Musashino Art University

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Musashino Art University (MAU; 武蔵野美術大学, Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku) is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo founded in 1962 but with roots going back to 1929.

Teikoku Art School (帝国美術学校, Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō; meaning "imperial art school") was founded in 1929; in 1948 it became Musashino Art School (武蔵野美術学校, Musashino Bijutsu Gakkō), and in 1962 it became Musashino Art University.

From its start, the university taught fine art and industrial design; it later added architecture, fashion, and various other fields.

The university has exhange agreements with other universities in a variety of countries. It has a graduate school that awards master's degrees and doctorates.

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