Bachelor's degree in Music at the University of Pedagogics: how's the admission test?
The interview weighs as much as an aptitude and knowledge test and an instrument includes an established work. That's how you can prepare each party.
The admission to the Master's degree in Music at the National Pedagogical University (UPN) evaluates your main instrument, your aptitude and musical knowledge and an interview. At the most recent call we reviewed (2026-2), the instrument weighed 20%, aptitude and knowledge and an additional 40%. Know 11 was required to sign up but did not add up for points.
That share says a lot: the UPN forms musicians that they will teach, and the interview weighs as well as all the ear, reading and theory tests. We tell you how to prepare every part.
To sum up
- The UPN's Bachelor's degree in Music is a public program with 10 semesters and a Bachelor's degree in Music.
- At the 2026-2 call, the evaluation was distributed as a main instrument (20%), aptitude and musical knowledge (40%) and interview (40%).
- The instrument's test included free work, work imposed and reading at first glance and the work imposed was published about a month earlier.
- The university expects previous musical training and a defined main instrument: it's not a program to start from scratch.
- The interview weighs as well as an aptitude and knowledge test, so it deserves the same preparation.
How admission to the UPN is organized
The Bachelor's degree in Music is a public undergraduate in Bogotá, with 10 semesters and a degree: musicians prepared to teach. That's why the trial looks for the best instrumentalist but for a person with a solid musical base and with a real interest in teaching.
| Componente | Peso | What did she include? |
|---|---|---|
| Know 11 | Requirement with no weight | That's what you needed to sign up for, but I didn't have to add up to the score. |
| Main instrument | 20 % | Free work, work and reading at first glance. |
| Attitude and musical knowledge | 40 % | Ritmic and melodic imitation, memory, co-ordination, reading, armor, intervals, scales, chords and dictation. |
| Entrevista | 40 % | The same weight as all aptitude and knowledge tests. |
The UPN expects you to come with previous musical training and with a defined main instrument. If you are still deciding between two instruments, complete with your teacher before you start preparing the test.
Main instrument: free work, forced work and first hearing
Even though it weighs 20%, this test is your letter of introduction: the jury sees your actual level in a few minutes.
Free work
Choose a work that will get you clear with even nerves. Better a piece of medium, musical and well-finished difficulties than a difficult half. Check the instructiva if there are conditions of duration, style or score.
Impaired work
At the revised call, the work put up was published about a month before the trial. A month is little: your technique should be ready to set up a new work at that time. When it goes out, so organize the four weeks:
- Week 1: complete reading with slow tempo, annotated digitations or breathing and marked difficult passages.
- Week 2: work of the difficult passages separately with a metronome.
- Week 3: join sections, put up the tempo and define frambling and dynamic with your teacher.
- Week 4: play her as a runner, record and introduce her to other people.
Reading at first glance
Read something new about your instrument every day: take a minute to look at rough armor, comas and rhythms, and then play without stopping, though you are wrong. We explain how to train it in rhythmic and melodic reading for the admissions test.
Attitude and musical knowledge: the 40% training
It's the most extensive test because it combines listening, reading and grammar. The good news is that everything that you evaluate can be trained:
| Area | What did I evaluate | How to train her |
|---|---|---|
| Aptitud | Ritmic and Melodic Imitation, Memory, Coordination | Repeat pounding rhythms and singing motifs and carry your pulse with your foot while pounding another rhythm. |
| Lectura | Music reading | Ritmic and daily singing solphis with new material. |
| Grammar | Reforms, intervals, scales and chords | Recognize instant arms, write bigger and minor scales, form triads and septists. |
| Dictado | Musical performance | Rhythmic and melodic short dictations, several times a week. |
Coordination usually takes those who have only been practised by their instrument by surprise. Training with independent exercises: pulse with foot and rhythm with their hands, or singing a simple melody while pounding their pulse.
The interview: how to get her ready if you're gonna be teacher
At 40%, the interview can move your result as well as the knowledge test. At a degree, it makes sense that they wish to know about your journey, your motivation and your relationship with teaching.
- It counts your musical tour in about two minutes: how you have started with whom you have studied and what groups have you been playing, be it the school band, a choir or an Andean music group.
- Have concrete examples of experiences teaching, though informal: helping a partner with theory or accompanying a younger brother that starts.
- Explains why his degree and not another undergraduate of music, and knows his difference with his [Master in Music]](/blog/maestro-en-musica-o-licenciatura-en-musica).
- Read about the program: its curriculum and its approach.
- Think about how to teach music in Colombia: schools, music schools, cultural houses and gangs.
Avoid memorized or generic responses and practice with someone to ask you real questions. an interview with admission to music you'll find questions that should be prepared and the mistakes that have been most challenges.
A step-by-step planning plan
| Etapa | Instrumento | Ability and knowledge | Entrevista |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 months before or more | Daily technique and free work chosen | Grammar: arms, scales, intervals and chords | Write your music tour |
| 3 months earlier | Work free list of run and daily reading | Tone and read several times a week | Read about program and teaching work |
| 1 months earlier | Work imposed as soon as published | Simulations for imitation, memory and co-ordination | Training and training |
| Last week | Play and get some rest | Light review | Ordering ideas, without memorizing |
If you have to get ready with accompaniment, A medio tono Can you drink? music theoryand tipma and tipma, and classes of your instrument with teachers, virtual or at home in Bogotá. With your teacher you can also rehearse the interview. Preparation for music admission tests.
The UPN also offers [free extension courses]](https://bellasartes.upn.edu.co/cursos-libres-de-extension/)They are training and as far as we have been reviewed they are not a direct entrance path. To a plan that will serve several universities at once, check how to prepare for the music entrance test.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to know music to introduce myself to the UPN's Music degree?
The university expects previous musical training and a clear main instrument and the test includes reading, grammar and dictation. If you are starting, first dedicated a time to building these bases.
When do they publish their work?
At the 2026-2 call was published about a month before the test. Check the process's page often and get to that date with the ready technique to ride it quickly.
Do you count the score of Know 11 at the UPN?
In 2026-2 was required to register but had no weight in the result of admission. Check if this remains so at the current call.
How long does the UPN's Music degree last and what title do you give?
It lasts 10 semesters and grants his degree as a Bachelor of Music. It's an undergraduate oriented to training musicians who teach, different from the Master of Music programs, focused on artistic practice.