Overview

About Nagoya University of the Arts

As a comprehensive university of the arts, Nagoya University of the Arts (NUA) aims to nurture individuals with rich sensitivity and creativity, fostering human resources who contribute to the creation and advancement of the arts, culture, and human development.
Many NUA graduates contribute to society as creators, performers, designers, and educators, making use of the specialized knowledge and advanced skills they acquired during their studies.

School of the Arts, Department of the Arts

The School of the Arts provides a well-equipped learning environment to cultivate specialists in the fields of Music, Art, Design, Arts and Liberal Arts, Performing Arts Production and Management , and to encourage students to develop the ability to view the arts from a global perspective.
The School also aims to foster professionals who can fully demonstrate their creativity, productivity, and expressiveness in response to societal needs, and to contribute to society across borders in the future.

Music Division

Music Division encourages its students to cultivate rich sensitivity and humanity, and to open up their own potentials.
There are 13 courses in the division, and the students aspire to become performing artists, composers, music producers, sound engineers, music therapists, etc.

Performing Arts Production and Management Division

This division encourages students to learn stage art and technology, as well as planning and production.　
There are 3 courses in the department, which develop professionals who have acquired specialized skills and comprehensive knowledge about performing arts.

Art Division

Art Division encourages its students to acquire an eye for art and to cultivate individuality and creativity.
There are 6 courses in the division, and the students face themselves and discover their paths to choose through expression.

Design Division

The Design Division encourages its students to learn design that colors every scene in the society.
There are 11 courses in the division, and the students aim to learn the significance of design and to become creators who are capable of contributing to the society with new ideas.

Arts and Liberal Arts Division

Making liberal arts the theme, the Arts and Liberal Arts Division develops a new style of learning, and fosters human resources with new artistry and prospectiveness conforming to the age.

School of Education, Department of Children's Studies

The School of Education encourages its students to cultivate rich sensitivity and acquire professional skills through abundant practical trainings.
The students aspire to become professionals in childcare and education who bear the children's future.

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