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| Established | 1949 |
| Type | National |
| Chancellor | Ryohei Miyata |
| Vice-Chancellor | Kenji Watanabe |
| Staff | 227 |
| Students | 3217[citation needed] |
| Undergraduates | 2045[citation needed] |
| Postgraduates | 1172[citation needed] |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Campus | Ueno |
| Colours | Black |
| Website | Tokyo University of the Arts |
Tokyo University of the Arts (東京芸術大学 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, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Senju, Adachi, Tokyo. The university owns two halls of residence: one (for Japanese students) in Nerima, Tokyo, and the other (for overseas students) in Matsudo, Chiba.
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History
The university was formed in 1949 by the merger of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (東京美術学校 Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō) and the Tokyo Music School (東京音楽学校 Tōkyō Ongaku Gakkō), both of which were founded in 1887. Originally male-only, the schools began to admit women in 1946. The graduate school opened in 1963, and began offering doctoral degrees in 1977. After the National University Corporations were formed on April 1, 2004, the school became known as the Kokuritsu Daigaku Hōjin Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku (国立大学法人東京芸術大学). On April 1, 2008, the university changed its English name from "Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music" to "Tokyo University of the Arts."
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 and Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (Australia), the Korea National University of Arts, and the China Academy of Art.
Departments
Department of Fine Arts
(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)
Department of Music
(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
Organization
- University Art Museum
- University Library
- University Orchestra
- University Opera
- Administration Office
- Art Media Center
- Center for Music Research
- Geidai Art Plaza
- Health Care Service Center
- Institute of Ancient Art Research
- Oversea Student Center
- Photography Center
- Performing Arts Center
- Senior High School of Music
- Sogakudo Concert Hall
- Training Center for Foreign Language and Diction
Contact information
- Tokyo University of the Arts
12-8 Ueno Park
Taitō-ku, Tokyo 110-8714, Japan - Telephone: +81(0)50-5525-2013
Famous alumni
Artists
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Others
- Eiji Aonuma (video game designer)
- Yusuke Iseya (model / actor)
- Motoko Ishii (lighting designer)
- Hiroshi Masuoka (voice actor)
- Norio Ohga (former president of Sony / singer / conductor)
- Rin' (pop group)
- Teruaki Georges Sumioka (film theorist)
Faculty
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See also
External links
- Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
- The University Art Museum - Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Coordinates: 35°43′10″N 139°46′20″E / 35.71944°N 139.77222°E
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