Only applicants with strong skills in singing, conducting, composing, or playing a musical instrument are encouraged to enroll in the Preparatory Department. Those who want to eventually pursue a Master’s degree in English have access to the English-language curriculum.
Students take tests and exams in all of the disciplines covered by the curriculum after finishing the course.
Foreign students can only enroll in the Academy of Music’s undergraduate program after passing the required exams.
The Preparatory Department provides full-time course. Its duration is nine months from September 15 to June 14.The tuition fee at the preparatory department is $ 5,150 per year.
The procedure for submitting documents for admission to the preparatory department in 2023.
- To receive an invitation to study in the Republic of Belarus, you must submit electronic COPIES (scans) of the following documents to: international_st@bgam.by:
– All filled-out pages of your passport;
– Notarized translation of the passport into Russian;
– Link to the video recording of the program performance on the website www.youtube.com. The recording must be presented without video and audio editing*. The requirements to the video recording depending on the specialty (degree program) are given below. It is also possible to send the documents for the invitation and a video recording of your performance (on a USB-flash-drive) via a third party. When sending the letter it is necessary to indicate the following information in Russian or English: full name, the performance program (indicating the composer, lyrics author if any, number and opus of the composition), the name of the education institution, the stage of education (1st year (undergraduate degree) – 1st stage, Master’s degree – 2nd stage). Documents for obtaining the invitation are accepted from March 15 to April 15.
PLEASE NOTE! Foreign citizens are required to notify the Curriculum and Instruction Department by email at international_st@bgam.by of their expected arrival date in the Republic of Belarus after obtaining the invitation to study. Audition stage: April 15 – May 1. After the audition stage is successfully completed, the Curriculum and Instruction Department provides the applicant an official invitation for training, which entitles the applicant to apply for a study visa in the Consular office of the Republic of Belarus at the place of the candidate’s residence. Issuing the invitation for training is free of charge.
- Arrival dates for training and in-person submission of the documents to the Preparatory Department (Minsk, 30 Internatsionalnaya St, room 210) are from August 30 to September 12 (Minsk, 30 Internatsionalnaya St, room 126).
On arrival in the Republic of Belarus, a foreign citizen must submit to the Curriculum and Instruction Department (Minsk, 30 Internatsionalnaya, room 126) the documents listed below and undergo the procedure of enrollment at the Academy:
1) application for admission to study in the required form;
2) original certificate (document) of education with an indication of subjects studied with the marks (points) received in the exams;
3) medical certificate, issued by the territorial organization of health care in the Republic of Belarus (after a mandatory medical check-up on the referral of the education institution)
4) health assessment certificate and absence of HIV infection certificate, issued by the official health authority home country of the applicant;
5) a notarized copy of the birth certificate
6) 6 photos (3 x 4 cm).
- Having an identity document, a study visa, a contract of compulsory medical insurance, drawn up in the manner prescribed by law are necessary for admission to the preparatory department.
- Knowledge of the Russian language at level A1 might be an advantage
PLEASE NOTE!
Copies of all the documents must be notarized in accordance with the established procedure, and all the documents executed in a foreign language must be accompanied by a notarized translation into Russian.
If the set of documents is not completes, the applicant is not allowed to participate in the competition.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the head of the Preparatory Department, e-mail: podgotov_otd@bgam.by.
THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
3 Musical and instrumental art (piano)
4 Musical and instrumental art (violin, viola, cello, double bass)
6 Musical and instrumental art (percussion instruments)
7 Musical and instrumental art (classical guitar, cimbalom)