”Undervisning i musikk kan også fungere fint uten for mange ord”. Hornlærer Frøydis Ree Wekre mottar hvert år mange utenlandske studenter.

The Norwegian Academy of Music provides music education at the highest level in Norway. The Academy offers undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programmes in a wide range of musical fields. Many of Norway's foremost musicians have undergone at least part of their training at the Academy, and several of them are now teachers at the Academy. The NAM takes its role as incubator of top musical talents seriously. In addition, research and development are a very important part of the Academy’s work; communication of all our activities (through concerts, conferences, publications and in the media) is among our top priorities. As a result the Academy is one of Norway's most active concert arrangers, with approximately 300 concerts every year.

Academic year
The academic year starts at the end of August and lasts until the end of June, with short breaks for Christmas and Easter.

Students and staff
The Academy has approximately 550 students, 130 permanent teaching staff and a number of auxiliary part-time teachers.

Facilities
The Academy is centrally located in Oslo in one of Europe’s best facilities for music education. The oldest wing is from 1989 and the newest was completed in 2007. The buildings house large concert halls and smaller halls for chamber music; rooms designed for electro-acoustic music, laboratories for sound technology and advanced recording studios for music and video production.
Students have access to 115 grand pianos, 115 upright pianos, 6 harpsichords, 8 fortepianos, 4 harps, 8 organs and 4 concert halls. In the library you’ll find 14 000 books, 60 000 scores and 26 000 recordings.
The Academy enjoys Europe’s highest availability of practice rooms, with 90 rooms managed by the students themselves.
 

Connections
The Norwegian Academy of Music is a member of a network of European music academies within the framework of the SOCRATES programme. The Academy also collaborates and participates in student and teacher exchanges with several Nordic and Baltic music conservatories within the framework of NORDPLUS. The Norwegian Academy of Music also has bilateral agreements with several other music institutions worldwide.

The Academy collaborates with many of Norway’s most important cultural institutions, including The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, The Oslo National Academy of the Arts and The National Jazz Scene.

Costs 
There are no tuition fees at the Academy. An estimated monthly cost for students living in Oslo is approx. €1000. Students from outside the European Union/European Economic Area (EEA) are required to document a specified sum to cover living expenses in order to be granted a student residence permit. Further information is available from the Norwegian embassies or the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration. The Academy currently offers no scholarships.

Housing and student welfare services
The Academy has no student housing facilities. Students must arrange for accommodation themselves. As a student at the Academy you automatically become a member of The Foundation for Student Life in Oslo (SiO), which provides subsidised housing, healthcare, counselling, kindergartens, sports facilities and other services.

General information about studying in Norway
Should you wish to find out more about what it is like to study in Norway, you will find useful information at the Study in Norway website.

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