Performing Arts 2022

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan

🇦🇽 Åland Islands

🇦🇱 Albania

🇩🇿 Algeria

🇦🇸 American Samoa

🇦🇩 Andorra

🇦🇴 Angola

🇦🇮 Anguilla

🇦🇶 Antarctica

🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda

🇦🇷 Argentina

🇦🇲 Armenia

🇦🇼 Aruba

🇦🇺 Australia

🇦🇹 Austria

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

🇧🇸 Bahamas

🇧🇭 Bahrain

🇧🇩 Bangladesh

🇧🇧 Barbados

🇧🇾 Belarus

🇧🇪 Belgium

🇧🇿 Belize

🇧🇯 Benin

🇧🇲 Bermuda

🇧🇹 Bhutan

🇧🇴 Bolivia

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇧🇼 Botswana

🇧🇻 Bouvet Island

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory

🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands

🇧🇳 Brunei

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

🇧🇮 Burundi

🇰🇭 Cambodia

🇨🇲 Cameroon

🇨🇦 Canada

🇨🇻 Cape Verde

🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands

🇰🇾 Cayman Islands

🇨🇫 Central African Republic

🇹🇩 Chad

🇨🇱 Chile

🇨🇳 China

🇨🇽 Christmas Island

🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands

🇨🇴 Colombia

🇰🇲 Comoros

🇨🇰 Cook Islands

🇨🇷 Costa Rica

🇭🇷 Croatia

🇨🇺 Cuba

🇨🇼 Curaçao

🇨🇾 Cyprus

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

🇩🇰 Denmark

🇩🇯 Djibouti

🇩🇲 Dominica

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

🇨🇩 DR Congo

🇪🇨 Ecuador

🇪🇬 Egypt

🇸🇻 El Salvador

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea

🇪🇷 Eritrea

🇪🇪 Estonia

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

🇫🇰 Falkland Islands

🇫🇴 Faroe Islands

🇫🇯 Fiji

🇫🇮 Finland

🇫🇷 France

🇬🇫 French Guiana

🇵🇫 French Polynesia

🇹🇫 French Southern and Antarctic Lands

🇬🇦 Gabon

🇬🇲 Gambia

🇬🇪 Georgia

🇩🇪 Germany

🇬🇭 Ghana

🇬🇮 Gibraltar

🇬🇷 Greece

🇬🇱 Greenland

🇬🇩 Grenada

🇬🇵 Guadeloupe

🇬🇺 Guam

🇬🇹 Guatemala

🇬🇬 Guernsey

🇬🇳 Guinea

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

🇬🇾 Guyana

🇭🇹 Haiti

🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands

🇭🇳 Honduras

🇭🇰 Hong Kong

🇭🇺 Hungary

🇮🇸 Iceland

🇮🇳 India

🇮🇩 Indonesia

🇮🇷 Iran

🇮🇶 Iraq

🇮🇪 Ireland

🇮🇲 Isle of Man

🇮🇱 Israel

🇮🇹 Italy

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast

🇯🇲 Jamaica

🇯🇵 Japan

🇯🇪 Jersey

🇯🇴 Jordan

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

🇰🇪 Kenya

🇰🇮 Kiribati

🇽🇰 Kosovo

🇰🇼 Kuwait

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan

🇱🇦 Laos

🇱🇻 Latvia

🇱🇧 Lebanon

🇱🇸 Lesotho

🇱🇷 Liberia

🇱🇾 Libya

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein

🇱🇹 Lithuania

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

🇲🇴 Macau

🇲🇰 Macedonia

🇲🇬 Madagascar

🇲🇼 Malawi

🇲🇾 Malaysia

🇲🇻 Maldives

🇲🇱 Mali

🇲🇹 Malta

🇲🇭 Marshall Islands

🇲🇶 Martinique

🇲🇷 Mauritania

🇲🇺 Mauritius

🇾🇹 Mayotte

🇲🇽 Mexico

🇫🇲 Micronesia

🇲🇩 Moldova

🇲🇨 Monaco

🇲🇳 Mongolia

🇲🇪 Montenegro

🇲🇸 Montserrat

🇲🇦 Morocco

🇲🇿 Mozambique

🇲🇲 Myanmar

🇳🇦 Namibia

🇳🇷 Nauru

🇳🇵 Nepal

🇳🇱 Netherlands

🇳🇨 New Caledonia

🇳🇿 New Zealand

🇳🇮 Nicaragua

🇳🇪 Niger

🇳🇬 Nigeria

🇳🇺 Niue

🇳🇫 Norfolk Island

🇰🇵 North Korea

🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands

🇳🇴 Norway

🇴🇲 Oman

🇵🇰 Pakistan

🇵🇼 Palau

🇵🇸 Palestine

🇵🇦 Panama

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea

🇵🇾 Paraguay

🇵🇪 Peru

🇵🇭 Philippines

🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands

🇵🇱 Poland

🇵🇹 Portugal

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

🇶🇦 Qatar

🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo

🇷🇪 Réunion

🇷🇴 Romania

🇷🇺 Russia

🇷🇼 Rwanda

🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy

🇸🇭 Saint Helena

🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis

🇱🇨 Saint Lucia

🇲🇫 Saint Martin

🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon

🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

🇼🇸 Samoa

🇸🇲 San Marino

🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

🇸🇳 Senegal

🇷🇸 Serbia

🇸🇨 Seychelles

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

🇸🇬 Singapore

🇸🇽 Sint Maarten

🇸🇰 Slovakia

🇸🇮 Slovenia

🇸🇧 Solomon Islands

🇸🇴 Somalia

🇿🇦 South Africa

🇬🇸 South Georgia

🇰🇷 South Korea

🇸🇸 South Sudan

🇪🇸 Spain

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

🇸🇩 Sudan

🇸🇷 Suriname

🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen

🇸🇿 Swaziland

🇸🇪 Sweden

🇨🇭 Switzerland

🇸🇾 Syria

🇹🇼 Taiwan

🇹🇯 Tajikistan

🇹🇿 Tanzania

🇹🇭 Thailand

🇹🇱 Timor-Leste

🇹🇬 Togo

🇹🇰 Tokelau

🇹🇴 Tonga

🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago

🇹🇳 Tunisia

🇹🇷 Turkey

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan

🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands

🇹🇻 Tuvalu

🇺🇬 Uganda

🇺🇦 Ukraine

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇺🇸 United States

🇺🇲 United States Minor Outlying Islands

🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands

🇺🇾 Uruguay

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan

🇻🇺 Vanuatu

🇻🇦 Vatican City

🇻🇪 Venezuela

🇻🇳 Vietnam

🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

🇪🇭 Western Sahara

🇾🇪 Yemen

🇿🇲 Zambia

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Total 107 universities

	University	Country
1	Royal College of Music (RCM)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	95.0	95.9	91.3
2	University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW)	🇦🇹 Austria	94.9	97.7	83.7
3	Juilliard School	🇺🇸 United States	93.8	100.0	69.2
4	Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique	🇫🇷 France	93.7	95.4	87.1
5	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	93.3	93.1	94.1
6	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	91.1	90.7	92.5
7	Royal Academy of Music	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	91.0	90.1	94.7
8	Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH)	🇳🇴 Norway	86.3	87.3	82.3
9	Curtis Institute of Music	🇺🇸 United States	86.0	89.9	70.3
11	Mozarteum University of Salzburg	🇦🇹 Austria	84.0	84.7	81.1
12	Moscow Conservatory	🇷🇺 Russia	83.0	85.4	73.2
13	New York University (NYU)	🇺🇸 United States	81.3	80.0	86.4
14	The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University	🇩🇰 Denmark	80.7	84.2	66.5
15	Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH)	🇸🇪 Sweden	79.4	85.0	56.9
16 =	St Petersburg University (SPbU)	🇷🇺 Russia	79.3	80.6	74.3
16 =	Harvard University	🇺🇸 United States	79.3	75.9	92.8
16 =	Royal Holloway University of London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	79.3	82.1	68.2
19 =	Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon (CNSMDL)	🇫🇷 France	79.1	79.4	77.7
19 =	UCSI University	🇲🇾 Malaysia	79.1	74.4	98.1
21	University of Cambridge	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	78.8	75.4	92.5
22 =	University of Oxford	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	78.7	75.5	91.7
22 =	Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	78.7	83.6	59.2
24	University of Rochester (UR)	🇺🇸 United States	78.4	80.0	72.1
25	University of Huddersfield	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	77.9	77.4	79.9
26	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	77.4	79.5	68.9
27	Yale University	🇺🇸 United States	77.1	75.3	84.2
28	Hochschule für Musik Saar (HFM)	🇩🇪 Germany	76.6	87.8	32.0
29	Columbia University (CU)	🇺🇸 United States	76.2	74.9	81.5
30	University of Michigan (UM)	🇺🇸 United States	76.1	75.9	77.0
31	McGill University	🇨🇦 Canada	75.2	76.9	68.5
32	University of Southern California (USC)	🇺🇸 United States	75.1	76.9	67.9
33	Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	74.9	76.2	69.5
34	The Royal Institute of Philosophy (RIP)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	74.5	85.2	31.5
35	Indiana University Bloomington (IU)	🇺🇸 United States	74.4	79.0	56.0
37	Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)	🇨🇭 Switzerland	74.2	84.9	31.2
38	Stanford University (SU)	🇺🇸 United States	74.0	71.7	83.3
39	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	🇺🇸 United States	73.8	73.6	74.4
40	Haute école de musique de Genève	🇨🇭 Switzerland	73.3	77.4	56.7
41	Duke-NUS Medical School	🇸🇬 Singapore	73.1	69.3	88.1
42	Korea National University of Arts (K-ARTS)	🇰🇷 South Korea	73.0	74.8	65.8
44	Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)	🇩🇪 Germany	72.1	75.6	58.3
45	Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA)	🇱🇹 Lithuania	71.9	68.3	86.2
46	University of Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	71.7	70.3	77.2
47	Mahidol University (MU)	🇹🇭 Thailand	71.6	66.0	93.8
48	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	🇺🇸 United States	71.4	71.4	71.4
49	The University of Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	71.3	69.8	77.2
50	Hochschule für Musik und Theater München	🇩🇪 Germany	71.1	80.9	32.0
51-100	Seoul National University (SNU)	🇰🇷 South Korea	-	66.2	68.7
51-100	University of Edinburgh	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	-	62.6	69.6
51-100	City University of New York (CUNY)	🇺🇸 United States	-	69.4	65.0

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