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TOP-100 Best Universities in performing arts 2026 QS Rankings

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Performing Arts

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

Rank	University	Overall Score
1	Royal College of Music	97,0
2	Royal Academy of Music	93,4
3	Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)	93,3
4	Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien	92,4
5	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	91,7
6	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Formerly Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama)	90,2
7	Juilliard School	88,2
8	Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)	88,0
9	New York University	87,1
10	The Gnesins Russian Academy of Music	85,3
11	Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory	84,8
12	Curtis Institute of Music	83,7
13	University of the Arts Helsinki	83,3
14	Royal Holloway University of London	81,9
=15	Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory	81,2
=15	University of Rochester	81,2
17	The Royal Danish Academy of Music	80,8
18	University of Cambridge	80,7
19	University of Oxford	80,3
20	Harvard University	80,2
21	Norwegian Academy of Music	80,0
22	The Liszt Academy of Music	79,2
23	Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon	78,9
24	McGill University	78,5
=25	Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig	78,4
=25	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	78,4
27	Yale University	77,6
28	Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts	77,4
29	Columbia University	77,1
=30	King's College London	76,9
=30	Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SHCM)	76,9
32	University of Huddersfield	76,7
=33	University Mozarteum Salzburg	76,4
=33	Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)	76,4
35	Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin	76,2
36	Central School of Speech & Drama	76,0
37	Stanford University	75,6
38	Northwestern University	75,5
39	Royal College of Music in Stockholm	75,3
40	Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin	75,0
41	National University of Singapore (NUS)	74,9
42	UCSI University	74,8
43	University of Southern California	74,6
44	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	74,4
45	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	74,3
46	University of Toronto	73,6
47	The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music	73,0
48	Goldsmiths, University of London	72,9
49	University of Birmingham	72,7
50	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	72,5
51-100	Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
51-100	Boston University
51-100	California Institute of the Arts
51-100	Central Academy of Drama, China
51-100	Chulalongkorn University
51-100	City University of New York
51-100	Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
51-100	Conservatorio di Roma Santa Cecilia
51-100	Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
51-100	Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
51-100	Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
51-100	Indiana University Bloomington
51-100	Korea National University of Arts
51-100	Lasalle College of the Arts
51-100	Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
51-100	Mahidol University
51-100	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
51-100	Monash University
51-100	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)
51-100	Peking University
51-100	Queen Mary University of London
51-100	Queen's University Belfast
51-100	Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus
51-100	Royal Irish Academy of Music
51-100	Seoul National University
51-100	Sorbonne University
51-100	The Russian Academy of Arts
51-100	The University of Auckland
51-100	University of Edinburgh
51-100	University of Manchester
51-100	University of Melbourne
51-100	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
51-100	The University of Sydney
51-100	University of Warwick
51-100	Universität der Knste Berlin
51-100	Universiti Malaya (UM)
51-100	University College Cork
51-100	University College Dublin
51-100	University of Basel
51-100	University of British Columbia
51-100	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
51-100	University of Chicago
51-100	University of Galway
51-100	University of Leeds
51-100	University of Limerick
51-100	University of North Texas
51-100	University of Texas at Austin
51-100	University of the Philippines
51-100	University of York
51-100	Victoria University of Wellington
101-120	Cornell University

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