Diploma in Music at Marianopolis College in Westmount, Canada is a diploma in Music programme. The programme runs for 2 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 17,244 per year (CAD 8,160 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Music
Duration: 2 years
Local tuition: CAD 8,160 / year
International tuition: CAD 17,244 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This pre-university Diplôme d'études collégiales (DEC) in Music at Marianopolis College runs two years for the single-discipline program, or three years for students who combine Music with Science or Social Science in a Double DEC. The curriculum covers principal-instrument instruction in either the Classical or Jazz stream, ensemble performance, composition, ear training and music theory, music history and literature, and music technology including recording, MIDI, and audio editing, alongside English and French language courses and humanities electives. Students train and perform in partnership with McGill University's Schulich School of Music, using its instruction and ensemble opportunities, and have access to a professional recording studio. The program suits classical and jazz performers with prior musical training who want to develop their playing at a pre-university level, while the Double DEC option suits students who want to keep other academic paths open. Graduates pursue Bachelor of Music programs in performance, composition, conducting, education, music therapy, musicology, or music technology, and, for Double DEC graduates, non-music university programs such as education, fine arts, social sciences, medicine, law, or engineering depending on the science paired with music.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Music program (including its Double DEC options with Science or Social Science) requires a Quebec Diploma of Secondary Studies or its equivalent and an overall minimum grade average of 70%. Applicants must complete a pre-audition at Marianopolis followed by a formal audition at McGill University's Schulich School of Music, plus theory and ear-training placement tests; Double DEC applicants must also meet the entrance criteria of their second chosen program (Science or Social Science). English and French language proficiency during application follow Marianopolis College's general entrance requirements: an external English test is required only for applicants who completed secondary school outside Canada with fewer than three years of English instruction, with accepted scores of TOEFL iBT 90 (minimum 21 per section), IELTS Academic 6.5, or Cambridge C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency at grade C or better; applicants without a Certificate of Eligibility educated outside Quebec must instead sit a French proficiency test (DELF B2 67/100, TCF 467/699, or TEF 467/699).
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply directly to Marianopolis through its own Omnivox portal rather than SRAM. As published on the college's site, the Fall 2026 intake's online application was open with a deadline of 1 March 2026, and late applications are reviewed only after on-time files, and only if space remains; the site had not yet posted Fall 2027 dates as of 14 September 2026. International (temporary-resident) applicants were urged to apply by 15 February 2026 because of immigration-document processing times, with no international application accepted after 1 March 2026. Admission is not rolling: both streams run to a firm deadline, with limited late acceptance once on-time files are cleared. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
