■ General school information ■
Founded in 1916, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, is known as Europe's largest Asian, African and Middle Eastern research institute.The Music Department within it is ranked as one of the UK's top music departments / departments and is attracting attention from music aspiring students around the world.In addition, the school is an international university with more than 40% of all students from more than 130 countries.The support of international students is perfect and we have a proven track record, so you will be able to live your study abroad life with peace of mind.For university courses, we offer BA degree courses. A combination of 2 majors is also possible. In the first year, you will learn the basics and practical skills of Asian / African music and folk music.Those who want to study Western music can earn credits at King's College. From the second year onwards, the school's highly specialized classes include composition, sound recording, music / shamanism & healing, music business, folk instrument performance / vocal music, with a focus on area learning such as Africa, the Middle East, India, and the Far East. You can receive it.In the graduate program, we offer MMus degree courses in ethnomusicology and performance.The folk music course conducts more academic area research, and the performance course conducts area research, lessons on traditional musical instruments and vocal music, and theoretical learning, aiming to become specialists.In addition, the research course offers MPhil and PhD degrees. In the BA and MMus performance classes, it will be attractive to learn various folk instruments.It is full of music that you rarely touch, such as Samulnori, Gamelan, Klezmer, Mbira, and Afro-Cuban Bata.The school also boasts a library with a rich collection of books, magazines and audiovisual data.Surrounded by abundant facilities, students are living an intelligent and fulfilling campus life.