Pictured: Joey Aston Lim, Bachelor of Music (Honours) Class of 2024
NAFA Launches Singapore’s First Joint Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Partnership with RCM, London
南洋艺术学院 (NAFA|UAS) 携手英国皇家音乐学院 (RCM) 推出新加坡首个联合音乐荣誉学士学位
NAFA-UAS and the Royal College of Music have introduced Singapore’s first jointly awarded Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree, offering a four-year program with global training, international placements, and flexible pathways to prepare future musicians for both performance and the wider creative industry.
Singapore’s First Joint Bachelor of Music Degree Launched ！
新加坡首个联合音乐荣誉学士学位正式推出！
Where Talent Meets Opportunity—and Music Becomes a Future.
Singapore marks a new milestone in music education with its first joint Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree—offered by NAFA, University of the Arts Singapore, in collaboration with the world-renowned Royal College of Music, London.
This four-year programme combines elite conservatoire training with Asian musical identity, offering overseas placements, mentorship from RCM professors, and industry opportunities including collaborations with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO).
For passionate young musicians ready to perform, create, and pursue music professionally—this is where your journey begins.
For more information, please refer to the brochure.
At NAFA | School of Music, music is more than skill—it is purpose.
Here, discipline meets creativity, and heritage meets innovation. Every student embarks on a journey designed not only to refine their technique but also to discover and shape their artistic identity on the global stage.
With over 40 years of artistic excellence and strong international partnerships—including our long-standing collaboration with the Royal College of Music (RCM)—we offer one of the region’s most distinctive and respected music pathways for tomorrow’s performers, composers, and educators.
在南洋艺术学院音乐学院，音乐不仅是一门技艺——更是一份使命。
在这里，严谨与创造力融合，传统与创新并行。每位学生都将踏上一段专属的成长旅程，不仅精进技巧，更在世界舞台上塑造独一无二的艺术声音。
凭借四十余年的艺术积淀以及包括**英国皇家音乐学院（RCM）**在内的国际合作，我们为未来的表演者、作曲家与音乐教育者，提供本地区极具特色、备受认可的音乐教育之路。
音乐教育对话会 2026 · 北京站
Music Education Dialogue 2026 · Beijing Edition
重新定义全球高等音乐教育—新加坡艺术大学｜南洋艺术学院：连接伦敦皇家音乐学院与亚洲的桥梁。
Redefining Global Music Education—University of the Arts Singapore｜Nanyang Academy of
Fine Arts: Bridging the Royal College of Music and Asia.
“重新定义全球高等音乐教育——国际合作的新范式”
由林汉崇博士主讲，讨论与重新定义全球高等音乐教育——国际合作的新范式。
A keynote by Dr. Lim Han Chong, redefining global higher music education and shaping new paradigms for international collaboration.
校友分享 Alumni Reflections
王珊（声乐）与周原旭（钢琴）分享留学与职业历程。
Wang Shan (Vocal) and Zhou Yuanxu (Piano) share their personal experiences in overseas studies and professional careers.
About Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Established in 1938, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), a founding member of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS), is Singapore’s pioneer and largest arts institution. Renowned for its unique identity and strength in Southeast Asian arts, NAFA’s Institute of Southeast Asian Arts (ISEAA) is a global leader in Southeast Asian art practice and research. NAFA has nurtured the greatest number of alumni conferred the nation’s highest accolades, with 14 Cultural Medallions and 15 Young Artist Award recipients. As the only arts institution offering a comprehensive range of educational pathways from early childhood to adulthood, NAFA inspires learning and growth through diverse programs. These include tertiary education, lifelong learning courses at the Centre for Lifelong Education, junior arts classes in the School of Young Talents, and arts-enriched preschool education.
With a rich heritage dedicated to arts education, NAFA strives to live up to its mission of “inspiring learning and growth through the arts.”
For more information, visit www.nafa.edu.sg and follow us @nafa_sg on Instagram.
About the Royal College of Music
Opened in 1883, the Royal College of Music (RCM) is a world-leading music conservatoire with a prestigious history and contemporary outlook. More than 900 undergraduate and postgraduate students come from over 60 countries and are taught in a dynamic environment, leaving the RCM to become the outstanding performers, conductors, and composers of the future. In 2025 the Royal College of Music was ranked the Global No. 1 institution for Performing Arts and Music for the fourth year running in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
The Royal College of Music is a world-class centre for innovation and research, which informs teaching and helps students develop fully as artists. This includes the opportunity to hone the art of performance in the Performance Laboratory, a world-leading simulation facility which acoustically and visually replicates a variety of different performance conditions. Recognising the value of heritage and reflecting on music history is equally important, and students have access to the Royal College of Music Library with manuscripts by Mozart, Elgar and Holst, the Royal College of Music Museum with over 14,000 musical items, and on-site collections.
The Royal College of Music has trained some of the most important figures in British and international music including composers and performers such as Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Leopold Stokowski, Sir Hubert Parry, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Neville Marriner, Dame Joan Sutherland, Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alina Ibragimova, Tarik O’Regan, Lord Lloyd Webber, Sir James Galway, Anna Meredith MBE, Louise Alder and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Recent visitors to the Royal College of Music include Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Antonio Pappano, Dame Imogen Cooper, Sarah Willis, Vasily Petrenko and Lang Lang. Our recent honorary doctorates include Sir Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Bryn Terfel, Steve Reich and Maxim Vengerov. www.rcm.ac.uk