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Music Schools in South Korea

7 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 34 music programs. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every program.

Cities with several researched institutions

Programs by award and subject in South Korea

34 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 South Korea

How music education is organised

Music is studied in South Korea mainly in colleges or faculties of music inside comprehensive universities (for example Seoul National University, Yonsei, Ewha, Hanyang, Chung-Ang and Sookmyung), organised by department such as vocal music, composition, piano, orchestral instruments, church music or Korean traditional music, and at the Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts), whose School of Music describes itself as a practice-centred conservatory-type national school founded in 1993. K-Arts curricula are published under its own titles Yesulsa and Yesuljeonmunsa. Graduate study in music is offered, for example, at Seoul National University as master's and doctoral courses of its graduate music department.

Source: karts.ac.kr/usr/dpt/BBSCTG_0020010000000/index.do

Qualification structures

Names and levels are local to South Korea. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.

Department-based undergraduate programmes
University music colleges list departments (gwa) such as vocal music, composition, piano and orchestral instruments; degree titles were not printed on the pages checked. Source
K-Arts Yesulsa and Yesuljeonmunsa
The K-Arts School of Music publishes separate curricula for Yesulsa and Yesuljeonmunsa; these are the university's own titles and are not relabelled in this directory as bachelor's or master's degrees by the school. Source
Graduate courses
Seoul National University's graduate music department runs advanced study of the undergraduate majors as master's and doctoral courses. Source

Languages and admissions

Teaching languages. ko

Admissions and auditions. Admission requirements for the Korean schools were not researched in this pass.

Official study information

Country information last reviewed 25 October 2026. 3 sources consulted.