Royal College of Music

Royal College of Music

Front façade of the Royal College of Music
Type	Public
Established	1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Endowment	£44.3 million (2023)[1]
Budget	£34.1 million (2022/23)[1]
Chairman	Guy Black, Baron Black of Brentwood[2]
Director	James Williams
Patron	Charles III
Students	935 (2022/23)[3]
Undergraduates	485 (2022/23)[3]
Postgraduates	450 (2022/23)[3]
Location	Prince Consort Road, London , England 51°29′59″N 0°10′37″W / 51.49972°N 0.17694°W / 51.49972; -0.17694
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Conservatoires UK Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Universities UK
Website	rcm.ac.uk

The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performance, composition, conducting, music theory and history, and has trained some of the most important figures in international music life. The RCM also conducts research in performance practice and performance science.

The RCM has over 900 students from more than 50 countries, with professors who include many who are musicians with worldwide reputations. It is currently ranked as the worldwide number-one university for performing arts by the QS World University Rankings.^[4]

The college is one of the four conservatories of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and a member of Conservatoires UK. Its buildings are directly opposite the Royal Albert Hall on Prince Consort Road, next to Imperial College and among the museums and cultural centres of Albertopolis.