Anton Bruckner University

Anton Bruckner University for Music, Drama, and Dance is one of nine Austrian Universities for Music, Drama and Dance, and one of five universities in Linz. 850 students from all parts of the world study here. They are taught by a team of 220 professionals, who are internationally recognised artists, academics and teachers. ABU sees itself as an open university in an open society, as a place for experimentation, a place to ask questions and try things out, a place where art in all its facets is created and lived – dynamically, diversely, innovatively and curiously. The university looks back on 200 years of history as an artistic educational institution and has been accredited as a private university owned by the province of Upper Austria in 2004. The roots of the institution lie in a singing school founded in 1823 which was designated a conservatory and named after famous Austrian composer Anton Bruckner in 1932. The cultural landscape of Upper Austria sets an example in music education all over Europe. The Upper Austrian Federal Government gives particular support to artistic education, which is why – compared with similar institutions – tuition fees here are extremely moderate.