Diploma in Musique is a diploma in Music programme taught at Vanier College in Montréal, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Music
Duration: 2 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Music (501.A0) is a two-year pre-university Diploma of Collegial Studies at Vanier College combining music theory with performance training across principal instruments including brass, guitar, piano, strings, and woodwinds, as well as voice. The program page describes fifteen weeks of private lessons per semester on the student's principal instrument or voice, together with weekly participation in small and large ensembles, giving students regular performance experience throughout the program. Coursework also includes music history, ear training and theory, and instruction in recording technology and music-related applications, rounding out the performance training with historical and technical grounding. Students can pursue a classical or jazz specialization depending on their interests. Admission requires an audition on the student's principal instrument or voice along with an entrance exam covering theory and ear training, and completion of a secondary-level music course is recommended though not mandatory. The program suits students planning university-level music study or careers in performance, composition, music education, audio recording, musicology, or music therapy, providing an intensive pre-university grounding in both playing and academic musicianship.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Pre-University Music program (501.A0) recommends but does not require Music 502 (or cégep-equivalent 551-004-VA) or equivalent recognized music training, on top of Vanier's college-wide Quebec secondary-school baseline. All applicants must complete an audition on their principal instrument or voice plus an entrance exam in theory and ear training, detailed on Vanier's music-auditions page; the college offers free instrument/vocal workshops to help applicants prepare, and entrance scholarships go to the highest-scoring auditions. Admission is offered in Autumn and Winter. No IELTS/TOEFL-style English score is required: Vanier's admissions pages confirm English-proficiency testing is no longer an admission requirement, while a CEFR B2 French test (TCF, DELF, DALF or TEF) is required only of out-of-province/international applicants who did not complete Quebec secondary schooling.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants to Vanier College apply through the shared SRAM portal (admission.sram.qc.ca) serving Montréal-region cégeps. For Winter 2027, applications opened 15 September 2026, Round 1 closes 1 November 2026 and Round 2 closes 25 November 2026, with unfilled seats carried forward. SRAM has not yet posted Fall 2027 domestic dates. Internationally, SRAM's Fall 2027 window runs 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027; its next window (Winter 2028) runs 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027. Admission is rolling by round, not a single fixed date. Vanier's own international-applicants page confirms international students use the same SRAM system as domestic ones, bound by the same round deadlines. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
