The Norwegian Academy of Music offers music education of the highest level in Norway and holds a central position in the Norwegian world of music. Throughout the years the Academy has contributed to a solid foundation for many of Norway’s most renowned musicians.

The Academy: offers the highest level of education for performers and composers, pedagogues and music therapists; is an artistic and creative centre; and provides research within various fields of music.

It offers a high quality and variety of courses at all levels, one of the results being that the Academy is Oslo’s biggest concert producer, presenting approximately 300 concerts a year. The Academy’s study programmes are constantly reviewed and updated with outstanding teachers in order to anticipate and meet the need for musicians in our society.

The Norwegian Academy of Music is a university college with 475 students, and offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Both academic qualifications and musical entrance requirements must be met. All applications will be handled in accordance with national requirements for admission to higher education.

Undergraduate courses qualify for the Norwegian academic degree Bachelor, which is obtained when graduating from a four-year programme of study at university level. All classroom tuition is in Norwegian. For admission to the undergraduate courses students are required to demonstrate a proficiency in Norwegian that will enable them to follow the tuition.

Admission to the postgraduate programmes requires a completed undergraduate study programme from the Norwegian Academy of Music or a corresponding programme.