Country:
NIUE
State:
City:
ALOFI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
NORTH MACEDONIA
State:
City:
SKOPJE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1949 and is named after the Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries Cyril and Methodius. The Faculty of Music was established in 1966. There are departments of performance, theory, composition, conducting, musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and dance....
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
TRONDHEIM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
In 2002 the Trondheim Conservatory of Music merged with the University’s Department of Musicology to become the Department of Music. There are three campuses, with music taught at Trondheim. Language of instruction is Norwegian. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, ...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
VOSS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Ole Bull Academy, founded in 1977, is an independent institution offering courses in Norwegian violin and fiddle music and traditional dance. This is a college level music academy devoted to instruction in native Norwegian music traditions. Classes are based on the actual experience of oral trad...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
BERGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University’s Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design was established in 2017 from an amalgamation of the earlier Grieg Academy and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. The Greig Academy is the music school of the University of Bergen. It houses the Institute of Ethnic Folklore (Etno-Folkloristi...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
OSLO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of Oslo can trace its history back to 1811, thus being the oldest university in Norway. The Department of Music and Theatre comprises three divisions – Norwegian folk music, musicology and history of theatre. Apart from Western music, studies are also available in ethnomusicology, N...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
NOTODDEN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was formed in 2016 from the merger of the former Buskerud and Vestfold University Colleges with Telemark University College and gained its current name and status in 2018. It operates on a number of campuses around Norway. The University is the home of performance on the hardanger f...
Country:
OMAN
State:
City:
MUSCAT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1986 and the College of Arts and Social Sciences was established in 1987. Apart from major studies in music and musicology the department aims to produce qualified teachers who are technically and academically capable of teaching music in public schools. There is a cour...
Country:
PAKISTAN
State:
City:
LAHORE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The National College of Arts can trace its history back to 1875. There are seven departments of fine arts, with courses including communication design, ceramics design, product design, textile design, architecture, film and television, multimedia arts, interior design, fresco painting, calligraphy a...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
NABLUS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This non-governmental Palestinian university began in 1918 as a school, and gained university status in 1978. The Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 1981. Language of instruction is Arabic. There is a liaison office in Amman, Jordan....
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
EAST JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1984, and was founded in 1995 from the merger of several Palestinian Arab colleges in Jerusalem and its suburbs. There is a smaller campus for girls in the al-shiekjara area of Jerusalem. The Ethnomusicology Research and Studies Center aims to contribute ...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
RAMALLAH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1993, is an affiliate of Birzeit University and has branches in Ramallah, East Jerusalem, Nablus, Gaza City, Beit Sahour and Bethlehem/Tchaikovsky Music School, as well as outreach programs in Hebron, Jerusalem and Gaza. It was granted its current name in 2004. The C...
Country:
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, WEST BANK
State:
City:
NABLUS, WEST BANK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Palestinian university began in 1918 as a school, and was granted university status in 1977. The Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 1981. Language of instruction is Arabic. There are currently problems with the continuity of the program due to the disturbed political situation on the West ...
Country:
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, WEST BANK
State:
City:
EAST JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1993, is an affiliate of Birzeit University. There are branches in Ramallah and Bethlehem. Currently there are three levels of study: Preparatory (children up to 8 years), Elementary, and Intermediate. Completion of the three levels students are eligible for a diplom...
Country:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
State:
City:
PORT MORESBY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1966. The formerly known National Arts School comprising theatre, visual arts and music was formally incorporated into the university in 1989. There are three campuses in the Port Moresby area and study centres in a number of provinces. The Department of Creative Ar...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály
Notes:
This University is a non-profit, non-sectarian institution that can trace its history back to 1919. It gained university status in 1932. Despite its name it is co-educational at all levels, including at two attached schools. The School of Music was founded in 1947. Today the University is co-educati...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
DUMAGUETE CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Silliman University was founded in 1901 as a boy’s school and gained university status in 1938. The College of Performing Arts was first established in 1912, becoming the Silliman Conservatory of Music in 1934 and later the School of Music in 1941. In 1969 it joined with the Fine Arts Department, ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Established in 1919, this was a private university for women, but became co-educational in 2005. It is owned and administered by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartes. The College of Music and the Performing Arts is accredited as a Center of Excellence. There is an attached secondar...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A Roman Catholic Pontifical University, sometimes known as ‘The Catholic University of the Philippines’. Founded in 1611, it is the oldest existing university in Asia, and is the only music school in the Philippines with an all-student symphony orchestra and symphonic band. The Conservatory was ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
DAVAO CITY
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This Catholic University was originally founded as a primary school in 1905 by Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. It gained university status in 1992. There are attached primary and secondary schools. ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
QUEZON CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government University established in 1908 in Manila, but transferred to the Diliman campus in Quezon City in 1949. There are several campuses in the province. The College of Music is housed in Abelardo Hall which contains a fine auditorium. Courses include both Asian and Western music. In addition...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KRAKÓW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego) was founded in 1888. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1979. Krzysztof Penderecki is a former Rector of the Academy. There are three faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Inte...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WARSAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Frederic Chopin University of Music (Uniwersytet Muzycznay im. Fryderyka Chopina) is one of the oldest music academies in Europe, being founded in 1810, and gaining its current name and status in 2008. Postgraduate courses are available only to Polish and European Union citizens (with proof of k...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WARSAW
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
The University was founded in 1816 and is the largest in Poland. The Institute of Musicology has an Indonesian gamelan. ...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
CENTRO
City:
COIMBRA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government institution which commenced operation in 1988. There are Schools of Agriculture, Education, Technology/Management, Health Technologies, and Institutes of Accounting/Administration and Engineering. ...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
CENTRO
City:
AVEIRO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1973. ...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
CENTRO
City:
COIMBRA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
This public university was founded in 1290, being the third oldest in Europe. The university’s Museum and Anthropological Studio holds a collection of instruments from former Portuguese colonies. It issues books, catalogues and videos. ...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
LISBON (LISBOA)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
A government university founded in 1973. The Department of Musical Sciences was established in 1980 and is the only one of its kind in Portugal. There is an Ethnomusicology Institute which houses a Music and Dance Research Centre. ...
Country:
PUERTO RICO
State:
City:
SAN JUAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Suzuki
Notes:
This public Conservatorio, founded in 1959, is regarded as equivalent to a university and is currently autonomously run by a board of trustees appointed by the Governor. Apart from offering the full-time professional program, the Conservatorio, founded by Pablo Casals, has several programs outreachi...
Country:
PUERTO RICO
State:
City:
SAN JUAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This public university was founded in 1903. It operates on eleven campuses throughout Puerto Rico. ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
CLUJ-NAPOCA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Gheorghe Dima National Academy of Music (Academia Națională de Muzică „Gheorghe Dima) was founded in 1919 and was granted its current name and status in 1990. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are Faculties of instrumental music, singing and stage art, and theory (conducti...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
IAȘI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Founded as a conservatorium in 1836, it was renamed in 1960 and gained its current name and status in 1997. There are departments of music, theatre, visual arts, media arts, fashion, design, photography, animation and conservation and restoration. The music department consists of faculties of perfor...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
BUCHAREST (BUCUREȘTI)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University was founded in 1864. Previously called the ‘Academia de Muzica Ciprian Porumbescu’, it was renamed in 2001 to reflect its full university status. There are two faculties: Musical Interpretation, and Composition, Musicology, and Pedagogy. The University houses a Center of Electroa...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1895 as a junior school and was called the Gnessin State Musical College. It added higher levels in 1944, and eventually became a full tertiary institution, now known as the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. In addition to a full conservatory program with an original ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
KAZAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1945. It is situated in the Middle Volga region in a multi-ethnic area, and trains students from Russia, China, Korea, Japan and other countries both in Western and Tatar music cultures. There is a separate Faculty of Bashkir Music, established in 1996, which include...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1866 by Nikolay Rubinstein, brother of Anton Rubinstein who founded the St Petersburg Conservatory just four years earlier in 1862. There are faculties of piano, orchestral instruments, singing, orchestral, choral and opera conducting, composition, musicology/ethnomus...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
NOVOSIBIRSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1956. There is a collection of instruments from south-east Asia and Siberia and a sound archive ot Siberian folk music. Special institutes concentrate on ancient Russian music and the history of music and traditional cultures in Siberia. Facilities include two concert...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
PETROZAVODSK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatory was founded in 1967 as a branch of Leningrad Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. In 1991 it became an independent institution and in 2003 it gained its current name and status. There are two faculties - Performing, and Theory and Conducting - organised into twelve departments. Students st...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ST PETERSBURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1862, the first in Russia, with Anton Rubinstein and Henrick Wieniawski among the founding members. Tchaikovsky was one of the first graduates, and others include Lyadov, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Efrem Zimbalist. Professors have included Rimsky-Korsakov, G...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
UFA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1968 as a branch of the Gnesins State Musical Pedagogical Institute and gained its current name and status in 2015. There are departments of music performance, musicology, Bashkir music, theatre and visual arts. Students attending the attached special secondary school re...
Country:
SAMOA (WESTERN)
State:
City:
APIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study ...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
BELGRADE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions
Notes:
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts can trace its history back to 1841. The Musicological Institute was established in 1886 and is not a teaching institution. It engages in research into Serbian folk music and music of Serbian composers. Master and Doctor degrees are awarded for research in mus...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
NIŠ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1965 and the Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 2002, with three divisions - visual arts, applied arts and music. The Faculty of Teacher Training organises teacher training programs in various other towns of Serbia. An active member of the Association Européenne d...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
NOVI SAD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1960 and the Academy of Arts was established in 1974. There are departments of music, drama and fine arts. Facilities include well-equipped electronic music, digital recording, sound processing and CD production studios. An active member of the Association Européenne d...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
BELGRADE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of The Arts was established in 1973 with the amalgamation of the former Academies of Music, Fine Arts, Applied Arts and Theatrical Arts. There are four faculties - Music, Drama, Fine Arts and Applied Arts. The Faculty of Music is the oldest higher music institution in Serbia and has d...
Country:
SHARJAH
State:
City:
SHARJAH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sharjah is currently recognised by UNESCO as the Cultural Capital of the Arab World. The American University of Sharjah is a private co-educational institution founded in 1997, and accredited in the USA by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. T...
Country:
SIERRA LEONE
State:
City:
FREETOWN
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit Academy opened in 1995, aiming to teach music to a high professional level and to research and disseminate information on the musical heritage of Sierra Leone and West Africa. Its stated mission is "to provide a center for music and arts education and entertainment of indige...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The College, founded in 1984, is a non-profit, private educational institution, with some support from the Singapore Ministry of Education. It occupies a state-of-the-art city campus, with five world-class performance spaces. The College comprises schools of performing arts (dance, music, musical th...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1955 though the National Institute of Education had commenced in 1950 as the Teachers’ Training College. It became the National Institute of Education in 1991, at the same time merging into the Nanyang Technological University. This is the sole teacher education insti...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
NITRA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Constantine the Philosopher University was founded in 1959 as a pedagogical institute. It was granted its current name and status in 1996. The University specialises in the education of national minorities, including Hungarians, Germans and Romanies. The Department of Ethnology and Ethnomusicology w...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1943. While not primarily a teaching body, it offers facilities for doctoral studies in musicology. The Institute conducts research into musical culture, including music and dance folklore, in Slovakia in its regional, international and social contexts. It...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Language of instruction is Slovak. ...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy, founded in June 1949, comprises faculties of music and dance, theatre, and film and television. The Faculty of Music and Dance is the most prestigious of Slovak Republic’s music education institutions. There is an opera program with regular opera performances. A department of early mu...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy, founded in June 1949, is a university comprising a Faculty of Music and Dance, a Faculty of Theatre and a Faculty of Film and Television. There is an opera program with regular opera performances. Overseas students have access to short performance master courses. The Faculty organises a...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was founded in 1919 and is the oldest university in Slovakia, the Department of Musicology following soon after, in 1921. Research areas include early music, history of jazz and popular music in Central Europe, systematic musicology, mathematical music theory, aesthetics, and history ...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1943. While not primarily a teaching body, it offers facilities for doctoral studies in musicology and ethnomusicology. The Institute conducts research into musical culture, including music and dance folklore in Slovakia in its regional, international and ...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
NITRA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Constantine the Philosopher was founded in 1959 as a pedagogical institute and gained its current name and status in 1996. It specialises in the education of national minorities, including Hungarians, Germans and Romanies. The Department of Ethnology was established in 1992. Langua...
Country:
SLOVENIA
State:
City:
LJUBLJANA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Research-only Institutions
Notes:
The Academy, founded in 1938, is not a teaching institution, but aims to promote and encourage research into sciences and arts. The Institute of Musicology was established in 1972. It specialises in the historical aspects of Slovene music, and has published in bibliographical catalogues, scientific ...
Country:
SLOVENIA
State:
City:
LJUBLJANA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was established in 1919. It organises a program of Lifelong Integrated Learning offering courses in musicology for those employed in the general and music education system and who do not wish to undertake the full-time programs. There is co-operation with the Institute of Musicology o...
Country:
SLOVENIA
State:
City:
MARIBOR
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The university was founded in 1975. The library of the Faculty of Education holds a large collection of materials for music education studies, including books, journals, audio and video recordings and musical instruments. There is a multimedia centre, a computer laboratory and an electronic music st...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
GRAHAMSTOWN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1923. There are three main areas of specialisation: Western classical music, jazz and ethnomusicology. The music department houses a 130-seat concert room. The library holds the International Library of African Music, wi...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
EAST LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university was established in 1916, being the oldest historically black university in Southern Africa. The music department was founded in the early 1970s. There are other campuses in East London and Bhisho. ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
FREE STATE PROVINCE
City:
BLOEMFONTEIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1946. The Arts Program offers studies in visual arts, drama and theatre arts, music and combined arts. It is housed in a fine building with excellent facilities including 30 teaching studios, 48 practice rooms, seven lec...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The University has been involved in music education for over 100 years. In 2004 the University of South Africa merged with the Technikon South Africa and the Distance Education campus of Vista University to form the new University of South Africa (UNISA). UNISA is the largest open distance learning ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
JOHANNESBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sometimes known as Wits University, this institution can trace its history back to 1896, with full university status being granted in 1922. The former Johannesburg College of Education has been incorporated into the university. The School of the Arts comprises departments of dramatic art, fine art, ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
KWAZULU-NATAL
City:
DURBAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
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The University of Kwazulu Natal was formed in 2004 by an amalgamation of the former University of Natal and the former University of Durban-Westville. The music department was established in 1971 and houses the Opera Studio and Choral Academy. A foundation program is organised for students preparing...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
KWAZULU-NATAL
City:
MTHATHA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Walter Sisulu University was founded on July 1, 2005 through the merger of Border Technikon, Eastern Cape Technikon and the University of Transkei. In 2003 the Secretariat of the South African International Centre for African Music and Dance was founded at the university. Its archive holds around 1...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
NORTH WEST PROVINCE
City:
POTCHEFSTROOM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The North-West University was formed in 2004 with the merger of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the University of the North-West. The Conservatory offers music training to young people and interested members of the local community. It houses a 372-seat hall, an organ ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
WESTERN CAPE
City:
CAPE TOWN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is the oldest university in South Africa, being established in 1829. The University of Cape Town's music department is known internationally as the South African College of Music. It was established in 1910 and was incorporated into the University in 1923. The Opera School presents an annual se...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1945. The College of Arts, founded in 1982, has departments of Western music, Korean music, dance, fine arts, formative arts, design, and art culture and image. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHANGWON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1969 and gained its current name and status in 1991. The Department of Music was established in 1979. In the College of Arts there are departments of dance, design fine arts and music. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU (KWANGJU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Chonnam National University was established in 1951, though it can trace its history back to 1909. The College of Arts, housing the Department of Music and the Department of Korean Traditional Music, was founded in 1981. Facilities include 50 sound-proof practice room and a well-equipped library. Th...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
JUKJEON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Dankook University was established in 1947 as Dankook College and gained its current name and status in 1967, being the first four-year private college in Korea. The College of Music and Arts was established in 1988 and has departments of piano, strings, winds, voice, composition and Korean trad...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 1955. A Department of Postmodern Music was established in 2000. A second campus is in Suwon. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Christian institution founded in 1958 as a Teachers’ College. It gained its current name and status in 1988. The College of Arts consists of schools of music and physical education as well as departments of fine arts, craft design and dance. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a conservatory type institution which can trace its history back 1400 years. It gained its current title in 1951. The National Gugak Center is a centre of learning for Korean traditional music and operates in three performance halls. It aims to collect, notate and preserve a museum and libra...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was established in 1946, being the first national university in Korea. The Asian Music Research Institute concentrates on Korean and Asian music, aiming to collect, organise, preserve and distribute information and materials on Korean, Asian and non-European music. The Western Music...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GYEONGSAN (KYONGSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution, Yeungnam University was founded in 1967 through the merger of Daegu College and Chunggu College. There is a second campus in Daegu. Facilities include two concert halls, practice rooms, opera rehearsal room, electronic music studio, a digital piano laboratory, rooms for Korea...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
Yonsei University is a Presbyterian Christian university which was founded in 1885 and is the oldest private university in Korea. It gained its current name and status in 1957. There are over 35,000 students in 17 colleges and 12 graduate schools. Its College of Music, established in 1955, operates ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
GRANADA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1531. It has campuses also in Ceuta and Melilla, both Spanish territories on the north coast of Africa. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ARAGÓN
City:
ZARAGOZA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The new purpose-built conservatorium was founded in 1988. The building has a number of fine performing spaces. Member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ASTURIAS
City:
OVIEDO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1566. The Department of Musicology was the first to be established at any Spanish university, beginning in 1986. There is some co-operation with the International University of Andalusia. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CANARY ISLANDS (CANARIAS)
City:
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium’s history dates back to 1892. A new purpose-built conservatorium building was opened in 1992. Beside the professional program the conservatory organises music programs for interested members of the community....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CASTILLA Y LEON
City:
SALAMANCA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1935, occupies a new purpose-built building opened in 1998. Facilities include an auditorium, recital rooms and practice rooms. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CASTILLA Y LEON
City:
SALAMANCA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University of Salamanca was founded in 1218, thus being the oldest institution of higher learning in Spain. There are campuses in Salamanca, Zamora, Ávila and Béjar. The Musicology Department of this university first opened in 1989. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CASTILLA Y LEON
City:
VALLADOLID
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This public university can trace its history back to 1293, making it one of the oldest in Spain. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1968. Practical music courses are taken in collaboration with the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. There is a musicological research institute Institut de Documentación i d’Investigacións Musicologiques ‘Josep Ricart i Matas’. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
LA CORUÑA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government conservatory. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
VIGO
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This public Conservatorio was established in 1956. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The Music Studies Centre of Galicia ('Escola de Altos Estudos Musicais' - EAEM) was established in 1997. It aims to enhance the training opportunities for future music professionals and to organise outreach programs for the wider community. Courses are provided for both amateur and professional orch...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Conservatorio was founded in 1830 and established in its current form in 1990. There are departments of performance, early music, composition, musicology and pedagogy. The building houses a number of fine performance spaces. Instruction is given at the levels of elementary (beginning at e...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The Complutensian University of Madrid can trace its history back to the 13th century and is one of the oldest universities in the world. The degrees in musicology are offered at the Faculty of Geography and History at the Moncloa campus. There is an annual concert cycle with the participation of s...
Country:
SRI LANKA
State:
City:
COLOMBO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1875 when it was a centre of learning for Buddhist monks. It gained its current name and status in 1978 and operates in a number of locations in and around the city. The Department of Fine Arts consists of a Unit of Drama & Theatre and Image Arts, and...
Country:
SRI LANKA
State:
City:
COLOMBO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 2005 when the former Institute of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Kelaniya became this autonomous institution. There are three faculties - Dance and Drama, Music, and Visual Arts. The Faculty of Music consists of six departments - South Indian (Karnatic) musi...
Country:
SUDAN
State:
City:
OMDURMAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Omdurman is a suburb of Khartoum. The Institute of Music, Drama and Folklore was established in 1969. It provided tertiary-level practical tuition and encouraged research in music, drama and folklore for the first time in Sudan. It survived until 1989 when the National Islamic Front took power and t...
Country:
SUDAN
State:
City:
KHARTOUM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public University can trace its history back to 1902, and gained its current name and status in 1950. The College of Fine and Applied Arts aimed to develop and enrich the Sudanese heritage in music, theatre and folklore. Besides courses in Sudanese traditional music, drama and folklore it inclu...
Country:
SUDAN
State:
City:
KHARTOUM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
With origins dating back to 1898, this is the oldest university in Sudan, being granted its current name and status in 1956. The Institute of African and Asian Studies was established in 1972. There was an active traditional music studies centre which issued numerous publications in English, support...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
GÖTEBORG
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Göteborg is the largest university in Scandinavia. It was established in 1891 as Göteborg University College and gained its current name and status in 1954. The Academy of Music and Drama was established in 2005 with the merger of the former School of Music, the School of Opera a...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
LUND
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Lund University can trace its history back to 1425. There are no tuition fees and no scholarships are available from the university. The emphasis is on research in historical musicology and music analysis. The Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts consists of three institutions - Malmö Art Academy, M...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
UPPSALA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University of Uppsala was founded in 1477, the first university in Scandinavia. All tuition in the Department of Musicology is offered in Swedish. ...