Sibelius Academy
We are one of the largest music academies in Europe and provide highest level education in music in Finland.

We are one of the largest music academies in Europe and provide highest level education in music in Finland.
We offer higher music education in state-of-the-art facilities in the centre of Helsinki, Finland’s vibrant capital. At one of the largest music academies in Europe, you have a world of opportunities to explore ranging from instrument studies and conducting to global music, music technology and arts management.
Since the academy was founded in 1882, we have strived for the highest standards in music education. Ranked consistently among the world’s best performing art schools, our international community includes 1,400 students and researchers from 60 countries, and our faculty of 600 staff come from all over the globe.
Our mission is to foster empowered, critical and artistically powerful professionals in the field of music. At the Sibelius Academy, you have immense creative freedom to tailor your personal learning path so that it meets your individual goals and needs.
Diverse artistic activities of the highest quality are a key aspect of our educational model. Constant practical training and collaboration with world-class artists, educators and professional organisations equip you to work in a wide range of musical and cross-disciplinary contexts.
We strive to educate versatile, future-driven professionals to be active in shaping the fields of music and art and, through them, society as a whole. We are committed to supporting you in finding your own unique voice and individual professional identity in a community that embraces diversity and connectedness.
Admissions
siba.admissions@uniarts.fi
Student services
siba.opintopalvelut@uniarts.fi
Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki
P.O.Box 30
00097 Uniarts
Finland
At the Sibelius Academy you can complete a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music degree, a Licentiate degree and a Doctoral degree. We also provide youth and adult education.
Our teachers represent the best of their respective fields. Search them here by name or filter by department or research.
Take a look at our diverse studying options
We strive to educate both world-class artists and versatile professionals who create the future of music and influence the society as a whole.
Playing and singing together is a crucial part of growing up as a musician. Explore our chamber music, choir and orchestra activities.
The Junior Academy is a platform for future professionals of music. You can apply to study classical music, jazz or folk music.
We train instrument and voice teachers, who gain valuable experience by practising their pedagogical skills with their practice pupils.
Find out how we place in university rankings and read about the quality of our education and research.
Research and music practices are closely intertwined at the Sibelius Academy.
We train independent experts in their fields who are aware of their background, knowledge and skills as part of a tradition and who nurture this tradition while creating and developing new ideas.
We are responsible for doctoral education and research in the Faculty of Music Education, Jazz and Folk Music at the Sibelius Academy.
Artistic activities culminate in public concerts, most of which are held at the Helsinki Music Centre.
We are one of the largest concert organisers in Finland with over 600 events every year. Browse our list of concerts and other events.
The Academy is home to several orchestras, choirs and ensembles, whose skills you can enjoy at our public concerts.
Primo produces quality music programmes for businesses and communities.
Find a performer for your private event or a music teacher for your home.
Watch some of our concerts streamed online
In our summer school, young artists have the opportunity to study with leading teachers in an inspiring international environment.
Creative Dialogue is an international workshop for young instrumentalist and composers to learn new repertoire and experience the creative dialogue between music and its performers.
The programme complements our regular bachelor’s and master’s studies by inviting artists representing the highest level of their fields.
When future musicians are educated in the same building as the best experts in the orchestra world, a unique educational concept is created.
The Friends of Sibelius Academy is a US-based foundation dedicated to promoting Sibelius Academy projects and artistic work.
Sibelius Academy Friends Association is a Finnish association for those interested in the academy’s concert offerings, teaching and research.