The Conservatory of Music of Qingdao University is the highest music institution in Qingdao, with young musician Dr. Tao Yabing and professor as the dean and famous conductor Mr. Bian Zushan as the honorary dean and conductor of the student symphony orchestra. There are three undergraduate majors in musicology, music performance and composition technology theory and one master of music major. The Conservatory of Music, formerly known as the Music Department of Qingdao Normal University, was established in 1984. Later, it was upgraded to Teachers College, and 1993 was merged into Qingdao University. Musicology (Music Education) was established in 1998. On the basis of this department, the Art College was established in Qingdao University from 1 1 in 2000. In 2003, the college obtained a master's degree in musicology. In August 2004, it was renamed "Conservatory of Music". There are 4 doctors, 8 masters/kloc-0 (6 international students) and 6 professors and associate professors/kloc-0. In addition, the college has long hired famous musicians and music educators at home and abroad as visiting professors or held concerts and lectures. The college has established the relationship of exchanging students and teachers with the Music School of the University of Missouri in the United States and the Tausengen Conservatory of Music in Germany. At present, the college has music department (director: Dr. Wang Jingyi, associate professor), music education department (director: Associate Professor Wang Wenli) and composition department (director: Dr. Zhang Xudong, Associate Professor), Vocal Music Department (Director: Professor Wang Jingbin), Orchestral Department (Director: Professor Wang Lin), Folk Music Department (Deputy Director: Sun Li) and Keyboard Department (Director: Professor Zhou Xing). Postgraduates' major directions are: music history (tutor: Tao Yabing), ethnomusicology (tutor: Qi Huimin, Wang Jingyi) and composition (polyphony). In order to adapt to the diversity of music performance disciplines, the college has established a teaching system focusing on vocal music, keyboard, orchestral music, folk music and musicology, including dozens of musical instruments and professional categories, hired outstanding domestic professionals as professional guidance, and introduced advanced management teaching experience at home and abroad into the Conservatory of Music. Adhere to the standardized professional teaching mode in teaching, give full play to the enthusiasm of existing teachers, and hire famous artists and performing artists at home and abroad as part-time teachers, which ensures that the college is in line with art education at home and abroad in discipline setting and teaching. In addition, the college also attaches great importance to the teaching link of "practice". The college has music practice performance organizations such as student symphony orchestra, choir, national orchestra, chamber orchestra and dance team, aiming at consolidating theoretical teaching through practice and displaying teaching results through stage. In the course arrangement, the proportion of practical courses such as symphony orchestra ensemble class, folk music team class and chorus class has been increased. The college also plans to improve students' artistic practice level by focusing on training top students to participate in domestic and international competitions, holding concerts every week, and performing for students majoring in music performance at the end of each semester. In addition to full-time undergraduate teaching, the Conservatory of Music has also carried out all-round and multi-level art education, established diversified Philharmonic Art School, affiliated art high school and Qingdao Oriental Private School, and jointly set up characteristic music classes. Over the years, it has successfully carried out the teaching of correspondence courses. In 2005, the college opened an in-service master's course.