Facts and Figures

Students

For the year 2019-2020, the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles has over 650 students registered. Of these, 25%  are Belgian, and 75% come from abroad, from around 40 different countries, specialiising as follows:

• 350 in classical and contemporary music 
• 48 in early music
• 120 in jazz
• 95 actors
• 30 students in music education 
• 20 students in drama education
• 12 students taking specialised masters
• 3 doctoral students
• 200 new students, selected in 2017 from 450 candidates
• 10 students from abroad who are studying here as part of the Erasmus, or other exchange programmes. 

Age

• Apart from a few exceptions, the students are between 18 and 30 years old 
• The average age is 25 

Financial aid

• Around 30 awards of social aid were given each year

Faculty

• The teaching body includes professors, assistants, teaching Le corps enseignant rassemble professeurs, assistants, teaching staff, accompanists, and guest lectureres. Counting all categories together, they number 240.
• The administrative staff includes 32 people.

Courses

• 49 courses structured in 2 cycles for 2018-2019
• Around 30 masterclasses in 2018-2019
• 227 students graduated in 2019
• 200 public shows (129 in house, and 51 external) in the 2018-2019 season (excluding public examinations), working with around 20 partnerships, and over 16 000 audience members (excluding public examinations).

Buildings

• Totale surface area of the three sites : approx. 15 000 m²
• 3 000 m² of rooms for teaching and rehearsals 
• 1 700 m² dedicated to learning stage performance.
• 600 m² of office space. 

Library

• 5 kilometers of shelving, spread on 7 levels. 
• 1 million documents accessible, available to borrown and/or consult 

Rooms

• 70 teaching rooms
• 2 rehersal / creation spaces 
• 3 public halls: 80-seater, 98-seater and one with 597 spaces

Instruments

70 pianos, 6 harpsichords, 3 pianofortes, 2 portable organs, a great Collon organ with 35 stops, and a study organ, plus around 50 other instruments.