It is an institution of higher learning focusing on training senior special music talents and currently, it is the only institution that was listed as one of the leading schools in the “211 project” among all Academies of Fine Arts in China. The Central Conservatory of Music consists of departments of Musicology, Composition, Conducting, Piano, Voice and Opera, Orchestral Instruments, and Traditional Chinese musical Instruments, Institute of Music Education, Orchestra Academy, Music Science and Technology(including Electro-Acoustic Music Center, Institute of Music Therapy, Violin making Center, Voice Research Center), Musicology Institute---one of the key Institutes of Humanities and Social Science of the Ministry of Education, College of Music Education for Distant Learning, Continuing Education College, Primary and Middle school.
To carry on the Chinese music tradition and absorb the essences of other music cultures, Central Conservatory of Music will strengthen the international exchanges and move forward with diverse academic forces to become a top Conservatory in the world.