Nagoya University of Arts

School of Music

School of Art

School of Design

School of Human Development

Japan

●Tokyo

Osaka●Kyoto●

Nagoya ●

●Fukuoka

Russia

China

Korea

Location

Access

Japan is an island country in the Pacific Rim, situated in northeast Asia, neighboring

China, South Korea, and a number of other Asian countries.

Located approximately in the middle of Japan, Nagoya is a center of modern

Japanese craftsmanship, where Toyota Motor Corporation and many other

automotive industries, robotic industries, and aerospace industries are concentrated.

However, Nagoya is a city of history and conventional industries where Japanese

traditional craftsmanship in ceramics, dying, cutlery, and other industries is still very

much alive today.

NUA is only 17 minutes from Nagoya Station. It is just a short journey to the central

area of Nagoya, where numerous art galleries, museums, and other facilities for

promoting civic exchange and improvement of art and culture are located.

Nagoya University of ArtsVision and MissionNUA is the only comprehensive arts university in Japan

with three schools for arts̶music, art, and design̶as well

as a school for childcare and education. Providing higher

education and committed to advanced research, NUA

contributes to the development of art and culture and to

the local community and society by training students so

that they have a wealth of widely ranging knowledge and

grounding in arts.

By Air (Domestic Flights)From other cities in Japan to Chubu/ Central Japan International

Airport (Centrair):

• 1 hour and 50 minutes from Sapporo/ Shin-Chitose Airport

• 1 hour and 10 minutes from Tokyo/ Haneda Airport

• 1 hour and 15 minutes from Fukuoka Airport

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Shinkansen(bullet train)From other cities in Japan to Nagoya Station:

Nagoya is on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, between Tokyo and

Kyoto/ Osaka.

→ 1 hour and 40 minutes from Tokyo Station

→ 60 minutes from Shin-Osaka Station

→ 3 hours and 20 minutes from Hakata Station

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Programs [Overview]

In this rapidly changing society with advancing globalization and use of information technology, skills needed for

handling changes on one’s own initiative are in great demand. NUA’s liberal arts education expands students’ academic

scope and helps the students cultivate their skills in dealing with issues according to widely ranging perspectives,

considering the roles of their own specialties in society.

NUA offers a school-wide common curriculum within which students are free to take classes of their choice, in

accordance with their individual interests beyond the school’s boundaries. Expanding the students’ interests and

enthusiasm with a learning style unique to an arts university, NUA aims to provide a truly fulfilling higher education.

Liberal Arts and General Education Common to All Schools

Schools of Art and Design

School of Human Development

Freshman Year Sophomore Year Junior Year Senior Year

In the freshman year, students learn a wide range of basic practical skills in

a common fundamental curriculum (foundations), regardless of their

majors, and draw out their individual potential.

Students of the School of Art’s Painting Block study specialized

fundamentals of Japanese painting or Western painting.

Based on the fundamental skills acquired in the freshman and sophomore

years, students are trained in a seminar, selected from 6 specialty

seminars based on their interests, to become professionals in childcare

and education.

• “Specialty Blocks/ Courses”

The School of Design: Students choose a

specialty block and acquire the fundamentals of

their major in their sophomore year. Courses are

selected from the junior year.

The School of Art: Students choose a specialty

course at the beginning of their sophomore year.

The specialty course may be changed in their

junior year.

• Thesis Project• “Foundations”

Students explore

their individual potential

through foundational study.

Declaring a major

• Foundational Seminars • Students select a specialty seminar from 6 fields of specialty:

“Child Music and Expression,” “Child Welfare,” “Child Art and

Molding,” “Child Developmental Psychology and Educational

Counseling,” “Child Education,” and “Child Physical Education.”

Liberal Arts Education

General Education

School of MusicIn addition to 12 specialized courses, the university also offers a “General

Music Course” in which students design their own individual curriculums

to study matter in a wide range musical subjects. • Students may change their major to continue their

studies in the specialty course of their choice.

• Students may choose to continue majoring in General Music to

study content in a wide range of musical subjects.• Students take multiple classes of their choice

from all 12 specialized courses.

〈 General Music Course 〉

Graduation

Declaring a major

Graduate Programs

Graduate School of Music

Graduate School of Art

Graduate School of Design

Graduate School of Human Development

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Undergraduate Programs

Department of Performing Arts

｠Vocal Music Course

｠Piano Course

｠Electronic Organ Course

｠Strings, Winds and Percussion Course

｠General Music Course

Department of Music Creative Arts

｠Music Education Course

｠Music Composition Course

｠Sound Media Course

｠Music Care Design Course

｠Musical Performance Course

｠Art Management Course

｠Jazz, Pops Course

｠Entertainment Direction Course

｠General Music Course

School of MusicThe Department of Performing Arts allows students to

acquire advanced performance skills and fully develop both

musical and human sensibilities. Students in the

Department of Music Creative Arts study music from a

variety of perspectives to draw out their full creative

potential. The extensive variety of unique courses in both

departments is designed to usher in the next generation of

musical culture and foster individuals who possess an

international outlook. The school also features a concert hall

equipped with a pipe organ, recording studios, a musical

studio, and a wealth of other superb facilities and

equipment. NUA students enjoy advanced studies in a

professional-level environment.

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①② Strings, Wind, Percussion and Band

Director Course

③ Sound Media Course

④ Jazz, Pops Course

⑤ Musical Performance Course

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Department School of Art

｠Japanese Painting Course ｠

｠Oil Painting Course 1 ｠

｠Oil Painting Course 2 ｠

｠Creative Arts Practice Course ‘communication Art’

｠Creative Arts Practice Course ‘Sculpture’

｠Creative Arts Practice Course ‘Ceramic & Glass’

｠Creative Arts Practice Course ‘Prints & Graphics’

｠Creative Arts Practice Course ‘Art History & Art Management’

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① Creative Arts Practice Course ‘Ceramic & Glass’

② Oil Painting Course 2

③ Creative Arts Practice Course ‘Prints & Graphics’

④⑤ Graduation Works, the school of Art

School of ArtThe School of Art features a “Painting Block” offering

specialized training to foster upcoming artists and an “Art

Creator Block,” which provides students with hands-on

fundamental experience in a variety of disciplines before

ultimately determining their specialization. In both of these

distinctive blocks, each individual student is provided with

comprehensive educational support. Of particular

importance is communication between the student and

instructor. NUA instructors carefully nurture each student’s

hopes and talents, providing them with timely and

appropriate advice and guiding each one along the

best-suited path.

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Department of Design

｠Visual Design Course

｠Illustration Course

｠Media Design Course

｠Media Communication Design Course

｠Design Management Course

｠Spatial Design Course

｠Industrial & Ceramic Design Course

｠Car Design Course

｠Metal & Jewelry Design Course

｠Textile Design Course

School of DesignIn addition to the pursuit of visual beauty, 21st Century

design is being called upon in realizing “integrated beauty,”

a concept that sees value in the information in objects,

events, and processes and helps bring about a sustainable,

recycling-based society.

The School of Design aims to develop students who possess

design skills that work effectively in society and foster

human happiness, based on the concept of “design the

connects the individual with society.” To ensure this

outcome, the school provides exhaustive training to

improve students’ comprehension and practice and the

communication skills needed in the process of creating

designs. Students further cultivate their ability to perceive

the appeal of designs that people find attractive̶skills that

cannot be determined by form and function alone̶and

refine their ability to finely sense trends in society and

individuals.

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①③ Media Communication Design Course

② Metal & Jewelry Design Course

④ Industrial & Ceramic Design Course

⑤ Design Management Course

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School of Human DevelopmentThis school’s aim is to train childcare workers and educators

who can understand children with widely-ranging

perspectives and relate sensitively to what children think

and feel. In addition to the special environment provided by

this comprehensive arts university, NUA’s affiliated Crea

Kindergarten and other educational sites afford students

abundant time and opportunity to gain practical training

and refine their sensibilities.

As a four-year university, NUA also supports students in

attaining three types of licenses: child care worker,

kindergarten teacher, and elementary school teacher. This

program trains childcare and educational professionals who

are capable of fully understanding and dealing with

children’s developmental stages.

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①②④⑥ Teaching practice

③ Handmade teaching Materials

⑤ Crea kindergarten, as a practice

teachingplace of NUA

Department of Child Development

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Graduate School of ArtsDelving deeply into art.

Developing individuals who can continuously take on

challenges.

Comprising three research areas focusing on creation and one

area focusing on art theory, this program is designed to foster

individuals with advanced, specialized abilities and an

art-based view of history. Based on the independently

determined themes, the goal is to find just how fully the

students can express themselves. We hold that thorough

research into one’s theme results in the pursuit of new

challenges.

Graduate School of DesignFlexibly adapting with one’s expanding scope.

Contributing to society with specialized knowledge and skills.

The post-graduate design program, which is based on

Master’s-level education in design, aims to provide students

with the knowledge and skills they will come to utilize in

higher-level specialized functions. While the focus clearly

remains on Japan and the local region, this program aims to

foster individuals who are capable of operating internationally,

creating their own opportunities to exhibit their advanced

specializations and developing the practical skills needed in

contributing to a broad spectrum of society.

Graduate School of MusicExploring music as an art.

Refining expertise and creating music culture.

This program aims to cultivate musicians who can contribute

to creative development of music through highly specialized

research into music as an art. Students in the vocal and

instrumental specializations develop even fuller powers of

expression and advanced performance skills, while those

pursuing studies in the field of musicology acquire integrated,

comprehensive practical abilities and thinking skills as they

research more deeply into each area of study. This program

develops broad-minded musicians who will come to create the

future of musical culture.

Graduate School of Human DevelopmentContributing to our children’s future and happiness.

Children are the source of the tremendous strength needed to

support Japan’s society in the future. The aim of this course is

to develop comprehensive, interdisciplinary educational

research into the essential significance of preschool and

primary school education and support for educational content

and development in Japan̶which continues to experience the

phenomenon of an aging society with a low birthrate̶while

training specialists with both high-level practical capabilities

and leadership and skills in human relations.

Graduate School of Human DevelopmentContributing to our children’s future and happiness.

Children are the source of the tremendous strength needed to

support Japan’s society in the future. The aim of this course is

to develop comprehensive, interdisciplinary educational

research into the essential significance of preschool and

primary school education and support for educational content

and development in Japan̶which continues to experience the

phenomenon of an aging society with a low birthrate̶while

training specialists with both high-level practical capabilities

and leadership and skills in human relations.

Graduate Programs

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❼ Music therapy lecture rooms, other facilities

❽ Gymnasium, cafeteria, other facilities

❾ Rehearsal rooms, other facilities

10 Childcare training rooms, other facilities

11 Sound Media lecture rooms, other facilities

West Campus

The West Campus houses the School of Art

and the School of Design. Surrounded by abundant natural

settings, this campus features a wealth of facilities and

equipment to stimulate the student’s creative drive.

Facilities

West

East Campus

The East Campus is home to the School of Music and the

School of Human Development. The campus maintains a

full range of equipment needed to support musical studies

and performance activities.

East

❶ Library, AV Library, other facilities

❷ Ensemble rooms, recording studios, other facilities

❸ Hall, string, wind, and percussion classrooms, other facilities

❹ Piano lesson rooms, opera rooms, other facilities

❺ Musical studios, other facilities

❻ Vocal music lesson rooms

I Metal casting, stone carving, and welding shops, other facilities

J Woodcarving workshops

K Japanese painting/ printmaking studios, other facilities

L Gymnasium

U Photography studios, graphic studios, other facilities

X Dyeing studios, jewelry studios, other facilities

Y Center for International Exchange

Z Western painting studios, gallery, etc.

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A Craft studios, other facilities

B Art & Design Center, Library, other facilities

C Metal workshops, ceramic studios

D Woodworking studios

E Glass studios

F Craft studios

G Plaster casting and sketching rooms, other facilities

H Carving and sculpture studios, other facilities

Main Gate

Main Gate

281 Koi Kumanosho, Kitanagoya-shi,

Aichi-Ken, 481-8503, JAPAN

65 Nishinuma Tokushige, Kitanagoya-shi,

Aichi-Ken, 481-8535, JAPAN

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For those who wish to apply to NUA, the university holds

entrance examinations for prospective international

students. Please contact the Center for International

Exchange to request admission information packet.

InternationalStudent Admission

Financial AidNUA offers a number of financial aid programs to support international students’ studies.

Private-expense international students paying their own tuition may make use of NUA’s

tuition reduction reduction/ exemption program.

Eligibility: Private-expense international students enrolled in a full-time

undergraduate/ graduate program at NUA.

Amount of reduction/ exemption: 50% of tuition for the applicable academic year.

Procedure: Submit an application and a certificate of residence to the student support office

by the submission deadline.

Number of students allowed: no restriction on the number of students.

Center for International ExchangeNUA’s international exchanges have expanded from a core of European and American

universities to include schools in the Asia and Pacific regions, making this a highly active

global program. As matters now stand, with NUA maintaining exchanges with a number of

different arts universities, the university continues to work on creating an environment for the

development of individuals capable of working globally in the world of arts. Currently, NUA

has sister school relationships with nineteen different universities utilizing an academic credit

transfer system and featuring active exchanges of both students and instructors. With the

establishment of the Center for International Exchange, such international activities have

increased rapidly.

School of Music・University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music・Australian Institute of Music・Kyungnam University・Changshin University・Liszt Ferenc Zenemüvészeti Egyetem・Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris・Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen, Koninklijk Conservatorium・Falmouth University・Mahidol University’s School of Music

Schools of Art/ and Design・Danmarks Designskole Copenhagen・Ecole Nationale Des Beaux-Arts De Dijon・Falmouth University・University of Brighton・University of Wolverhampton・University for the Creative Arts・Yongu-In University・Kyungnam University・Nuova Accademia de Belle Arti Milano

NUA’s International Partners:

School of Human Development・Changshin University

Center for International Exchange

e-mail：intl@nua.ac.jp

Contact Us

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