Outgoing exchanges

Green grass and hedges and people sat below the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Exchanges are an excellent opportunity for Royal College of Music students to broaden their horizons by getting to know another city, its language and its culture. They also provide an opportunity to study with a new teacher and to develop new contacts that can help advance your future career as a musician.

We have a large number of exchanges available with leading European, American, Japanese, South Korean and Australian music conservatories and universities. These exchanges provide an excellent opportunity to study abroad at other world-leading institutions as part of your RCM studies.

Many students who take advantage of such opportunities make connections that enable them to work overseas when they graduate from the RCM, often launching international careers.

‘My teacher, a member of the New York Philharmonic trumpet section, was really encouraging and inspiring.’

RCM Exchange Student

‘I can strongly recommend it to anyone who is interested in gaining a wide variety of experience.’

RCM Exchange Student

‘I got to know a new city and make new friends. Also changing teachers and learning different views and techniques gave me a different perspective to my playing. Everyone should try it!’

RCM Exchange Student

Outgoing exchanges are normally for a period of one term during the Autumn term.

Erasmus+

Although the UK Government has decided that, following the UK's withdrawal from the EU, we will no longer participate in the European exchange programme, Erasmus+, we are delighted that our European partners are happy to continue our long-standing collaboration and continue to offer exchanges between our institutions.

Partner institutions

The list below shows the RCM’s current partner institutions for student exchanges. This list may be subject to change for exchanges commencing in future years.

European exchanges

Conservatorium van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Germany

Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium Brussels, Belgium

Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hochschule fur Musik Köln, Germany

Koninklijk Conservatorium den Haag, The Netherlands

Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Finland

Musikhochschule Karlsruhe, Germany

Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Dance de Lyon, France

Musikhogskolan i Malmö, Sweden

Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, Germany