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Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
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| Established | 1949 |
| Type: | National |
| Chancellor: | Miyata Ryohei |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Watanabe Kenji |
| Staff: | 227 |
| Students: | 2091 |
| Undergraduates: | 803 |
| Postgraduates: | 250 |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Campus: | Ueno |
| Colours: | Black |
| Website: | Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music |
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (東京藝術大学 Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku?) or Geidai (芸大?) is one of the oldest and most prestigious art schools in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, and Yokohama, Kanagawa. The university owns two halls of residence; one (for Japanese students) in Nerima, Tokyo, and the other (for overseas students) in Matsudo, Chiba.
As far as the acceptance rate is concerned, Geidai is the most competitive university every year in Japan,[citation needed] so that a large number of applicants retake the entrance exam repeatedly year after year. Even applicants accepted by other universities tend not to take up such offers, because the university is the optimum route for students wanting to be artists.[citation needed] Thus, Geidai is sometimes called "the most difficult university" or "The art university equivalent of University of Tokyo" (the highest-ranking university in Japan). However, the rate of employment after the graduation is low[citation needed] as art is not practical for job hunting in Japan. As a result, many students go on to graduate school in the same area, and become professors, teachers, researchers, orchestral players or artists. However, some students are hired by large companies, such as Toyota (design section), Dentsu (Japan's largest advertising agency), central TV stations (Fuji Television, TBS, etc) and Louis Vuitton.
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The university was formed by the merger in 1949 of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko) and the Tokyo Music School (Tokyo Ongaku Gakko; both founded 1887). Originally male-only, in 1946 the schools began to admit women. The graduate school opened in 1963, and in 1977 began offering doctoral degrees. After the National University Corporations were formed on April 1, 2004, the school became known as the Dokuritsu Zaidan Hojin Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku.
The school has had student exchanges with a number of other art and music institutions such as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA), the Royal Academy of Music (UK), the University of Sydney (Australia), the Korean National University of Arts, and the China Academy of Art.
includes undergraduate and graduate school programs
- Japanese Painting
- Oil Painting
- Sculpture
- Craft
- Design
- Architecture and Planning
- Aesthetics and Art History
- Inter-media Arts
- Conservation
- Film and New Media (Graduate school only)
includes undergraduate and graduate school programs
- Composition
- Conducting
- Vocal Music
- Piano
- Organ
- String Instruments
- Wind and Percussion Instruments
- Early Music
- Musicology
- Traditional Japanese Music
- Musical Creativity and the Environmental
- University Art Museum
- University Library
- University Orchestra
- University Opera
- Administration Office
- Art Media Center
- Center for Music Reserch
- Geidai Art Plaza
- Health Care Survice Center
- Institute of Ancient Art Reserch
- Oversea Student Center
- Photography Center
- Performing Arts Center
- Senior High School of Music
- Sogakudo Concert Hall
- Training Center for Foreign Language and Diction
- Undergraduate: 1,041 (Overseas Students: 3 (0.2%))
- Graduate: 494 (Overseas Students: 37 (7.4%))
- Post-graduate: 137 (Overseas Students: 26 (19%))
- Undergraduate: 1,050 (Overseas Students: 2 (0.1%))
- Graduate: 309 (Oversea Students: 7 (2.2%))
- Post-graduate: 113 (Oversea Students: 7 (6.1%))
- Overseas Students according to nationality: South Korea(41), China(23), USA(11), UK(3), France(3), Belgium(2).
- Entrance Fee: ￥282,000 (US$2,300)
- Academic Fee: ￥535,800 (US$4,400)
- Limited scholarships are available from the Ministry of Education. Scholarships are available for overseas students.
- Dormitories are available for all students who want. One, primarily for Japanese Students, is in Shakujii, Nerima Ward. The other, designed for overseas students, is in Matsudo, Chiba prefecture. The latter provides 36 single rooms, 6 rooms for couples and 2 family rooms.
- Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music: 12-8 Ueno-Park, Taito Ward, Tokyo, JAPAN 110-8714
- Call: +81(0)50-5525-2013
![The most famous[citation needed] Japanese traditional music composer Taki Rentaro (1879-1903) is an alumnus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Taki_Rentaro.jpg)
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- Eiji Aonuma (Video game designer)
- Hiroshi Masuoka (Voice Actor)
- Norio Ohga (Former President of SONY / Conductor)
- Rin' (Pop-singer group)
- Yusuke Iseya (Model / Actor)
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