Nagoya University of Arts, East Campus

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As the only private “university” of the arts, NUA aims to cultivate persons of talent with rich sensibility and creativity and foster human resources who contribute to creating and developing art, culture, and human development. Many NUA alumni contribute to society as creators, performers, designers, and educators, utilizing specialized knowledge and professional skills they studied at NUA.
Under provisions of the Basic Act on Education (Act No.120 of 2006) and School Education Act (Act No.26 of 1947), the purpose of NUA is to carry out education and research in specialized scholarship and arts concerning the arts and specialized knowledge on human development, to give liberal arts education, and thereby to foster human resources who can contribute to the arts, culture and human development in Japan.
NUA aims to realize new values by cross-cutting academic engagement based on well-balanced educational concepts with intelligence and sensitivity. The university also intends to contribute to the local community and society by intensifying its effort into career education, strengthening cooperation with local governments and businesses, and developing education and research with the arts.
The School of the Arts aims to foster human resources with excellent personalities who can contribute to the local community and society by carrying out education in specialized scholarship and arts concerning the arts and giving liberal arts education.
The School of Human Development encourages its students to acquire sensitivity and ability to support children’s growth and development in education and welfare by learning theory and skills in childcare and education, experiencing practical training, and cultivating artistic sensitivity. The school aims to foster nursery teachers, kindergarten teachers, and elementary school teachers who can contribute to the local community.
The School of the Arts develops the right learning environment to foster specialists in Music, Art, Design, and Arts & Culture and to encourage students to acquire skills to see the Arts from a global perspective. SOA aims to train professionals capable of fully demonstrating their potentials in creativity, productivity, and expressivity to answer the demand from society and contribute to society across borders in the future.
There are nine courses in the division, and the students are aspired to become performing artists, composers, music producers, sound engineers, music therapists, etc.
The Art Division encourages its students to acquire an eye for art and to cultivate individuality and creativity. There are three courses in the division, and the students face themselves and discover their paths to choose through expression.
The Design Division encourages its students to learn a design that colors every scene in society. There are 11 courses in the division, and the students aim to learn the significance of design and become creators capable of contributing to society with new ideas.
Making liberal arts the theme, the Arts and Liberal Arts Division develops a new learning style and fosters human resources with new artistry and prospectiveness conforming to the age.
The School of Human Development encourages its students to cultivate rich sensitivity and acquire professional skills through excellent practical training. The students are aspired to become professionals in childcare and education who bear the children’s future.

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