1.Kyoto City University of Arts
Kyoto City University of Arts (京都市立芸術大学, Kyōto shiritsu geijutsu daigaku) a.k.a. “Kyōtogeidai” (京都芸大./Kyoto Univ. of Arts). The official abbreviated name is“Kyōgei”. KCUA is a public, municipal university of general art and music in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1880, it is Japan’s oldest university of the arts (the predecessor of Tokyo University of the Arts was founded in 1887). Among its faculty and graduates have been 16 recipients of the Order of Culture, 24 members of the Japan Art Academy, and 10 artists who have been designated Living National Treasures. It has been associated especially closely with nihonga painters from western Japan.
Contact details
Phone:+81 75-334-2200
Email:nyugaku@office.kyoto-art.ac.jp
Address:13-6 Oekutsukakecho, Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto, 610-1197, Japan
Website:http://www.kcua.ac.jp/
2.Tohoku University of Art and Design
Established in April 1992 by Yamagata Prefecture and Yamagata City, Tohoku University of Art and Design is the first venture of its kind in Japan where a university built with funds by the government has been turned over to be operated as an entirely private university.
Tohoku University of Art and Design holds the following principles: to confer knowledge far and wide as a center for academic culture; to fully educate and conduct research in the area of art and design; to nurture peaple who, while developing their intellectual, ethical and applied potential, find joy in the process of creation, as realized through the unification of art and learning; and to contribute to the improvement of academic culture and the vitalization of industry.
Contact details
Phone:+81 23-627-2000
Email:public@aga.tuad.ac.jp
Address:3 Chome-4-5 Kamisakurada, Yamagata, 990-9530, Japan
Website:https://www.tuad.ac.jp/
3.Tama Art University
Freedom is a matter of the greatest significance, not least because without it there can be no art. Since its inception, Tama Art University has been dedicated to the pursuit of both freedom and art.
However, the concept of freedom incorporated in the university’s ideology is not a gift, but an obligation. Without exercising strong personal will, freedom is reduced to nothing more than a means to an end. Will creates freedom, and freedom fosters will. This dialectic forms a strong current underlying the activities of Tama Art University.
Contact details
Phone:+81 42-676-8611
Email:intl-ex@tamabi.ac.jp
Address:2 Chome-1723 Yarimizu, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0394, Japan
Website:https://www.tamabi.ac.jp/
4.Musashino Art University
Musashino Art University (武蔵野美術大学, Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku, MAU) is a private university in Kodaira, western Tokyo, founded in 1962 and having roots going back to 1929. Musashino Art University (MAU), located in Tokyo, marked the 80th anniversary of its foundation in 2009. MAU was founded as a private art school and was officially designated as a university in 1962. Currently, MAU is one of the leading art institutes in Japan, with over 4,500 students and 2,000 correspondence students.
Contact details
Phone:+81 42-342-6021
Email:nyushi@musabi.ac.jp
Address:1 Chome-736 Ogawacho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8505, Japan
Website:https://www.musabi.ac.jp/
5.Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝術大学, Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku) or Geidai (芸大) is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter-media, sound, music composition, traditional instruments, art curation and global arts.
Contact details
Phone:+81 50-5525-2013
Email:ryugaku@ml.geidai.ac.jp
Address:12-8 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8714, Japan
Website:https://www.geidai.ac.jp/
