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Resolution No. 16 on the conditions, mode, dates and way of recruitment for the 1st year of full-time first- and second-degree studies in the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków for the academic year 2024/2025 (in Polish)

Entry requirements

RECRUITMENT CALENDAR

Electronic registration of candidates 20th May 2024 – 17th June 2024
Recruitment 20th June 2024 – 31st October 2024
Entry examinations June/July 2024
The detailed schedule of entry examinations will be set after the registration ends
Additional recruitment entry examinations Septebmer 2024
The Rector may announce the additional recruitment for some fields of studies/majors – if the limit of places on a givien field/major is not reached

 

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Step by step instructions are available here.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • The examinations are held on-site; note that the Academy has the right to change the mode of examinations into the remote mode – in such a case the candidates will be informed in advance.
  • The candidates shall pay the entry examinations fee before the examinations begin; the amount of the fee is regulated by a separate Rector’s ordinance; the fee is not subject to return after the registration of candidates in the MERK system finishes.
  • The examinations are held by the academic teachers working at the Academy.

 

FORMAL REQUIREMENTS

FIRST-CYCLE STUDY PROGRAMME

  • Entry examinations (you can find links to detailed entry examinations programmes for each field and major below);
  • Matura exam certificate OR – for FOREIGN CANDIDATES – high school graduation certificate or an equivalent document, translated into Polish by a sworn translator, and stamped with an apostille certifying its authenticity;
  • knowledge of English as the language of instruction at least at the B1 level, confirmed by at least B1 certificate (or equivalent), for example TOEFL – applies for candidates applying for studies with subjects led in English.

Additional information:

  • Candidates do NOT have to be the graduates of the 2nd degree music school; however, during the entry examinations, they should present the knowledge and skills at the level of the 2nd degree music school graduate.
  • Laureates and finalists of any school Olympiads do NOT have any special rights during the recruitment.
  • Candidates with special needs – disabled or chronically ill – undergo the same recruitment procedure, but they may apply for the adjustment of the form of the examinations to their needs resulting from their disabilities – the form of examinations is set individually with the head of the recruitment committee for a given field of studies; the documents confirming the disability shall be presented at least 3 days before the recruitment begins.

Entry examinations programmes:

COMPOSITION AND MUSIC THEORY
composition | music theory

CONDUCTING
conducting

ARTISTIC EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC
music education | rhythmics | choral conducting | wind orchestra conducting

CHURCH MUSIC
church music

INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
piano | organ | early music | classical guitar, harp | violin,viola | cello, double bass, knee-fiddles | winds, accordion | brass | percussion | chamber music

JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC
piano | double bass | flute | saxophone | trumpet | trombone | percussion | guitar | bass guitar | jazz violin | jazz arrangement and composition

VOCAL STUDIES
vocal studies

 

SECOND-CYCLE STUDY PROGRAMME

  • Entry examinations (you can find links to detailed entry examinations programmes for each field and major below)
  • Diploma, or an equivalent document of graduation from the first-cycle programme or a long-cycle Master’s degree programme*
    *FOREIGN CANDIDATES shall present the diploma translated into Polish by a sworn translator, and stamped with an apostille certifying its authenticity
  • knowledge of English as the language of instruction at least at the B1 level, confirmed by at least B1 certificate (or equivalent), for example TOEFL – applies for candidates applying for studies with subjects led in English

Entry examinations programmes:

COMPOSITION AND MUSIC THEORY
composition | music theory

CONDUCTING
conducting

ARTISTIC EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC
teaching theoretical/music courses | rhythmics | choral conducting | wind orchestra conducting

CHURCH MUSIC
church music

INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
piano | organ | early music | classical guitar, harp | violin, viola | cello, double bass, knee-fiddles | winds, accordion | brass | percussion | chamber music

JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC
piano | double bass | flute | saxophone | trumpet | trombone | percussion | guitar | bass guitar | jazz violin | jazz arrangement and composition

VOCAL STUDIES
vocal studies

 

EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

  • The examination committees have the right to shorten the pieces of music, or to choose the pieces or their parts during the examination.
  • The candidates shall have their own sheet music during the examinations.
  • The candidates may have their own accompanist or may contact an accompanist from the Academy before the examination (applies also for the rhythmic sections)
  • Instrument and vocal exams are open for public. The Head of Examination Committee may restrict the number of specatators because of venue conditions or for the candidate’s comfort.
  • Exams are taken in one, two or three stages, depending on the field and major.
  • Only the candidates who passed the first stage may take the second stage examination; only the candidates who passed the second stage may take the the third stage examination.