Hooray! We are celebrating our 10-year anniversary in 2023! The celebrations will be themed around the future of arts.
We are one of the largest music academies in Europe and provide the highest level of music education in Finland.
The internationally renowned Sibelius Academy has trained thousands of artists and music experts since 1882. We are proud of our heritage and we consider preserving and updating music culture as our fundamental task. Uncompromising enthusiasm for getting things done and a love for music are at the core of our activities. Each year, we have been ranked among the world’s best institutions of higher education in the performing arts (QS World University Rankings by Subject).
The cornerstones of our operations are teaching, research, and artistic activities. We are one of Europe’s largest music academies and an international community of about 1,400 students and 500 teachers.
The focus of the studies is for students to grow into professional artists who know their own creative identity. We strengthen students’ artistic skills and knowledge and prepare them for their careers. On their individual study paths, students can focus on a specialised area or develop wide-ranging artistic professionalism.
Research and musical practices interact closely at the Sibelius Academy. The topics of our research include, for example, the following: producing, performing, receiving, teaching, and learning music; the history of musical practices; musical structures; musical interaction; the philosophy and aesthetics of music; and the interaction of music, the public, and society.
Public concerts are an essential part of how our students grow to become artists. We showcase our artistic activities at about 600 concerts and other events each year. The events are held at the core of Helsinki’s cultural life, at the Helsinki Music Centre.
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.
We strive to educate both world-class artists and versatile professionals who create the future of music and influence the society as a whole.
Take a look at our diverse study options
Our teachers represent the best of their respective fields. Search them here by name or filter by department or research.
Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki has been ranked 9th in Performing Arts in the QS World University Rankings 2021. The QS World University Rankings by Subject has listed the best universities that offer degree programmes in performing arts for the sixth time.
We train instrument and voice teachers, who gain valuable experience by practising their pedagogical skills with their practice pupils.
The Junior Academy is a platform for future professionals of music. You can apply to study classical music, jazz or folk music.
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 are responsible for doctoral education within the Faculty of Classical Music of the Sibelius Academy.
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.