Interpretation of the 2026 Undergraduate Admissions of the Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Chongqing Normal University

Chongqing Normal University + Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Majors: Musicology (Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education), Music Performance (Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education)

Education level: Undergraduate degree education

To implement the joint statement of China and Russia, promote major-country diplomacy, and fulfill the consensus of the heads of state, the city of Chongqing actively introduced the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (hereinafter referred to as "Moscow Conservatory") to cooperate in running a school in Chongqing. Chongqing Normal University and the Moscow Conservatory are the specific implementers of this cooperative education. On September 17, 2023, the Chongqing Municipal People's Government and Chongqing Normal University respectively signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Moscow Conservatory, confirming the content of cooperation and officially launching the preparatory journey of the Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Chongqing Normal University. After more than two years of meticulous preparation and unremitting efforts, in May 2025, the Chinese Ministry of Education officially approved the establishment of a non-independent legal entity Sino-foreign cooperative educational institution—the Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Chongqing Normal University (hereinafter referred to as "Chongqing Conservatory"), as a secondary college of Chongqing Normal University, scheduled to enroll students and begin operation in September 2026. Approved by the Ministry of Education, the Chongqing Conservatory is a non-independent legal entity Sino-foreign cooperative educational institution jointly run by Chongqing Normal University and the Moscow Conservatory. Chongqing Normal University is the only cooperative educational partner of the Moscow Conservatory worldwide in its 160-year history. As a secondary college of Chongqing Normal University, the Chongqing Conservatory has independent office areas and teaching venues, is equipped with high-quality hardware facilities and a management system, and fully introduces the Moscow Conservatory's unique educational philosophy, training model, curriculum system, teaching methods, and faculty, committed to cultivating high-level professional music talents.

Education level: Public undergraduate

Campus: Chongqing Normal University University Town Campus

Two undergraduate majors offered

(1) Music Performance (Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education)

Training objectives: Implement the Party's educational policy and the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, focus on cultivating composite applied music performance talents who develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, possess noble aesthetic sentiments and conscious aesthetic awareness, have solid basic theoretical knowledge of music and world-class music performance abilities, and are capable of serving as soloists, ensemble players, and conductors in literary and artistic troupes and art colleges, or engaging in performance and teaching such as solo singing, choral singing, and conducting, and capable of achieving excellent results in major domestic and international competitions.

Employment direction: Graduates may engage in performance or teaching work such as solo, ensemble, conducting, solo singing, choral singing, and conducting in literary and artistic troupes and art colleges, and engage in stage practice work for Sino-Russian cultural and artistic exchanges.

(2) Musicology (Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education)

Training objectives: Implement the Party's educational policy and the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, focus on cultivating professional talents in the field of musicology who develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, master relevant theoretical knowledge of musicology, possess certain music theoretical accomplishment, comprehensive humanistic literacy, and a broad international cultural perspective, and are capable of engaging in music research, teaching, production, editing, and operation in research institutions, art colleges, mass cultural departments, social literary and artistic groups, radio, film and television departments, and online media and other relevant institutions or units.

Employment direction: Graduates may engage in related work in research institutions, art colleges, mass cultural departments, social literary and artistic groups, radio, film and television departments, and online media and other relevant institutions or units, and engage in organizing, planning, and research work for Sino-Russian cultural and artistic exchanges.

Students who pass the National Unified College Entrance Examination, complete all courses according to the undergraduate education requirements of the Chongqing Conservatory, and meet the graduation and degree-granting conditions of Chongqing Normal University will receive the undergraduate graduation certificate and the Bachelor of Arts degree certificate issued by Chongqing Normal University. At the same time, they will receive a course completion certificate issued by the Moscow Conservatory.

High-quality faculty and core courses from the Moscow Conservatory will be introduced, and the teaching level will approach or reach the standard of the Moscow Conservatory. Outstanding teachers and excellent graduates of the Moscow Conservatory will teach at the Chongqing Conservatory. The proportion of professional core courses undertaken by foreign teachers in the total number of professional courses, and the proportion of teaching hours of professional core courses undertaken by foreign teachers in the total teaching hours, both far exceed the one-third required by the Ministry of Education.

Without going abroad, students can receive authentic Russian academic-style professional training on campus and learn face-to-face from the world's top music performance and artistic training system.

On campus, students can participate in master classes, academic lectures, and concerts by famous teachers of the Moscow Conservatory, and have the opportunity to exchange at the Moscow Conservatory headquarters, experiencing Russian culture.

Total enrollment plan: 100 students

Music Performance (Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education): 90 students,

Enrollment directions or requirements:

① Vocal music: bel canto, 10 students;

② Choral conducting: bel canto, 15 students;

③ Instrumental music: piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, oboe, clarinet, flute (piccolo), bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, 65 students.

Musicology (Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education): 10 students.

Enrollment plan details by province:

Chongqing

Musicology: 1 student

Music Performance: vocal music (bel canto) 2 students; choral conducting (bel canto) 2 students; instrumental music 5 students.

Sichuan

Musicology: 1 student

Music Performance: choral conducting (bel canto) 1 student; instrumental music 6 students.

Hebei

Music Performance: instrumental music 6 students.

Shanxi

Music Performance: choral conducting (bel canto) 1 student; instrumental music 6 students.

Jiangsu

Music Performance: choral conducting (bel canto) 1 student; instrumental music 3 students.

Zhejiang

Musicology: 1 student

Music Performance: vocal music (bel canto) 1 student; instrumental music 4 students.

Shandong

Musicology: 2 students

Music Performance: vocal music (bel canto) 2 students; choral conducting (bel canto) 2 students; instrumental music 5 students.

Henan

Musicology: 1 student

Music Performance: vocal music (bel canto) 1 student; choral conducting (bel canto) 1 student; instrumental music 5 students.

Hubei

Musicology: 1 student

Music Performance: choral conducting (bel canto) 2 students; instrumental music: 3 students.

Hunan

Musicology: 1 student

Music Performance: vocal music (bel canto) 2 students; choral conducting (bel canto): 2 students; instrumental music: 6 students.

Guangdong

Musicology: 2 students

Music Performance: choral conducting (bel canto) 2 students; instrumental music 3 students.

Yunnan

Music Performance: instrumental music 4 students.

Fujian

Music Performance: instrumental music 2 students.

Inner Mongolia

Music Performance: vocal music (bel canto) 2 students.

Guizhou

Music Performance: instrumental music 3 students.

Jiangxi

Music Performance: choral conducting (bel canto) 1 student; instrumental music 2 students.

Anhui

Music Performance: instrumental music 2 students.

Enrollment method: Included in the national general college enrollment plan, participating in the National Unified College Entrance Examination, strictly implementing the national unified enrollment policy, and complying with relevant enrollment and admission regulations and requirements.

Campus address: Chongqing Normal University University Town Campus (No. 37, University Town Middle Road, Shapingba District, Chongqing)

Tuition standard: 60,000 yuan per student per academic year

Chongqing Normal University Undergraduate College Admissions Phone: 023-65911111

Chongqing Normal University Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory Admissions Phone: 023-65363998

Chongqing Normal University Undergraduate Admissions Website: https://zsb.cqnu.edu.cn