Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
VAASA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
A government-subsidised research institute, founded in 1978, and concentrating on the traditional music of the Swedish language-speaking regions of Finland. Researches have been carried out in such areas as the instruments used in various districts, recording the history of the folk musician movemen...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
HELSINKI (HELSINFORS)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
In 2013 the Finnish Sibelius Academy, the Theatre Academy Helsinki and the Academy of Fine Arts merged to become the University of the Arts Helsinki. The Sibelius Academy received its name in 1939. It is the only university-level music institution in Finland and one of the largest in Europe. In addi...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
JOENSUU
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1969 and was granted its current name and status in 2010. It has campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio. Church music programs are taken at the Joensuu campus. Based in Joensuu is the International Society for Orthodox Church Music which issues a peer-reviewed jo...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
HELSINKI (HELSINFORS)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to its establishment in Turku in 1640. It was transferred to Helsinki in 1829. This is a graduate school only. Performance studies are not offered within the Department, but there is a well-equipped music research laboratory. There are courses in Finnish, Sw...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
TAMPERE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of Tampere, together with the Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), constitutes the Tampere Higher Education Authority. At the University of Tampere the research department, one of eight departments of the Faculty of Arts, concentrates on ethnomusicology, offering basic cours...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
TURKU (ÅBO)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University of Turku was founded in 1920. In the music department the areas of specialisation are Finnish contemporary music, ethnomusicology, jazz and popular music, and women in music. Language of instruction is mainly Finnish, though some courses may use English. No performance training is giv...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ALPES-MARITIMES
City:
NICE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Since 2020 the Université Côte d'Azur has been an experimental university that includes 17 major academic establishments around the historic university core to create one of France's top 10 research-intensive universities. There is a close relationship with the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Région...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ALSACE
City:
STRASBOURG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1621. Its music department was established in 1872. In 2009 the university was created in its current form from a merger of the Louis Pasteur University, Marc Bloch University and Robert Schumann University. University music students may enrol for practic...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
AQUITAINE
City:
BORDEAUX
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1441 by Pope Eugène IV. Following a number of changes it gained its current name and status in 2014. There are links with the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Bordeaux 'Jacques Thibaud' as well as one-semester exchange possibilities witha the Department of...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
BASSE-NORMANDIE
City:
CAEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The CEFEDEM (Center for the training of dance and music teachers) of Basse-Normandie was established in 1990 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Communication....
Country:
FRANCE
State:
BOURGOGNE
City:
DIJON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Department of Musicology was established in 1970. There is a close relationship with the Pôle d'Enseignement Supérieur de la Musique en Bourgogne, enabling performing musicians graduating from the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional and other conservatoires to take university programs. ...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
BRETAGNE
City:
RENNES
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1460. It gained its current name and status in 1896. ...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
CENTRE
City:
TOURS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1408. Formerly known as François Rabelais University of Tours, it gained its current name in 2015. Music and music education programs are taught at the Centre de Formation de Musiciens Intervenants which also owns a gamelan. ...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE
City:
REIMS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1548. It was granted its current name and status in 1967. The Musicology department works in partnership with the Regional Conservatoire of Reims to present its courses. ...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
CERGY-PONTOISE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This Conservatoire, founded in 1982, is a public institution offering programs in music, classical and contemporary dance and drama. The program is organised in cycles. The first (preparatory) (éveil musical’), four years, the second, four years, the third ('cycle d’orientation professionnelle'...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
PARIS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1795 and is currently located in the Cîté de la Musique at La Villette. It offers programs in music, dance, sound engineering and pedagogy. In the music area there are seven departments: classical and contemporary performance, voice, early music, composition and or...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
PARIS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Musée du Quai Branly opened in 2006 and is the newest of the major museums in Paris. Among other research bodies and collections, it houses the French Society of Ethnomusicology, founded in 1982, a centre of ethnomusicological research through its Laboratoire d'ethnomusicologie. The research te...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
PARIS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The Sorbonne was founded in 1257. Between 1971 and 2017 it was called 'Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne' and since 2018, following a merger with several smaller institutions and with the Pierre and Marie Curie University, its current name is Sorbonne University. It operates on 12 campuses in the u...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
PARIS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The university was founded in 1963 as an extension of the Sorbonne. In 1970 it was set up as an independent university known as Université de Paris X, Nanterre. in recent years its name has been changed to Université Paris Nanterre. Courses in ethnomusicology covering most areas of the world are o...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
PARIS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Founded as an experimental academic centre in Vincennes in 1969, Université Paris VIII moved to Saint-Denis in 1980. Its main focus is on humanities, human sciences, arts and social sciences, and has become a central Pôle for education and research in the area of arts and letters for the Île de F...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
City:
MONTPELLIER
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University was founded in 1289. It became the University de Montpellier III, Paul Valéry in 1970, specialising in the arts, languages and social sciences. Research at the Department of Music centres around multi-disciplinary areas. There is a Centre d’Étude du XXème Siècle which has publis...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
LORRAINE
City:
NANCY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
In 2012 the University of Lorraine was formed from a merger of four former institutions - the National Polytechnic of Lorraine, the Henri Poincaré University, University of Nancy II and the Paul Verlaine University in Metz. There are several campuses, the musicology program being offered at the Nan...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
City:
TOULOUSE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1229. Formerly known as Université de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, in 2014 it gained its current name. The Department of Music organises an annual concert using its choir and orchestra, and collaborating with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. T...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
PROVENCE
City:
AIX-EN-PROVENCE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1409 with the creation of the University of Provence. Following a number of name changes, in 2012 it merged with the University of the Mediterranean and Paul Cézanne University to become Aix-Marseille Université. It operates on five main campuses. An op...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
PROVENCE
City:
AIX-EN-PROVENCE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The IESM is organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Formerly the Centre was located in Aubagne, but in 2013 it was moved to Aix-en-Provence. It collaborates with regional conservatoires and universities with music departments....
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RÉUNION
City:
SAINT-DENIS DE LA RÉUNION
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Musique, Danse et Art Dramatique de la Réunion was founded in 1987 and is one of over 30 such institutions in France. Its headquarters are in Saint-Denis, with other teaching centres in Saint-Benoît, Saint-Paul and Saint-Pierre. The program is organise...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RHÔNE-ALPES
City:
LYON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Centre de Formation des Enseignants de la Musique Rhône-Alpes (CEFEDEM). was established in 1990 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RHÔNE-ALPES
City:
CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatoire is a public institution offering programs in music, and classical and contemporary dance. Inaugurated in. 1996, it was granted its current name and status in 2002. The program is organised in cycles. The first (éveil musical’) four years, the second, four years, the third ('cyc...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RHÔNE-ALPES
City:
LYON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse, Lyon (CNSMDL) was established in 1980 and operates with complete financial autonomy under the aegis of the Ministry for Culture and Communication. It offers programs to both the general public as well as to students in the professional degre...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RHÔNE-ALPES
City:
SAINT-ÉTIENNE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was established in 1969. It operates under the aegis of the Academy of Lyon, and belongs to the administrative entity of the University of Lyon. It operates on five campuses....
Country:
GEORGIA
State:
City:
TBILISI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1917. Courses are taught in Georgian. Facilities include two performance halls, one also being used for opera performances, a three-manual pipe organ and a well-appointed recording studio. The Conservatory issues several publications relating to music education, music...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
FREIBURG IM BREISGAU
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1962. The music department has links with the Department of Music Education at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China. There is an Institute for African Music, set up in Bavaria in 2006, and in 2012 it became affiliated with the Freiburg University of Education. T...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
MANNHEIM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 2003. It describes itself as a 'University of Popular Music and Music Business'. Facilities include a well-equipped digital sound studio. The Popakademie hosts an annual summer camp and is involved in a partnership of 12 institutions from six European countries working on ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
HEIDELBERG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was established in 1386 so is recognised as Germany's oldest university. It is generally known as the University of Heidelberg. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
WÜRZBURG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University, commonly referred to as the University of Würzburg (Universität Würzburg), can trace its history back to 1402. There is a fine carillon in the tower of a nearby church building attached to the university. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
EICHSTÄTT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The largest private university in Germany, and the only Catholic university in the German-speaking world, founded in 1980. There are two campuses, with music programs being offered in Eichstätt. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
MÜNCHEN (MUNICH)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The University was established in 1472 in Ingolstadt and eventually was moved to Münich in 1826. There are Institutes for Musicology and for Music Education. The Institute holds many videos of manuscripts and photographs of medieval music. There is an Institute for Music Education with a research p...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
BAMBERG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1647. It is renowned for its focus on the humanities....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BERLIN
City:
BERLIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
This independent University was founded in 1948. The Institute of Theatre Studies houses the Puccini research centre. Special projects include an edition of the letters and writings of Busoni and the role of theatrical elements on the concert podium in contemporary music. This forms part of an inter...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BERLIN
City:
BERLIN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
Humboldt University was founded in 1829 and is the oldest university in Berlin. The musicology department forms part of the University’s Institut für Kultur- und Kunstwissenschaften, within the Philosophische Fakultät III. The Hermann von Helmloltz Cultural Centre holds a sound archive with a s...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BREMEN
City:
BREMEN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of Bremen was founded in 1971. The Department of Music co-operates closely with the Music Department of the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen which organises the academic program and lessons in performance for its students. The Music Department hosts an Orchestral Academy, an Academy ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HAMBURG
City:
HAMBURG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to the 17th century and gained its current name and status in 1919. The Institute for Systematic Musicology was founded in 1949. It issues regular publications and holds a large collection of recordings of folk material from Eastern European, African and Asi...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
GIEßEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1607 as a Lutheran institution. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN
City:
ROSTOCK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This University was originally founded in 1946 and was established under its present title in 1994. It currently enrols around 500 students in its departments of music and drama. The music department consists of an Institut für Musik and an Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik. Ther...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
OLDENBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1793. It gained its current name and status in 1974. There is an early music ensemble as well as some ethnic music groups. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
GÖTTINGEN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University was founded in 1734. The Seminar’s Musikinstrumenten Sammlung houses a significant collection of traditional instruments from Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Oceania. The library holds a collection of photographs, a sound archive of early recordings of European art music and an ar...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
HANNOVER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This University was formed in 1950 with the merger of the State School of Music and the Hanover Drama School. It gained its current name and status in 1978. It offers programs in music, drama, multimedia communication and media sciences. A joint bachelor’s degree program in music is offered betwee...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
HILDESHEIM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1989. There is a Centre for World Music that offers workshops and performance tuition on non-Western instruments and organises a regular summer school. It holds an extensive sound archive and is an autonomous...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
KÖLN (COLOGNE)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Hochschule, founded in 1850, gained its current name and status in 1987. The Hochschule is situated in the heart of the old city of Cologne, in the vicinity of the cathedral and the main railway station. It is one of the largest music academies in Europe, with about 1700 students and more than 3...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
SIEGEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1536. It gained its current name and status in 1972. There is a Studio for New Music. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
KÖLN (COLOGNE)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of Cologne was founded in 1388 and as such is the oldest university in Germany as it exists today. It gained its current name and status in 1919 and the Institute of Musicology was established in 1921. It houses a collection of traditional instruments mainly from east Asia and Africa....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SACHSEN (SAXONY)
City:
LEIPZIG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
Founded in 1409, the University of Leipzig is the second oldest in Germany. The institute of education (Musikpädagogik) was previously called 'Pädagogische Hochschule "Clara Zetkin'' Leipzig'. Past students include Telemann, C P E Bach, Schumann and Richard Wagner. The University has a museum...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SAXONY-ANHALT
City:
HALLE (SAALE)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1502 with the establishment of the University of Wittenberg. The Faculty of Philosophy contains the separate institutes of musicology (Philosophy II) and music education (Philosophy III) which are located close to the Handel House and the Protestant Colle...
Country:
GHANA
State:
City:
CAPE COAST
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1962. The music department was established in 1974 and is situated at the New Administration Block, adjacent to the Arts Faculty and Social Sciences Faculty. There are studies in religious music, popular music, African traditional music and Western classical music. In t...
Country:
GHANA
State:
City:
WINNEBA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was established in 1992 as the University College of Education, as a result of the amalgamation of a number of existing colleges in the region. In 2004 it became the University of Education, Winneba. The School of Creative Arts offers programs in art, graphic design, theatre arts an...
Country:
GHANA
State:
City:
LEGON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast. The School of Performing Arts forms part of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ghana. It has departments of music, theatre arts and dance studies. Due to a policy of mutual co-operation, students may take courses i...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was established in 1925. The School of Music Studies was established in 1985, being the first music studies department in a university in Greece. The emphasis is on both artistic creation and research. The central laboratory of the program is the computer mu...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
CORFU
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1984 and recently has expanded its operations to several islands in the Ionian Islands Region. Its Department of Music Studies began operations in 1992. In 2018 the former Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands was incorporated into the University, br...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Museum of Popular Instruments – Research Centre for Ethnomusicology - is not a teaching institution. Established around 1840, it consists of a collection of about 1200 Greek traditional musical instruments dating from the 18th century to the present day. The aim is to collect, preserve, study ...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1837, the first university in the newly-established Greek State. The Department of Music Studies is divided into three sectors: • Historical and Systematic Musicology. • Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology. • Sound technology, Music Pedagogy and Byzantine Mu...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ARTA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1994. The Department of Traditional Music aims promote the originality and variety of traditional musics in Greece and some of the surrounding nations (including Turkey, the Balkans, Italy, the Arab world, north Africa). There are branches in Ioannina, Preveza and Igoume...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1990, though it can trace its history back to 1948. The Department of Music Science and Art accepted its first students in 1998. It is organised in a similar way to that of European Music Academies in order to provide performance as well as theoretical studies. As s...
Country:
GUATEMALA
State:
City:
GUATEMALA CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private non-political, non-sectarian, not-for-profit university founded in 1966. ...
Country:
GUYANA
State:
City:
GEORGETOWN
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Library Collections, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was established in 1963. There is a second campus in Berbice. The Amerindian Research Unit has a collections of tapes of indigenous Guyanese music. The library holds some manuscripts of Caribbean and Guyanese composers....
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1963, and the Department of Music was established in 1965. In 2016 a Centre for Chinese Music Studies was established. The music department owns a wide range of Western, Chinese and early music instruments, including many early Western instruments, a Javanese gamelan, ...
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1984. There are schools of dance, drama, music, theatre and entertainment arts, film and television and Chinese opera. Facilities include a fine concert hall, an opera theatre and a well-equipped library which houses the Ernest Read collection of orchestral scores and the ...
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government-supported institution founded in 1956. There are some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art electro-acoustic music centre. The music department owns an Indonesian gamelan, and is equipped with 52 pianos, two harpsichords and three organs. ...
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Hong Kong Institute of Education was established in 1994 as an amalgamation of three former colleges of education. It is now known as the Education University of Hong Kong. Language of instruction is English....
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1910. The music department was founded in 1981 and has an affiliation with the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. There is a well-equipped electronic music studio and computer music laboratory. The collection of early music instruments includes a Bali...
Country:
HUNGARY
State:
City:
BUDAPEST
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1635. It is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and gained its current name and status in 1950. In 2019 the former Music Department of the Faculty of Humanities was transformed into an independent Institute of Arts, Communication and Music. ...
Country:
INDIA
State:
HIMACHAL PRADESH
City:
SHIMLA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1970 and is a public non-profit institution. Languages of instruction are Hindi and English....
Country:
INDIA
State:
MADHYA PRADESH
City:
KHAIRAGARH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya (University of Music and Fine Arts) was founded in 1956 and has affiliated colleges throughout India. It teaches the classical traditional music and dance styles of both North India (Hindustani) and South India (Karnatak), together with visual arts, theatre and...
Country:
INDIA
State:
MAHARASHTRA
City:
MUMBAI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1946 with the aim of revitalising ancient Indian values to suit modern needs, and of propagating Indian classical music and dance, the Academy specialises in Hindustani (North Indian) music, dance, drama and art. There are two departments – Sangeet Shikshapeeth (classical music - vocal ...
Country:
INDIA
State:
MAHARASHTRA
City:
PUNE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly known as the University of Poona) was founded in 1949, and its Centre for Performing Arts (Lalit Kala Kendra [Gurukul]) was established in 1987. It offers programs in music, dance and theatre in the Gurukul pattern....
Country:
INDIA
State:
PUNJAB
City:
CHANDIGARH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public collegiate University was founded in 1882, and its Department of Music was established in 1987. Hobby classes for music are available for students in other departments of the university....
Country:
INDIA
State:
PUNJAB
City:
PATIALA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1962. Languages of instruction are Punjabi and English....
Country:
INDIA
State:
TAMIL NADU
City:
CHENNAI (formerly MADRAS)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government-approved college, founded in 1932, with an evening college founded in 1943 having the aim of fostering Tamil music and its allied arts and conducting research into Tamil music. The Tamil Isai Sangam is the only institution in India offering a full program in Tamil music and follows a go...
Country:
INDIA
State:
TAMIL NADU
City:
CHENNAI (formerly MADRAS)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1857. The Department of Indian Music was inaugurated in 1932 and is a performance-oriented institution. It offers programs in South Indian Classical music (Karnataka), specialising in voice performance. Other studies include history and styles of Indian musics, world mu...
Country:
INDIA
State:
UTTAR PRADESH
City:
VARANASI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University, formerly known as Central Hindu College, was founded in 1916 to preserve and promote popular Hindu culture. The College of Music and Fine Arts was established in 1950 to train students in both North Indian and South Indian vocal and instrumental music and dance. There is a flourishin...
Country:
INDIA
State:
WEST BENGAL
City:
KOLKATA (formerly CALCUTTA)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1962 and gained its current name and status in 1981. The Faculty of Fine Arts comprises departments of dance, drama, musicology and vocal and instrumental music, Rabindra Sangeet and Tagore music. The music department specialises in North Indian classical music. The mus...
Country:
INDIA
State:
WEST BENGAL
City:
SANTINIKETAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1921 and was granted its current name and status in 1951. It specialises in Hindustani instrumental and vocal classical music (North India) and also in Rabindra Sangit (Tagore Music). There are departments of Bengali, dance, folk music and art, history of Indian art a...
Country:
INDONESIA
State:
EAST KALIMANTAN
City:
SAMARINDA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was established in 1962, thus being the oldest tertiary-level institution in East Kalimantan. The main campus is in Gunung Kelua, and the ethnomusicology program is given at the Samarinda campus. The Department of Ethnomusicology in the Faculty of Cultural Studies publishes a twice-ye...
Country:
INDONESIA
State:
JAVA
City:
JAKARTA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Institute was founded in 1970 and gained its current name in 1985. Also known as IKJ, it is located in the National Arts Centre (Taman Ismail Marzuki) in Jakarta. The Faculty of Performing Arts comprises faculties of fine arts, performing arts and film and television, and includes areas...
Country:
INDONESIA
State:
JAVA
City:
YOGYAKARTA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This government-sponsored institute was founded in 1984 from the amalgamation of the existing Art Academy, the Music Academy and the Dance Academy. There are faculties of fine arts, recording media arts and performance arts covering traditional as well as modern international styles....
Country:
INDONESIA
State:
JAVA
City:
SURAKARTA (SOLO)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded as the Academy of Karawitan Arts in 1964 this institution was established in its present form in 2006. It is a public art institution consisting of two sections - School of Performing Arts and Faculty of Fine Art and Design. The School of Performing Arts has five departments: ethnomusicology...
Country:
INDONESIA
State:
SUMATRA
City:
MEDAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1952, and the Department of Ethnomusicology was established in 1979. There is a collection of traditional instruments, including three gamelans (Javanese, Balinese, Sundanese) and various north Sumatran instruments. ...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
TEHRAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Men Only, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This school commences at year 7 and continues through to year 12, operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. A further two years may be taken (under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance). Students enrolled from years 7 to 12 study general subjects as w...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
TEHRAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This school commences at year 7 and continues through to year 12 operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. A further two years may be taken (under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance). Students enrolled from years 7 to 12 study general subjects as we...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
TEHRAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Radio and Televisions area of the University produces music for radio and television, and is organised under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Leader. The Music Centre offers programs in acoustics and sound engineering. It has a Centre for Preservation and Research in Iranian Music. ...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
SHIRAZ
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This private university can trace its history back to 1946. In 1954 it was named Pahlavi University, and its name was changed to Shiraz University in 1987. It is a part of the private chain of universities in Iran called the Islamic Azad Universities and operates on four campuses in the city of Shir...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
TEHRAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sooreh University, founded in 1994, was formerly known as Sooreh Higher Education Institution, and was granted its current name and status in 2013. It is a private art institution operated under the jurisdiction of the Organisation for Islamic Development. It is involved with investigation, research...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
TEHRAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1995. It is a post-secondary institution operating a Modular Learning System program under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. In addition to its professional programs the Conservatory's Community School offers music tuition to young ...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
KARAJ
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Art was formed in 1980 with the amalgamation of the Conservatory of Music, the College of National Music, the College of Decorative Arts, the College of Dramatic Arts, Farabi University and Pardis College in Isfahan. It gained its current name in 1994. Its aim is to train personnel...
Country:
IRAN
State:
City:
TEHRAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1851. It is the oldest and largest comprehensive university in Iran. The Faculty of Fine Arts comprises departments of visual arts, music, drama, cinema, photography, architecture and urban and regional planning. The music department, founded in 1964, spe...
Country:
IRAQ
State:
City:
BAGHDAD
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in its present form in 1958 and is the largest university in Iraq. The Department of Musical Arts was established in 1988....
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUNDALK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as a Regional Technical College, the Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) consists of Schools of Business and Humanities, Engineering, Health and Science, and Informatics and Creative Arts. The School of Informatics and Creative Arts offers programs in computing, creative media, fil...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
LIMERICK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance (formerly known as the Irish World Music Centre) is housed at the University of Limerick and was set up in 1994, allowing for the co-existence of academic and performance programs at the University. It is involved with community outreach, concerts, seminars...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Former Dublin Institute of Technology was officially dissolved in 2019 and its functions were transferred to the Technological University Dublin. The Conservatory has departments of performance, opera, jazz, Irish traditional music as well as supportive academic studies. There are some fine perf...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Trinity College is the music department of the University of Dublin. It can trace its history back to 1592, and its Chair of Music was first established in 1764. The current Department of Music became part of the University’s School of Drama, Film and Music in 2006. Performance tuition is not avai...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
CORK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
University College, Cork is one of four constituent universities of the federal National University of Ireland. It was originally founded in 1845 as Queen’s College. The College specialises in the study of Irish traditional music. The library holds the Arnold Bax Collection of Memorabilia and the ...