Sibelius Academy


The Sibelius Academy is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It also has an adult education centre in Järvenpää and a training centre in Seinäjoki. The Academy is the only music university in Finland. It is among the biggest European music universities with roughly 1,700 enrolled students.
The Sibelius Academy is one of the organizers of the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition held every five years in Helsinki.

History

The academy was founded in 1882 by Martin Wegelius as Helsingfors musikinstitut and renamed Sibelius-Akatemia in 1939 to honour its own former student and Finland's most celebrated composer Jean Sibelius. In 2013, the academy merged with two formerly independent universities, Helsinki Theatre Academy and Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, to form the University of the Arts Helsinki.

Degrees

The primary degree at the Sibelius Academy is the Master of Music degree. The school also offers postgraduate degrees with artistic and research options. The postgraduate degrees are the Licentiate of Arts in Music Lic.A. and the doctoral degree of Doctor of Arts in Music D.A.

Degree programmes

The Academy offers the following degree programmes:

Composers

Junior Academy is for highly skilled young musicians to study with top level professionals before entering a university.