{"id":173986,"date":"2025-10-30T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173986&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:47:23","slug":"fukuokas-first-four-year-music-university-to-open-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuokas-first-four-year-music-university-to-open-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka\u2019s First Four-Year Music University to Open in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan\u2019s Ministry of Education has approved the establishment of Fukuoka International University of Music (Fukuoka Kokusai Ongaku Daigaku)\u2014the prefecture\u2019s first four-year music university\u2014scheduled to open in Dazaifu in April 2026. Operated by Takagi Gakuen, which runs several schools in Fukuoka, the new university will use the former facilities of Fukuoka Women\u2019s Junior College\u2019s music department. It plans to enroll 80 students in its first year across two programs: music performance and music business, the latter incorporating ICT to prepare students for careers in entertainment and creative industries. The school also intends to partner with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra for concerts and community outreach. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/fukuoka.takagigakuen.ac.jp\/exam_topics\/topics\/25\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka International University of Music<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173980\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-music-school_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C852&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka\u2019s First Four-Year Music University to Open in 2026\" width=\"1400\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-music-school_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-music-school_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-music-school_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C623&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-music-school_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C467&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka International University of Music official Instagram<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s Ministry of Education has approved the establishment of Fukuoka International University of Music&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173986","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-dazaifu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}