Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

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The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (東京藝術大学, Tōkyō Gei-jutsu Daigaku^?) or Geidai (芸大, Geidai^?) is one of the oldest and most prestigious fine art schools in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, and Yokohama, Kanagawa. The university owns two halls of residence; one (for Japanese students) located in Nerima, Tokyo, and the other (for overseas students) located in Matsudo, Chiba.

1 History
2 Famous alumni
3 Famous Professor
4 External links

[edit] History

The university was formed by the merger in 1949 of the Tokyo Fine Arts School and the Tokyo Music School (both founded 1887). Originally male-only, in 1946 the school began to admit women. The graduate school opened in 1963, and in 1977 began offering doctoral degrees. After the National University Corporations were formed on April 1, 2004, the school became known as the National University Corporation Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku.

The school has had student exchanges with a number of other art and music institutions such as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (U.S.A.), the Royal Academy of Music (UK), the University of Sydney (Australia), the Korean National University of Arts, and the China Academy of Art, among others.