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The TOP-100 Best Universities in Performing Arts offer unparalleled opportunities for education abroad, particularly for those looking to study in the UK or Europe, renowned for its rich theatrical history and cutting-edge arts education.
We present a guide to the best universities in the field of performing arts. This direction does not accidentally attract thousands of foreign students: top universities give the opportunity to get in touch with a rich and unique culture, to master the necessary professional skills necessary for a future successful career.
In addition, students undergo internships and work on the best theater stages in the world, which will make valuable connections for the future.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Performing Arts
| 1 | The Juilliard School |
| 2 | Royal College of Music |
| 3 | Curtis Institute of Music |
| 4 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| 5 | Royal Academy of Music |
| 6 | Conservatoire national sup茅rieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) |
| 7 | Universit盲t f眉r Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien |
| 8 | New York University (NYU) |
| 9 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Formerly Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) |
| 10 | The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) |
| 11 | Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) |
| 12 | Shanghai Conservatory of Music |
| 13 | Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
| 14 | Moscow State Conservatory P. I. Tchaikovsky |
| 15 | McGill University |
| 16 | The Royal Danish Academy of Music |
| 17 | University Mozarteum Salzburg |
| 18 | University of Oxford |
| 19 | University of Rochester |
| 20 | Harvard University |
| 21 | Korea National University of Arts |
| 22 | Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki |
| 23 | University of Cambridge |
| 24 | UCSI University |
| 25 | Indiana University Bloomington |
| 26 | Northwestern University |
| 27 | National University of Singapore (NUS) |
| 28 | The University of Melbourne |
| 29 | Yale University |
| 30 | Norwegian Academy of Music |
| 31 | University of Southern California |
| 32 | Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music |
| 33 | Stanford University |
| 34 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 35 | The Gnesins Russian Academy of Music |
| 36 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 37 | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| 38 | Hochschule f眉r Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin |
| 39 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
| 40 | Columbia University |
| 41 | Royal Irish Academy of Music |
| 42 | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 43 | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| 44 | Zurich University of the Arts |
| 45 | University of Toronto |
| 46 | Chopin University of Music |
| 47 | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| 48 | King's College London |
| 49 | St. Petersburg Conservatory |
| 50 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) |
