Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) was a professional qualification awarded by the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

. Like the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music (LRAM), it was offered in teaching or performing. There is no obvious successor to the ARCM qualification since the RCM undergraduates now follow a B.Mus(Hons) course accredited by the Royal College of Music. However in 2012 approximately a quarter of the academic staff included ARCM in their lists of qualifications. When the basic Graduate course led to the

Graduate of the Royal Schools of Music {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Graduate of the Royal Schools of Music (GRSM) was a professional diploma of graduate status (equivalent to a university first degree) that was open to both internal students of the Royal Academy of Music and the Ro ...

(GRSM) diploma, a condition of graduating was an ARCM pass in Teaching or Performing.
Royal College of Music prospectus 2012 Those awarded the diploma are entitled to use the post-nominal letters ARCM and to wear the appropriate academic dress: black gown of Oxford BA pattern, with a royal blue silk hood of simple shape, the cowl part-lined 3 inches and bound 1/4 inch with old gold silk, the neckband fully lined and bound 1/4 inch of old gold silk. Holders of the ARCM qualification were able to obtain fully qualified teacher status, following successful completion of a one year's post graduate study at a college of education in the UK.

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{{Reflist Royal College of Music Performing arts education in the United Kingdom

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