live admissions pages state only that domestic and international undergraduate applicants may apply any time after September 21st, with March 1st as the priority date for entrance-scholarship consideration (decisions by mid-April); no year is attached to either date. Admission is otherwise rolling, with no separate international closing date published. The Bachelor of Education programme has its own cycle, opening October 1st, but as of September 2026 the page still shows the stale 2025-2026 cycle and no current-cycle date has been published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
About Acadia University
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