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Of the 5 Music & Performing Arts universities in Finland, University of Jyväskylä ranks highest at #498 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Oulu University of Applied Sciences (#9 in Finland) and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (#13 in Finland). Across the whole list there are 6 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Jyväskylä at #498 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Jyväskylä has the largest research record in this group, with 3,285,396 citations and an h-index of 444. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 5 public to 0 private institutions. The biggest concentrations are in Jyväskylä (1), Oulu (1) and Helsinki (1). The oldest is University of Jyväskylä, founded in 1863. Metropolia University of Applied Sciences is the largest, with 18,000 students.
By level: 4 master's and 2 bachelor's. The usual length is 1 year and 60 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake). Metropolia University of Applied Sciences offers the widest choice, with 2 of these courses.
University of Jyväskylä (QS World #498), Oulu University of Applied Sciences (#9 in Finland) and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (#13 in Finland) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
5 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 1 year, with 60 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then.
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, with 2, ahead of Novia University of Applied Sciences (1).
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