Gnessin Russian Academy of Music
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Российская академия музыки имени Гнесиных
Conservatory
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, Other diploma
22 researched programs
Europe
Music Schools in Russia
9 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 163 music programs. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every program.
By federal subject
Cities with several researched institutions
Programs by award and subject in Russia
- Master’s · Music Performance (20)
- Master’s · Conducting (17)
- Master’s · Musicology and Music History (17)
- Master’s · Opera and Vocal Studies (15)
- Bachelor’s · Music Performance (12)
- Diploma · Composition (9)
- Diploma · Conducting (9)
- Diploma · Music Performance (9)
- Diploma · Opera and Vocal Studies (9)
- Master’s · Composition (9)
- Bachelor’s · Musicology and Music History (8)
- Bachelor’s · Opera and Vocal Studies (7)
- Bachelor’s · Conducting (6)
- Bachelor’s · Piano (4)
- Bachelor’s · Popular and Contemporary Music (4)
- Diploma · Audio Engineering and Recording (4)
- Doctoral · Musicology and Music History (4)
- Master’s · Audio Engineering and Recording (4)
- Master’s · Piano (2)
9 schools
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Московская государственная консерватория имени П.И.Чайковского
Conservatory
Other master’s award, Other diploma, Other research doctorate
11 researched programs
Nizhny Novgorod State Glinka Conservatory
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Нижегородская государственная консерватория им. М.И. Глинки
Conservatory
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, Other diploma, Other research doctorate
20 researched programs
Novosibirsk State Glinka Conservatory
Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Новосибирская государственная консерватория имени М.И. Глинки
Conservatory
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, Other diploma
16 researched programs
Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatory
Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Петрозаводская государственная консерватория имени А.К. Глазунова
Conservatory
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, Other diploma, Other research doctorate
18 researched programs
Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatory
Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Ростовская государственная консерватория имени С. В. Рахманинова
Conservatory
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, Other diploma
21 researched programs
Saint Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова
Conservatory
Other bachelor’s award, Other master’s award, Other diploma
17 researched programs
Saratov State Sobinov Conservatory
Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia
Саратовская государственная консерватория имени Л.В. Собинова
Conservatory
Other master’s award, Other bachelor’s award, Other diploma, Other research doctorate
19 researched programs
Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatoire
Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Уральская государственная консерватория имени М.П. Мусоргского
Conservatory
Other master’s award, Other bachelor’s award, Other diploma
19 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 Russia
How music education is organised
Professional music training in Russia is delivered mainly by state conservatories and academies (for example in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don and Petrozavodsk) that publish their programmes by code in the mandatory 'Sveden' section of their websites. The published programme lists show bakalavriat (bachelor's), spetsialitet (specialist, five years in the examples checked), magistratura (master's), assistentura-stazhirovka (assistantship-internship, two years in the examples checked) and aspirantura (postgraduate research training, three years in the examples checked). Programme levels are named by Russian codes and titles and are not mapped one-to-one to qualifications of other countries.
Qualification structures
Names and levels are local to Russia. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.
- Bakalavriat and spetsialitet (53.03 / 53.05 codes)
- Conservatories list undergraduate bakalavriat programmes (codes 53.03.xx, for example 53.03.02 Muzykalno-instrumentalnoye iskusstvo) next to single-cycle specialist programmes (codes 53.05.xx, for example 53.05.01 Iskusstvo kontsertnogo ispolnitelstva, five years at Petrozavodsk). Source
- Magistratura (53.04 codes)
- Two-year master's programmes (codes 53.04.xx) in the same fields, for example 53.04.01 music instrumental art and 53.04.04 conducting. Source
- Assistentura-stazhirovka (53.09 codes)
- A two-year advanced artistic training programme for graduates of higher education in performance, composition, conducting and sound production; it is its own Russian level and is not relabelled here as a master's degree or a doctorate. Source
- Aspirantura (5.10 scientific specialties)
- Postgraduate research training of three years in the examples checked (Moscow, Petrozavodsk), organised by scientific specialty such as 5.10.1 and 5.10.3. Source
Bodies that matter, and what each one does
Accreditation, validation, education authority and qualification registers are different roles. Do not read a listing by one body as evidence from another.
- Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
- Founder (uchreditel) of the state conservatories listed as 'Ministerstvo kultury Rossiyskoy Federatsii' in their Sveden sections
Credits and qualification framework
Programmes are identified by national codes and titles; this directory records the official Russian titles with an English rendering and does not claim equivalence with degrees of other countries.
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. ru
Admissions and auditions. Conservatories run their own entrance examinations (for example a creative test, a professional test, an interview, and Russian language and literature at Moscow Conservatory); foreign citizens have separate admissions contacts and document-recognition steps. Details are set per programme and per year by each conservatory. Source
Official study information
Country information last reviewed 25 October 2026. 3 sources consulted.