Introduction to Ural State Conservatory

Ural State Conservatory, also known as Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatory, is a state university directly under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the largest music school in the Ural region.

Overview

The school has about 1,000 students, including international students from Eastern Europe, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China and other countries. There are more than 160 teachers in the conservatory, including world-renowned professors, winners of international and domestic awards, etc.

History and establishment time

Founded in 1934, it was called Svoldlovsk Conservatory. It was officially renamed in 1939 on the 100th anniversary of Mussorgsky's birth.

School strength

Faculty: Most of the more than 160 teachers are famous musicians and scientists, winners of international and domestic awards, winners of federal honors and meritorious actors, doctors and associate doctors.

Teaching achievements: Graduates have outstanding performance in international competitions. In the past three years, 80 have won students have won awards, and many of them work in famous music institutions around the world.

Research level: As the oldest music university in the Ural and Siberia, it is the center of creativity and scientific methods in the region.

Institutional nature: Public university.

Educational philosophy: Focus on cultivating students' professional skills and artistic accomplishment, improve students' musical expression through practical teaching, and cultivate students' sense of social responsibility and artistic responsibility. We are committed to providing high-level education and cultivating artists full of ideals.

Key laboratories and disciplines: Excellent teaching in the fields of composition, conducting, vocal music, orchestral music, keyboard music, etc., and is known as the "cradle of musicians".

Key laboratories: No clear key laboratories have been found yet, but the school has professional recording studios and other teaching infrastructure.

Faculty: There are several departments such as the Department of History and Theory of Performing Arts, the Department of Music History, the Department of Composition, the Department of Musical Theater, the Department of Sound Engineering, and the Department of Folk Musical Instruments.

Ranking: Ranked fifth among major music colleges in Russia.

Expenses: Preparatory tuition fee is 190,000 rubles/year, undergraduate tuition fee is 250,000-270,000 rubles/year, master's tuition fee 266,500 rubles/year, doctoral tuition fee is about 250,000 rubles/year, accommodation fee is about 5,000 rubles/month.

Campus Environment

The school is located in Yekaterinburg, which has a rich and diverse cultural life. The campus has multiple concert halls and performance venues, libraries, professional recording studios, record archives and student dormitories, providing students with a good learning and performance environment.