Tianjin Juilliard's Public Education division is the bridge connecting The Juilliard School's world-class music education to the Chinese public through a variety of programs. Private instrumental lessons, online music courses, chorus, master classes, and summer and winter camps are offered to music learners of all ages.
CMENS-TJ 601 -- Major Study (Chamber Music)
4 credits
Fall
Chamber Faculty
Chamber music majors participate in intensively coached chamber music groups some of which extend for a full semester and usually coach two hours per week. Students may also perform in some groups that include faculty or guest artists that rehearse intensively over a short period of time. All coached chamber music groups culminate in a chamber music performance.
CMENS-TJ 603 -- Chamber Music Forum
0 credits
Fall
Chamber Music Faculty
Thursday 4:00-5:45
A co-requisite course to major study for chamber music majors in which all chamber music majors will meet weekly as a group for team coaching led by chamber music faculty.
PCKMU-TJ 600-01 -- Major Study (Collaborative Piano): CHU
1-6 credits
Fall
Katherine Chu
All students receive 9 one-hour private lessons each semester.
PCKMU-TJ 600-02 --Major Study (Collaborative Piano): KATYUKOVA
1-6 credits
Fall
Faculty
All students receive 6 one-hour private lessons each semester.
PFENS-TJ L511 -- Major Study (Orchestra) Rotation of visiting conductors (4 credits)
Assignments by the orchestral administration are made on a rotating basis and are primarily determined by audition. Other considerations taken into account are professionalism, dependability, collegiality, experience level, performance history, and the nature of the event. Required of all full-time Orchestral Performance students in each semester of residence.
All students receive 15 hours of studio lessons each semester.
FLW- TJ 601--Studio Lessons: FLUTE-ITTZÉS
4 credits
Fall
Gergely Ittzés
OBW- TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: OBOE-BELL
1-4 credits
Fall
Scott Bell
CLW- TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: CLARINET-ZHOU
1-4 credits
Fall
Xiangyu Zhou
BNW-TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: BASSOON-KOYAMA
1-4 credits
Fall
Akio Koyama
TPB-TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: TRUMPET-TYUTEYKIN
1-4 credits
Fall
Sergei Tyueteykin
FHB-TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: FRENCH HORN-HAN
1-4 credits
Fall
Chang Chou Han
TBB-TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: TENOR TROMBONE-ALLEN
1-4 credits
Fall
Lee Allen
TBB-TJ 601-01-- Studio Lessons: BASS TROMBONE-ALLEN
1-4 credits
Fall
Lee Allen
VNS-TJ 601-01 -- Studio Lessons: VIOLIN-HE
1-4 credits
Fall
Wei He
VNS-TJ 601-02 -- Studio Lessons: VIOLIN-LI
1-4 credits
Fall
Weigang Li
VNS-TJ 601-03 -- Studio Lessons: VIOLIN-YU
1-4 credits
Fall
Angelo Xiang Yu
VAS-TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: VIOLA-BROWNE
1-4 credits
Fall
Sheila Browne
VAS-TJ 601-02 -- Studio Lessons: VIOLA-LI
1-4 credits
Fall
Honggang Li
VCS-TJ 601-01 -- Studio Lessons: VIOLONCELLO-KIM
1-4 credits
Fall
Yeonjin Kim
VCS-TJ 601-02 -- Studio Lessons: VIOLONCELLO-TZAVARAS
1-4 credits
Fall
Nicholas Tzavaras
DBS-TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: DOUBLE BASS-ZHANG
1-4 credits
Fall
DaXun Zhang
PEP-TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: PERCUSSION-HAHN
1-4 credits
Fall
June Hahn
PNK-TJ 601-- Studio Lessons: PIANO-WANG
1-4 credits
Fall
Xiaohan Wang
CMENS-TJ 531 -- Chamber Music
2 credits
Fall
Chamber Faculty
Students are placed into groups and assigned coaches. Groups coach eight (8) hours per semester leading to a performance of a complete work. Requests to work with a particular coach are subject to approval by the office. This course may be repeated.
Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire classes
Required each semester of all Orchestral Studies majors, this class meets both in sections by instrument, and in combination with other instrumental groups and covers orchestral and large chamber music ensemble repertoire, as well as a variety of topics specific to the orchestral profession.
PFENS-TJ R501-- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: bassoon
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Tuesday 4:00-5:45
PFENS-TJ R503 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: clarinet
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Tuesday 4:00-5:45
PFENS-TJ R505 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: double bass
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Thursday 9:00-10:45.
PFENS-TJ R507 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: flute
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Tuesday 4:00-5:45
PFENS-TJ R509 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: French horn
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Tuesday 4:00-5:45
PFENS-TJ R511 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: oboe
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Tuesday 4:00-5:45
PFENS-TJ R513 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: percussion
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Tuesday 4:00-5:45.
PFENS-TJ 515 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: trombone
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Tuesday 4:00-5:45
PFENS-TJ R517 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: trumpet
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Tuesday 4:00-5:45
PFENS-TJ R519 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: viola
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Thursday 9:00-10:45.
PFENS-TJ R521 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: violin
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Thursday 9:00-10:45.
PFENS-TJ R523 -- Orchestral/Ensemble Repertoire: violoncello
1 credit
Fall
Studio Faculty
Thursday 9:00-10:45.
GRADUATE THEORY: Note: Students are required to take a minimum of two graduate theory courses. Theory courses are assigned according to the results of a placement exam.
GRMUS-TJ T601 -- Music Theory and Analysis I
2 credits
Fall
Faculty
Section A Tuesday 9:00-9:55 and Friday 9:00-9:50
Section B Tuesday 10:00-10:55 and Friday 10:00-10:50
This is the first semester of a year-long theory review course designed for entering graduate students at The Tianjin Juilliard School. The integrated format combines aural, visual, and written activities including analysis, keyboard, writing (figured bass, melody harmonization, and short compositions that incorporate various harmonic idioms), singing, and transposition. The course encourages a reorientation that reveals how theory, composition, listening, and analysis can (and must!) inform performance, and provides a foundation for more advanced theory courses. After setting the stage for a more performative approach to theory, this course will focus on diatonic harmony, including counterpoint, melodic fluency, tonal categories and the phrase model, contrapuntal expansions, non-dominant seventh chords, musical periods and sentences, and submediant and mediant harmonies.
GRMUS-TJ T602 -- Music Theory and Analysis II
2 credits
Fall
Faculty
Tuesday 9:00-9:55 and Friday 9:00-9:50
Prerequisite: GRMUS-TJ T601 or by placement. This is the second semester of a year-long theory review course designed for entering graduate students at The Tianjin Juilliard School. Building upon skills developed either in the first semester of the course or demonstrated through performance on the theory placement test, students will continue to stretch and apply their theoretical perspectives in ever-more performative ways. Like the first semester, an integrated format will combine aural, visual, and written activities including analysis, keyboard, writing (figured bass, melody harmonization, and short compositions that incorporate various harmonic idioms), singing, and transposition. The ultimate emphasis is on the creative and performative applications of music theory. After reviewing necessary fundamentals and reacquainting students with this perhaps novel approach to theory, this course will venture into chromatic harmony and larger forms, including applied chords and tonicization, modulation and binary form, modal mixture and chromatic modulation, writing and using the Neapolitan chord and augmented sixth chords, and ternary and sonata form.
GRMUS-TJ T650 -- Sonata Form After Beethoven
2 credits
Fall
Niccolo Athens
Wednesday 11:00-12:45
Pre-requisite: GRMUS-TJ T602 or by placement.
This course will trace the usage of sonata form structures in symphonic and chamber music beginning after Beethoven through the first half of the 20th century, long after it is usually assumed to have been effectively defunct. Students will explore the ways in which a continuing engagement with this traditional form remained an important source of musical meaning for a wide variety of composers. Elements of “Sonata Theory” will be employed skeptically to determine their applicability to repertoire increasingly distant from the Austro-German music they were devised to describe. Students will assess the continued viability of the sonata form after the “common practice period,” as well as grapple with larger issues such as the role of shared conventions as a conduit for communication between the composer and listener and the influence of analytical models on the work of composers.
GENERAL GRADUATE STUDIES
GRMUS-TJ R600 -- Collaboration and Interpretation
2 credits
Fall
Julia Glenn
Section A Wednesday 9:00-10:45
Section B Monday 9:00-10:45
This course focuses on making the best use of information resources to contribute to forging forge a personal point of view about a musical compositions. Once salient information is accessed, students work individually and in group interpretation building exercises to synthesize that information with a variety of other sources including their own and their instructors’ interpretive ideas and impressions from recordings and live performance ultimately arriving at an interpretation combining information with intuition.
GRMUS-TJ H602 Music History II
2 credits
Fall
Alvin Zhu
Section A Monday 9:00-10:45
Section B Monday 11:00-12:45
Section C Wednesday 9:00-10:45
The second semester of the music history sequence covers topics including: Viennese music from the Romantic era through the Second Viennese School, Russian and French music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and Music of the 1970’s to the present day.
GRMUS-TJ P600 Community Engagement Practicum
1 credit
Fall
Steven Liu
Section A Monday 10:00-11:00
Section B Monday 11:00-12:00
Section C Monday 12:00-1:00
What does it mean to build an identity as an ‘Artist Citizen’ and what does that look like in actual practice? This course will explore the connection between artistry and citizenship, examine how different professional musicians connect with underserved communities, and how students can use their creative talent and entrepreneurial skills to create performances and projects that can elicit social change through music. Following training, students are required to participate in additional community service performances.
ELECTIVE COURSES
GRMUS-TJ S602 -- Introduction to Music Education
2 credits
Fall
Anita Lee
Wednesday 11:00-12:45
This introductory course is designed to provide a broad survey of the fundamental principles of music teaching and learning including an overview of educational theory, psychological foundations of learning and effective approaches to pedagogy. Students will develop their abilities to deliver classroom material effectively as well as teach performance, focused primarily on instrumental lesson instruction. Reading assignments strengthen students’ understanding of pedagogy as an academic discipline. Teaching practices give students the opportunity to practice teaching in a safe environment and obtain feedback from their peers. Observations of master teachers and reflective writing assignments help students to find their individual voices as educators and reflect critically upon their personal development as music educators and performers.
GRMUS-TJ S605 --The Challenges of Contemporary Music
2 credits
Fall
Gergely Ittzés
Friday 10:00-11:45
This class is designed to build a bridge between late-romantic and avant-garde and experimental music. Students will become familiar with atonality; unconventional notation; complex rhythms and meters; extreme dynamics and an enhanced range of articulations and colors, including extended techniques. Class meetings will be devoted to group playing exercises supplemented by lectures, analyses, and class listening assignments. Materials include methods such as ‘Creative Music Activities’ by Hungarian composer László Sáry and materials by composers such as John Cage and Stockhausen and the course instructor. Students will also have the opportunity to create guided and free improvisations.
GRMUS-TJ S606 -- Arranging for Small Ensemble
2 credits
Fall
Yiwen Shen
Wednesday 11:00-12:45
Arranging for Small Ensemble will explore making music arrangements for solo with or without piano accompaniment, and various common or mixed instrument groups, such as piano trio, string quartet, woodwind quintet, as well as mixed instrumentation. The goal of the course is for students to grasp fundamental tools that will help them to rearrange works for their instruments or chamber groups using notation software such as Finale or Sibelius.
Note: The following seven (7) courses are pre-requisite courses that may be required of students according to their major and based on results of placement exams.
ETMUS-TJ 511 1X --Ear Training Ix
0 credits
Fall
Niccolo Athens
Section A Tuesday 9:00-9:50 and Friday 9:00-9:50
Section B Tuesday 10:00-10:50 and Friday 10:00-10:50
Section C Tuesday 11:00-11:50 and Friday 11:00-11:50
Section D Tuesday 12:00-12:50 and Friday 12:00-12:50
The first semester of an accelerated two-semester review course builds the ability to notate melodic and harmonic passages with a high degree of accuracy within a limited number of hearings, and the ability to sight-sing using the basic skills of interval fluency and melodic memory. A particular emphasis will be placed on hearing harmonic function, and students will gain the ability to work fluently in any major or minor key on a foundation of fixed-DO solfège. The first semester covers syllables, scale degrees and singing and dictating all intervals including atonal intervals; mastery of treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs, and singing and dictating root position triads up and down from any given note, circle of fifths root-position chord progressions and basic root position chord progressions with a particular focus on major and harmonic minor keys with five or more sharps or flats. May be required of all majors according to the results of a placement exam.
KSMUS-TJ 511X -- Keyboard Skills Ix
0 credits
Fall
Chang Wang
Monday 9:00-9:50 and Thursday 10:00-10:50
This accelerated two-semester review course covers the essential elements of Keyboard Skills. Areas of study in the first semester include realization of figured bass lines; composition of complex harmonic progressions; reduction of three- and four-part scores utilizing varying clefs; an introduction to orchestral transpositions and prepared reduction of symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven; and transposition of 19th-century lieder up and down minor seconds and thirds. May be required of all majors in collaborative piano and chamber music: piano majors according to the results of a placement exam.
KSMUS-TJ 001-2 -- Sight-reading for Pianists I
0 credits
Fall
Chang Wang
Tuesday 10:00-10:55 and Friday 10:00-10:55
This yearlong practicum trains students in the art of sight-reading piano scores. During the first semester, emphasis is placed on approaching scores with an eye toward musicality, including articulation, phrasing, and dynamics. Rapid identification of rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns is stressed. Students will sight-read diverse musical styles, including contrapuntal works, sonatas from the late 18th century, harmonically complex works from the 19th century, and non-tonal works. May be required of majors in collaborative piano and chamber music: piano majors according to the results of a placement exam.
KSMUS-TJ 141 -- Piano for non-majors I
0 credits
Fall
Chang Wang
Tuesday 12:00-12:50 and Wednesday 11:00-11:50
Designed for students with very little or no prior experience in piano, this course develops familiarity with five-finger position and basic keyboard harmony, as well as simple repertoire. Required of all non-keyboard majors. May be required of majors in orchestral studies and chamber music: strings majors according to the results of a placement exam.
KSMUS-TJ 142 -- Piano for non-majors II
0 credits
Fall
Chang Wang
Tuesday 12:00-12:50 and Wednesday 11:00-11:50
Prerequisite: KSMUS-TJ 141. Designed for students with very little or no prior experience in piano, this course develops familiarity with five-finger position and basic keyboard harmony, as well as simple repertoire. Required of all non-keyboard majors. May be required of majors in orchestral studies and chamber music: strings majors according to the results of a placement exam.
KSMUS-TJ 241 -- Piano for non-majors III
0 credits
Fall
Chang Wang
Friday 9:00-9:55 pending
Section A Tuesday 9:00-9:50
Prerequisite: KSMUS-TJ 142 or placement test. A continuation of Piano for Non-majors II, students in this course will broaden their pianistic skills while developing finger and hand independence. Among the skills to be mastered are full-octave scales, harmonization of melodies, chord progressions in keyboard style, and repertoire that involves shifting positions and various left-hand accompaniment patterns. Required of all non-keyboard majors. May be required of all majors in orchestral studies and chamber music: strings majors according to the results of a placement exam.
KSMUS-TJ 242 -- Piano for non-majors IV
0 credits
Fall
Chang Wang
Friday 9:00-9:50 pending
Section A Tuesday 11:00-11:50
Prerequisite: KSMUS-TJ 241or placement test. A continuation of Piano for Non-majors III, students in this course will broaden their pianistic skills while developing finger and hand independence. Among the skills to be mastered are full-octave scales, harmonization of melodies, chord progressions in keyboard style, and repertoire that involves shifting positions and various left hand accompaniment patterns. Required of all non-keyboard majors. May be required of majors in orchestral studies and chamber music: strings major according to the results of a placement exam.
Note: all of the following collaborative piano courses are required of all first-year collaborative piano majors.
MSMUS-TJ R623-4 -- Repertoire Performance
0 credits
Fall
This component of applied studies for Collaborative Piano majors consists of public performance of required repertoire.
GRMUS-TJ R623-4 -- Studio Accompanying
0 credits
Fall
Collaborative Piano majors accompany in the studios and classes of instrumental faculty. A component of their major study, this requirement provides valuable hands-on experience in developing collaborative skills under the guidance of an extensive roster of professional musicians.
VAMUS-TJ 591 -- Lyric Diction (Italian I)
2 credits
Fall
Katherine Chu
Wednesday 4:00-4:55 Friday 4:00-4:50
The first semester of this two-semester course sequence covers the fundamentals of Italian diction and essentials of legato as the basis of lyric diction and singing, beginning with an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and Italian phonetics and pronunciation rules, as well as the introduction of basic grammatical elements with special emphasis is placed on developing phonemes.
This course may be repeated.
VAMUS-TJ, 581 Lyric Diction (German)
2 credits
Katherine Chu
Wednesday 5:00-5:55 and Friday 5:00-5:50
An overview of the basics of German pronunciation and spelling rules, this course focuses on mechanics and reproduction of the German sounds, and how they are used as tools for expression. Students will gain command of IPA transcriptions of German texts, understanding of the lyrical characteristics in German diction that shape text declamation and musical interpretation.
GRMUS-TJ, 685-6 -- Vocal Literature I (German)
2 credits
Katherine Chu
Thursday 4:00-5:45
A survey of the works by major composers of German Lieder through performance and discussion of the songs in class, as well as examination of the major exponents of German poetry that inspired and defined the genre. Students are required to prepare phonetic transcription and translation for each piece, and also encouraged to explore the quintessential text-word relationship in Lieder.
GRMUS-TJ, P677 -- Opera Performance Technique I
2 credits
Katherine Chu
Tuesday 4:00-5:45
This course focuses on the techniques of rehearsal playing and music preparation in an opera studio, addressing specific skills such as rendering orchestral effects on the piano, making enhancement to piano reductions, understanding the conductor and basic principles of operatic conducting, working with different types of recitative and the related stylistic concerns.
GRMUS-TJ P611 -- Collaborative Skills: Instrumental I
2 credits
Fall
Natalia Katyukova/Allie Su
Thursday 4:00-5:45
This two-semester practicum addresses different genres of instrumental collaborative piano performance. The fall semester focuses on orchestral reductions, virtuoso show works and shorter duo works. Emphasis is placed on empathetic listening and a nimble alternating of roles between partners in accordance with the musical demands of any particular piece of repertoire. Participants will play in class every week with visiting instrumentalists usually without prior rehearsal.
This course may be repeated.
GRMUS-TJ P621 -- Collaborative Skills: Vocal I
2 credits
Fall
Katherine Chu
Monday 4:00-5:45
This two-semester practicum explores specific skills required of pianists to successfully rehearse, coach
and perform different genres and styles of vocal music including both operatic and song repertoire, with the periodic participation of visiting vocalists. The first semester covers the standard aria repertoire of various eras and languages, emphasizing the pianist’s role in providing orchestral texture and rhythmic structure for the singer. Selected song repertoire focusing on the dual nature of the pianist both as a coach and as a collaborative partner to vocalists will be studied.
This course may be repeated.
Note: English language courses may be required based on the results of a language assessment; learning strategies will be personalized accordingly.
ENGL-TJ 101 -- Graduate English I
0 credits
Fall
Bob Burke
Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-3:45
This course meets for 2 hours per week and is designed to enable graduate students to develop their English skills for professional, academic and artistic purposes within the music culture at Tianjin Juilliard and across global musical networks. Coursework will guide students to develop fluent, confident communication skills to support their professional activities, and facilitate music-focused scholarly work. The curriculum covers areas of English study such as professional music practice, music appreciation, music terminology, English for academic purposes, cross-cultural communication and reflection on language learning.
Students required to take this course are expected to pass the course with a grade of at least “B”.
ENGL-TJ 111X -- Graduate English Intensive I
0 credits
Fall
English Language Faculty
Section A Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday 1:00-2:15
Section B Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday 1:00-2:15
This version of the Graduate English course meets for 4 hours per week.
Students required to take this course are expected to pass the course with a grade of at least “B”.
ENGL-TJ 201-- Graduate English III
0 credits
Fall
Faculty
Section A Tuesday and Friday 12:00-1:00
Section B Tuesday and Friday 12:00-1:00
A contiuation of the required English language curriculum for second-year students based upon assessment after completion of Intensive English or Graduate English during the first year of study.
Students required to take this course are expected to pass the course with a grade of at least “B”.
The Tianjin Juilliard School’s mission is to train musicians who will become global ambassadors in their respective fields, and English proficiency is a key component of this international status. English is the medium of instruction at Tianjin Juilliard, and specialist language support is a central feature of the Tianjin Juilliard experience.
The Academic Communication and English (ACE) program is for students who have been admitted to The Tianjin Juilliard School’s MM degree programs, but whose English is not at the level required for direct entry to the MM.
ACE is a qualifying requirement for the MM degree. Completing ACE is required for students to obtain their degree. Students will take a placement test during the new student orientation in August. If students do well on the test, they may be able to skip further English study and enter the MM program right away. It is recommended that students accepted with the ACE focus on improving their English over the summer to increase their chances of passing the test.
About ACE
All students accepted with the ACE requirement must attend ACE Summer. Then, depending on the placement test results, some students will continue study on one of two English learning paths: Graduate English Seminar (GES) or English and Communication (ENC) + GES. To finish ACE, students must successfully complete the required GES modules for their designated pathway.
ACE Summer
ACE Summer is compulsory for all students admitted to the MM with the ACE requirement. ACE Summer is a two-week online + on-site program of study, the schedule of which is below:
Placement Test
The placement test (Cambridge Michigan Language Assessment or CamLA) is an 80-question test of listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary. The CamLA will be administered to all ACE students during orientation week.
The Tianjin Juilliard Advisory Council is comprised of exceptional individuals dedicated to supporting and advancing the mission of The Tianjin Juilliard School, ensuring the highest standards of excellence for Juilliard's new branch campus.
YOUNG--Shirley. The Tianjin Juilliard community is deeply saddened by the death of our great friend Shirley Young, an inaugural member of the Tianjin Juilliard School Advisory Council. A person of extraordinary intellect, determination and vision, she had an enormously positive impact on Sino-American relations for decades. She was particularly successful in using the arts to bring China and America together. We send our condolences to her family members and her many friends.
2025-2026 Academic Year Estimated Cost of Attendance
| Direct Costs: Costs that you will be charged by Tianjin Juilliard | Amount in USD** | Amount in RMB |
| Tuition | $55,500 | 399,600 RMB* |
| Residence Hall Standard Room | $3,009 | 21,600 RMB |
| Residence Hall Deluxe Room | $3,678 | 26,400 RMB |
| Estimated International Health Insurance Plan | $1,718 | 12,337 RMB*** |
| Estimated Direct Costs | $60,402 | 433,537 RMB |
| Indirect Costs: Other costs that you may incur for personal and living expenses | Amount in USD | Amount in RMB |
| Physical Examination Fee | $70 | 510 RMB |
| Residence Permit Application Fee | $110 | 800 RMB |
| Estimated Meals and Personal Expense | $2,786 | 20,000 RMB |
| Estimated Total Cost of Attendance | $63,371 | 454,847 RMB |
Visa and international airfares vary from country to country and are therefore not included in the Estimated Total Cost of Attendance.
*The tuition for The Tianjin Juilliard School 2025-2026 academic year is equal to the tuition for The Juilliard School New York campus 2025-2026 academic year. Please note that tuition at The Tianjin Juilliard School will typically increase by 4-6% annually, to match the annual tuition increase at The Juilliard School New York campus.
**The tuition amount in RMB is converted from the original USD amount. All the other costs in USD are provided for reference only, based on a conversion from the local currency of RMB.
***Health insurance costs may change. Therefore, your total direct costs may change.
****The physical examination fee and the residence permit application fee will be paid during the first week of new student orientation.
Tuition Advance
Newly admitted students wishing to reserve their place in the next entering class must pay the tuition advance of 3,500 RMB (approximately $500 USD) by April 15. Your place in the incoming class will not be guaranteed if the tuition advance is not received by the deadline. The tuition advance will be credited toward your fall semester tuition.
2025-2026 Academic Year Estimated Cost of Attendance
| Direct Costs: Costs that you will be charged by Tianjin Juilliard | Amount in RMB* |
| Tuition | 225,000 RMB** |
| Residence Hall Standard Room | 21,600 RMB |
| Residence Hall Deluxe Room | 26,400 RMB |
| Health Insurance (Optional) | 1,420 RMB |
| Estimated Direct Costs | 248,020 RMB*** |
| Indirect Costs: Other costs that you may incur for personal and living expenses | Amount in RMB |
| Estimated Meals and Personal Expenses | 20,000 RMB |
| Estimated Total Cost of Attendance | 268,020 RMB |
*All fees listed are for Tianjin Juilliard graduate programs only. Students interested in dual-degree (Tianjin Conservatory of Music/Tianjin Juilliard) should refer to the Dual-Degree Program.
**Please note that tuition at Tianjin Juilliard will typically increase annually.
***These costs are based on tuition fees, a standard room in the Residence Hall and optional health insurance.
Tuition Advance
Newly admitted students wishing to reserve their place in the next entering class must pay the tuition advance of 3,500 RMB by April 15. Your place in the incoming class will not be guaranteed if the tuition advance is not received by the deadline. The tuition advance will be credited toward your fall semester tuition.
Generous financial assistance is available to qualified students to support their artistic and educational journey at The Tianjin Juilliard School. Merit scholarships, need-based grants, graduate fellowships, and graduate assistantships are offered each year. In the previous year, each accepted student was awarded at least one scholarship, grant, or fellowship. Award criteria include the Graduate Studies audition results, academic records, recommendations, application materials, and institutional need for each program and instrument.
Outstanding applicants of the highest artistic merit will receive The Tianjin Juilliard Fellowship. Fellows receive a full-tuition, merit-based scholarship and a 15,000 RMB professional development stipend. Additionally, Fellows will experience enhanced professional development opportunities, including visibility as ambassadors of the institution and community engagement. These opportunities will continue to expand as the institution forges partnerships around the world.
Selection will be based on the Graduate Studies application, a competitive audition process, prior musical and academic achievement, and extraordinary potential for leadership in the field.
The prestigious fellowship will nurture the development of young artists at a critical point in their educational, musical, and professional development, allowing them to focus on developing their artistry with financial and professional support.
Pre-formed string quartets and piano trios applying to the Chamber Music program will be considered for the Tianjin Juilliard Chamber Music Fellowship Program. This graduate-level program brings a qualified string quartet and piano trio to Tianjin Juilliard, where they will pursue the two-year Master of Music degree in chamber music under the mentorship of the Tianjin Juilliard Resident Faculty, including members of the Shanghai Quartet and Visiting Faculty, including the Juilliard String Quartet.
Each member of the Tianjin Juilliard fellowship ensemble will receive the full-tuition fellowship, as well as on-campus housing, and a 15,000 RMB professional development stipend. The fellowship string quartet will also be given the opportunity to participate in the annual Juilliard String Quartet Seminar in New York. The prestigious fellowship will nurture the development of chamber music ensembles at a critical point in their educational, musical, and professional development, allowing them to focus on their study and craft with financial and professional support.
The fellowship ensembles will experience significantly enhanced programmatic opportunities, including performances throughout China and overseas, teaching and coaching experience, and community engagement. Besides a profound cultural and historical heritage, China offers exciting performance opportunities for emerging chamber ensembles. The ensemble will be visible ambassadors for Tianjin Juilliard and will have opportunities to perform at major performance venues and festivals throughout China, as well as in New York.
Pre-formed Brass and Woodwind Quintets applying to the Instrumental and Orchestral Studies program will be considered for the Tianjin Juilliard Orchestral Studies Fellowship. This graduate-level program brings a qualified Brass or Woodwind quintet to Tianjin Juilliard, where they will pursue the two-year Master of Music degree in Instrumental and Orchestral Studies under the mentorship of the Tianjin Juilliard Resident Faculty, and Visiting Faculty from Juilliard in New York.
Each member of the Tianjin Juilliard fellowship ensemble will receive the full-tuition fellowship, as well as on-campus housing, and a 15,000 RMB professional development stipend. The prestigious fellowship will nurture the development of chamber music ensembles at a critical point in their educational, musical, and professional development, allowing them to focus on their study and craft with financial and professional support.
The fellowship ensembles will experience significantly enhanced programmatic opportunities, including performances throughout China and overseas, teaching and coaching experience, and community engagement. Besides a profound cultural and historical heritage, China offers exciting performance opportunities for emerging chamber ensembles. The ensemble will be visible ambassadors for Tianjin Juilliard and will have opportunities to perform at major performance venues and festivals throughout China, as well as in New York.
将于2019年秋季正式开幕的天津茱莉亚学院，致力于把茱莉亚的艺术及教育使命分享给更广大的全球民众。天津茱莉亚学院将是中国首个颁发受美国认可的音乐硕士学位的艺术机构和高等院校，将开设硕士课程并颁发与纽约茱莉亚学院同等效力的管弦乐演奏、室内乐演奏及钢琴艺术指导专业的音乐硕士学位。此外，学院将为8至18岁的青少年学习者开设大学预科课程，并将面向更广大的社会公众开设器乐演奏、成人教育等课程项目。天津茱莉亚学院由茱莉亚学院同天津音乐学院、天津滨海新区管理委员会及天津新金融投资有限公司合作共建。
正式开学后的天津茱莉亚学院，不仅将成为集公开表演、艺术教育、学术研究及互动展览于一体的艺术中心，还将以其开敞宽阔的公共开放空间欢迎四方公众在此共享美妙的艺术及创意体验
研究生课程
管弦乐表演
此硕士课程旨在培养造就高水准的管弦乐演奏家，课程将围绕天津茱莉亚交响乐团的排练及演出而展开。同时，学生还将在教师的指导下精进独奏技艺并有机会参与在全球各地举办的乐团面试。此外，本课程将努力培养学生的相关职业技能，包括交响乐团的管理运营实务、如何为古典音乐发展观众、如何进行社区艺术拓展等。
室内乐表演
天津茱莉亚学院将成为中国最先开设室内乐表演音乐硕士课程的高等音乐学府之一。课程包括小提琴、中提琴、大提琴及钢琴等乐器演奏。学生将长期与教师及客座艺术家同台排练及演出，学生还将每周接受教师的一对一指导。
钢琴艺术指导
本课程是国内首次将钢琴艺术指导作为独立专业。学生可以选择声乐合奏或器乐合奏作为主修方向。声乐钢琴艺术指导的学生将最终具备在歌剧制作中为演唱家进行指导的能力，也将同样具备为其它艺术形式歌唱家进行指导的能力。器乐钢琴艺术指导的学生将有能力胜任二重奏及各种室内乐曲目中的钢琴演奏。
大学预科课程
大学预科课程将于 2019年9月开启，每周六为艺术水准出众的8至18岁青少年提供综合性的学院式预科教育。学生将在学院教师团队带领下学习，其中许多教师也同时承担天津茱莉亚学院研究生课程的教学。周末制大学预科课程将特别针对那些天赋出众、潜力十足的青年学生，帮助他们系统做好进入音乐学院接受高等教育的准备。
2011年8月，天津市政府与茱莉亚学院正式接触，邀请茱莉亚学院在天津建立新校区以提供世界级的音乐教育。
2012年，天津市政府将天津音乐学院与美国茱莉亚学院在于家堡金融区合作建立本科以上的高水准大学列入了天津市高等教育发展的目标和任务。
2015年8月，经教育部批准，天津茱莉亚合作办学机构筹备中心正式成立，并于2015年10月在纽约举行了天津茱莉亚学院揭牌仪式，国家主席夫人彭丽媛女士出席并见证仪式。此间，天津茱莉亚学院有关活动还两次被列入中美人文与社会交流机制计划。
2017年3月，曾任美国阿斯本音乐节副总裁的亚历山大·布罗泽被任命为天津茱莉亚学院执行理事兼首席执行官、曾任美国旧金山音乐学院弦乐系主任的小提琴家何为被任命天津茱莉亚学院艺术总监兼学术院长。
2017年6月，天津茱莉亚学院新校区正式破土动工
2018年11月，天津茱莉亚学院研究生项目获得中国教育部正式批准。同期，天津茱莉亚学院向社会公布其首届驻院教师团队的名单，并宣布正式开放大学预科课程的招生报名。
来自7个国家的21名音乐家出任首批常驻教师均拥有世界优秀交响乐团或知名音乐学院的工作经历。首批教师将于2019年8月起常驻天津，而首届大学预科学生也将于2019年9月入学。
此外，天津茱莉亚学院的研究生课程将于2019年秋季开放招生并将于2020年秋季正式开课。
天津茱莉亚学院坐落于天津经济技术开发区中心商务片区海河河畔，东临连接京津的滨海高铁站，南临中心商务区，并被海河河滨公园环抱其中。建筑呈开放格局，体现交融之意的中央大厅向四周公园开敞和延伸，成为师生及大众活动之所。音乐厅、独奏厅、黑盒剧场及图书馆分别坐落于大厅四周，通过空中连廊相互连接，并将教室、琴房及教学工作室分布其中。这里将是茱莉亚师生教学、学习及表演的中心，也将欢迎社会大众在此共享艺术体验。
该建筑由享誉全球的Diller Scofidio + Renfro建筑事务所担纲设计，他们曾担纲纽约茱莉亚学院校区扩建、纽约林肯中心公共空间重构、纽约MOMA当代艺术馆扩建等项目。
表演空间
音乐厅拥有687个座位，将成为交响乐、合奏团、独奏会及各类主题演出活动的主要表演空间。拥有299座的独奏厅将成为师生及艺术家们举行独奏会、室内乐及大师课的最佳空间。设有250座的黑盒剧场将以多元化的功能配备来满足音乐、舞蹈、戏剧及多媒体等多种艺术形式的呈现。在2020年秋季之后，天津茱莉亚学院的师生及客座艺术家们将每周在此为公众呈现精彩的演出。
图书馆
除丰富的馆藏图书及乐谱外，图书馆还将通过数字互联网技术与纽约茱莉亚学院相互连通，以便访问众多专业数据库，浏览其中的音视频资源、电子工具书、期刊论文全文及精选电子书，为演出及研究等需求提供广阔资源。
教学设施
主楼内建有1个面积315平方米的乐团排练厅， 3个130平方米的大排练厅及2个27平方米的小排练厅，并有不同面积的琴房共84间。学校还有12间54平方米的教室和22间48平方米的教学工作室，以及满足电子作曲、录音制作、视频编辑、乐器存储等各种需要。
茱莉亚幻想空间
在主体建筑内三个公开表演空间交汇处，打造了常设性的茱莉亚幻想空间，以最先进的数字互动及影像科技向公众展现古典音乐之美及其无限可能性。建成之后，这里将设有高清音视频体验、数字互动式展览等装置及展览项目，为师生及社会大众创造体验、探索及交流古典音乐的开放空间，推动古典音乐在不同年龄及背景的社会大众中传播，也为京津地区文化及艺术生活创新助力。
