The Sibelius Academy (Finnish Sibelius-Akatemia; Swedish Sibelius-Akademin) is a university level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland (also adult education centre in Järvenpää and training centre in Seinäjoki). The Academy is the only music university in Finland. It is among the biggest European music universities with roughly 1700 enrolled students. It was founded in 1882 as Helsingfors musikinstitut ("Helsinki Music Institute") and was renamed Sibelius-Akatemia in 1939 to honour its own former student and Finland's most celebrated composer Jean Sibelius. The primary degree at the Sibelius Academy is the Master of Music (MMus) degree. The school also offers postgraduate degrees with artistic and research options. The postgraduate degrees are the Licentiate of Arts in Music Lic.A. (Mus.) and the doctoral degree of Doctor of Arts in Music D.A. (Mus.) Junior Academy is nation-wide and open to gifted school children.
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