Aichi University of the Arts
Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other master’s award, Other research doctorate, Other bachelor’s award
3 researched programs
Asia
Music Schools in Japan
12 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 36 music programs. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every program.
By prefecture
Cities with several researched institutions
Programs by award and subject in Japan
- Bachelor’s · Music Performance (12)
- Bachelor’s · Composition (10)
- Bachelor’s · Opera and Vocal Studies (10)
- Doctoral · General Music Studies (7)
- Master’s · General Music Studies (6)
- Master’s · Music Performance (6)
- Bachelor’s · Musicology and Music History (5)
- Master’s · Opera and Vocal Studies (5)
- Bachelor’s · Conducting (4)
- Bachelor’s · Music Education (4)
- Master’s · Composition (4)
- Master’s · Musicology and Music History (4)
- Bachelor’s · General Music Studies (3)
- Bachelor’s · Jazz Studies (3)
- Bachelor’s · Music Business and Industry (3)
- Bachelor’s · Piano (2)
- Master’s · Music Education (2)
- Master’s · Piano (2)
12 schools
Elisabeth University of Music
Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, Other research doctorate
4 researched programs
Kunitachi College of Music
Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other master’s award, Other bachelor’s award, Other research doctorate
3 researched programs
Kyoto City University of Arts
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other master’s award, Other research doctorate, Other bachelor’s award
3 researched programs
Musashino Academia Musicae
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other bachelor’s award, Other research doctorate, Other master’s award
4 researched programs
Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award
4 researched programs
Osaka College of Music
Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
音楽学部 音楽学科
University
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award
2 researched programs
Senzoku Gakuen College of Music
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
洗足学園音楽大学
University
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award
2 researched programs
Showa University of Music
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other master’s award, Other bachelor’s award
3 researched programs
Toho College of Music
Kawagoe, Tokyo, Japan
音楽学部・音楽学科
University
Other master’s award, Other bachelor’s award
2 researched programs
Tokyo College of Music
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other research doctorate, Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award
3 researched programs
Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
音楽学部
University
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, Other research doctorate
3 researched programs
How results are ordered: alphabetically by institution, or by most recently checked when you choose that sort. There is no price ranking, because tuition in different currencies, fee categories and bases (per year, per credit, whole program) is not comparable. A program appears under a subject only through a verified link (dedicated degree, major, concentration or documented pathway). A value we could not verify is shown as “not published”, never as “no”. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change verification or order. Online programs are not counted as physically located in a state or city, and an institution’s location does not tell you whether it enrols students from your country.
About music education in Japan
How music education is organised
Music is studied in Japan at specialist music universities (ongaku daigaku) and at the music faculties of arts universities. The pages checked show a four-year undergraduate faculty of music (124 credits at Kyoto City University of Arts and Senzoku Gakuen), a master's course (shushi / first-stage course) and a doctoral second-stage course in a graduate school of music. Students normally enrol in a named major (senko or senshu) such as voice, piano, strings, winds and percussion, composition, conducting or musicology.
Source: kcua.ac.jp
Qualification structures
Names and levels are local to Japan. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.
- Undergraduate faculty of music (gakubu)
- Four-year programmes ending in a bachelor's degree in music, for example the bachelor of music (gakushi (ongaku)) stated by Musashino Academia Musicae and Elisabeth University of Music. Source
- Graduate school of music (daigakuin)
- A master's course (shushi / hakushi zenki) and a doctoral course (hakushi koki) with majors or research areas such as voice, instrumental music, composition and musicology. Source
Credits and qualification framework
Credits are Japanese university credits; Kyoto City University of Arts and Senzoku Gakuen state 124 credits over four years.
No degree on this site guarantees admission, funding, employment, a visa or teacher registration, and nothing here is visa or credit-transfer advice.
Languages and admissions
Teaching languages. ja
Admissions and auditions. Graduate entrance selection at Musashino Academia Musicae uses specialist examinations such as a practical examination, submitted compositions, a written examination in the field and an oral examination. Undergraduate and other schools' requirements were not researched in detail. Source
Official study information
Country information last reviewed 25 October 2026. 3 sources consulted.