Partner Institutions

The Conservatoire holds a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) enabling it to participate in Key Action 1 of the Erasmus+ programme until May 2023.  The Charter enables the Conservatoire to welcome a small number of students and staff from its partner institutions around Europe. Conservatoire students and staff also get the opportunity to apply for a mobility at one of our European partners.

The Conservatoire also holds funds under the Turing Scheme which is the UK’s global programme to study and work abroad.  It enables RCS students to study at our partner institutions in Europe and beyond or to go on work placements of 4 weeks or more.

Our current partners are listed below:

Australia

  • The University of Melbourne
  • Edith Cowan University (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) in Perth

Austria

  • Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK)
  • University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW)
  • University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

Belgium

  • Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
  • Erasmus University College Brussels (inc. the Royal Conservatory of Brussels)
  • KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts Gent

Canada

  • Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia
  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Czech Republic

  • Academy of Performing Acts in Prague (HAMU)
  • Janacek Academy of Music & Performing Arts in Brno (JAMU)

Denmark

  • Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen
  • Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg
  • Danish National Academy of Music in Odense/Esbjerg

Estonia

  • Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre

Finland

  • UniArts Helsinki – Sibelius Academy
  • UniArts Helsinki – Academy of Fine Arts and Theatre Academy
  • Turku University of Applied Sciences

France

  • National High Conservatory Of Music and Dance in Lyon
  • National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Paris
  • The Paris Conservatoire (pending)

Germany

  • University of the Arts Berlin
  • Braunschweig University of Art
  • University of the Arts Bremen
  • Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen
  • University of Hildesheim
  • University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
  • University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim
  • Academy of Music Nuernberg
  • University for Music and Theatre Rostock
  • University for Music Franz Liszt Weimar
  • University of Music Wurzburg

Hungary

  • Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Budapest
  • University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest

Hong Kong SAR

  • The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), Wanchai, Hong Kong

Iceland

  • Iceland University of the Arts Reykjavik

Ireland

  • The University of Limerick
  • Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin

Italy

  • Conservatory of Music “Lucio Campiani” in Mantova
  • Conservatory of Music “Nino Rota” in Monopoli
  • E. F. Conservatory Of Music Dall’Abaco in Verona

Korea

  • Korea National University of the Arts

Latvia

  • Latvian Academy of Music

Lithuania

  • Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

Netherlands

  • Utrecht School of the Arts
  • Royal Conservatoire of the Hague

Norway

  • Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo
  • University of Bergen (Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design – The Grieg Academy, Department of Music)

Poland

  • Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw
  • Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice

Portugal

  • University of Aveiro

Slovakia

  • Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava

Slovenia

  • University of Ljubljana Academy of Music

Spain

  • Conservatory of Music in Vigo
  • Royal Conservatory of Music “Victoria Eugenia” in Granada
  • Royal Higher College of Performing Arts in Madrid (RESAD)
  • Conservatory of Music in Malaga
  • Conservatory of Music of the Canary Islands in Tenerife and Gran Canaria
  • Dantzerti in Bilbao

Singapore

  • Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore

Sweden

  • Royal College of Music Stockholm
  • Lund University, Malmo Academy of Music
  • University of Gothenburg, Academy of Music and Drama

Turkey

  • Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul

United States of America

  • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Californian Institute of the Arts(CalArts), Valencia, California
  • Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Manhattan School of Music, New York

The RCS also has two Study Abroad partnerships which enable students from US institutions to study at the Conservatoire on a short-term, fee-paying basis, as part of their degree in the US.

  • Arcadia College of Global Studies
  • Muhlenberg College