The Finnish Music Campus is a development unit for music, dance and applied arts formed by Jamk University of Applied Sciences, the University of Jyväskylä and Jyväskylä Educational Consortium Gradia.
You can start your journey at the Finnish Music Campus as a baby by attending the musical playschool and then continuing on to basic education in the arts and progress through the Schildt general upper secondary school music track and the Gradia vocational upper secondary qualification of music all the way to higher education. Jamk University of Applied Sciences and the University of Jyväskylä offer degree programmes in music pedagogy, music teaching and expertise in the field of culture. The Music Campus also offers post-graduate study options all the way to doctorates.
The Finnish Music Campus offers music professionals a unique viewpoint to music pedagogy, research and development in the field. Expertise can be utilised across institutional borders with the help of EduFutura Jyväskylä.
The Music Campus is one of EduFutura Jyväskylä’s focus areas, enabling students to embark on study paths that are more flexible than before and take a fresh new approach to learning. Through EduFutura´s course catalogue students of The Finnish Music Campus have the opportunity to participate in cross-institutional studies.
Numerous top experts in culture and arts, vocational students and enthusiastic hobbyists operate at The Finnish Music Campus. Every year more than 300 high-class events take place here; concerts, gigs, seminars, public lectures, public defences of doctoral theses as well as other public events and larger co-productions with local arts organizations.
In addition, the campus also hosts regular performances of top musicals and operas. The Finnish Music Campus engages in close cooperation with educational institutions in different branches, the Foundation for Music Promotion in Central Finland and professional organisations in the field of arts and music, such as Jyväskylä City Theatre and Jyväskylä Sinfonia.
The Finnish Music Campus event calendar can be found here: www.musiikkikampus.fi/tapahtumat (in Finnish).
Gradia Jyväskylä, music and dance
Services for applicants: hakupalvelut(at)gradia.fi, +358 (0)40 341 6193
Musician training: Kaisu Salminen, study secretary, kaisu.salminen(at)gradia.fi, +358 (0)40 341 4611
Basic education in the arts: Mira Friman, office secretary, mira.friman(at)gradia.fi, +358 (0)40 341 5887
Jamk University of Applied Sciences, music
Services for applicants: hakijapalvelut@jamk.fi, +358 (0)40 556 0409
Degree programme in music: Tiina Kangaspunta, Study Affairs Coordinator, tiina.kangaspunta(at)jamk.fi, +358 (0)40 351 8355
Practice Music School: Veera Mäkirinta, Education Coordinator, veera.makirinta(at)jamk.fi, +358 (0)50 572 6349
University of Jyväskylä, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
Services for applicants: hakijapalvelut(at)jyu.fi,
+358 (0)29 441 8050 (degree programmes taught in Finnish)
+358 (0)29 441 8051 (degree programmes taught in English)