Tokyo College of Music
International Students
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Recommended Study
Music Liberal-Arts
Degree students
Full-time students who are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree at TCM. TCM offers Undergraduate programs, Master’s programs, and Doctoral programs.
Non-degree students
Exchange students from TCM partner institutions, Graduate school researchers, government scholarship recipients or those who are recommended by a foreign higher education institute to study at TCM for a certain period of time.
When will my enrollment start ?
Degree students
Degree students start their enrollment in April.
Students must take placement tests prior to the beginning of the spring semester.
MLA students who take the entrance examination for September admission can start their enrollment in September.
Non-degree students
Graduate school researchers start their enrollment in April.
Exchange students start their enrollment either in April or September
The date of enrollment may be different for short-time exchange students.
Admissions
How to become a degree student
Take one of the entrance examinations below to be admitted to TCM.
Undergraduate
October
Entrance Examination for International Students (April Admission)
Entrance Examination for Music Liberal-Arts Major (April Admission)
February
February Entrance Examinations (April Admission)
Entrance Examination for Music-Liberal Arts Major (April Admission & September Admission)
March
March Entrance Examination (April Admission)
Entrance Examination for Music-Liberal Arts Major (April Admission & September Admission)
Postgraduate
November
Entrance Examination for Master’s Program (April Admission)
February
Entrance Examination for Doctoral Program (April Admission)
Please see Admissions for details
How to become an exchange student
Enquire about the exchange student programs with TCM at your home institution and submit the required application documents.
The exchange student program coordinator at your institution will send your application documents to TCM via email for screening.
Once you are accepted, we will contact you directly about your student visa. Your visa procedure documents must arrive to TCM by 31 May for September Admission or by 31 January for April Admission as it may take up to four months for your student visa to be issued.
How to become a graduate school researcher
Take the entrance examination below to be admitted to TCM.
February
Entrance Examination for Graduate School Researchers
Japanese Language Requirement
Degree students (excluding MLA applicants)
As most classes are conducted in Japanese, you should have good command of Japanese language. Applicants must pass at least N2 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (https://www.jlpt.jp/e/).
MLA applicants
You do not need to submit a certificate of Japanese language proficiency, but we recommend you to study Japanese before you arrive to Japan as some classes are held in Japanese only.
Exchange students
Japanese language ability is not required, but we recommend you to study Japanese before you arrive to Japan if you would like to take some unique classes conducted in Japanese at TCM. As MLA is an English based program, you must have a good command of English to understand MLA classes.
Student Visa
Successful applicants need to apply for student visa in order to enroll in Tokyo College of Music. Some of the documents necessary for visa application must be issued by TCM, so make sure to contact us as soon as possible after the announcement of results.
※ Please note that international applicants who hold a Japanese visa other than a student visa are not eligible for taking the entrance examination for international students.
General Information on Study in Japan
The Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship
Please contact the Japanese Embassy or Japanese Consulates in your country for information about the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Application procedures for the scholarship are conducted through the embassies or consulates. Click the URL below for information about Japanese embassies and consulates near you.
Accommodation
TCM Student Dormitory for Women opened on the Ikebukuro Campus in April, 2022.
See the link below for more information.
Dormitory information
Orientation week in April
Degree students
Before classes and lessons begin, you will have to take solfège and English placement tests and to have a medical checkup. You will also receive information about your courses, course registration and about who to contact if you have any questions or problems.
Research Students
Students must attend orientation to receive information on course registration and life at TCM. Research students will have individual consultations as well.
Research students must register for more than 600 minutes (10 hours) of classes per week in order to qualify for Student visa status.
Orientations for exchange students
Exchange students have to see the staff of International Affairs within a week of their arrival to Japan to start their studies at TCM.
Exchange students must register for more than 600 minutes (10 hours) of classes per week in order to qualify for Student visa status.
Our Partner Universities
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
University of Huddersfield
University of Sussex
Liceu Conservatory
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
Mozarteum University Salzburg
University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media
Zurich University of the Arts
Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Fryderyk Chopin University of Music
Sibelius Academy
Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta
Indonesia Institute of the Arts Surakarta
École Normale de Musique de Paris
Tbilisi State Conservatoire
University of Music and Theatre Munich
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