About Juilliard

Throughout its history, The Juilliard School has maintained a commitment to providing the highest caliber of artistic and educational experience to exceptionally talented young performing artists from around the world. Dr. Joseph W. Polisi became the School’s sixth and current President, beginning with the 1984-85 academic year. Major projects that have been realized during his administration include the completion of the Meredith Willson Residence Hall in 1990; significant additions to the curriculum with new programs in jazz studies and historical performance; strengthening the School’s liberal arts program; implementation of numerous educational and community outreach programs; and a major expansion and renovation of Juilliard’s facility, completed in fall 2009.

The School was named for Augustus Juilliard, a wealthy textile merchant whose bequest was used to establish the Juilliard Graduate School in 1924. In 1926, it merged with the Institute for Musical Art to become the Juilliard School of Music. With the additions of a Dance Division in 1951 and Drama Division in 1968, the name was shortened to The Juilliard School.

Faculty
271 faculty members

Undergraduate Applicants to the College Division
2,466

Percentage Admitted
7.4%

Students in the College Division
846 students from 42 countries, with an undergraduate enrollment of 510.

Graduation Rate
81.%

Alumni
Juilliard alumni have collectively won more than 105 Grammy Awards, 62 Tony Awards, 47 Emmy Awards, 26 Bessie Awards, 24 Academy Awards, 16 Pulitzer Prizes, and 12 National Medals for the Arts.

Mascot
Penguin (unofficial)

Performance Spaces
Peter Jay Sharp Theater (907 seats)
Paul Recital Hall (275 seats)
Morse Recital Hall (125 seats)
Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater (195 seats)
Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theater (98 seats)
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Drama Studio (70 seats)

Stringed Instrument Collection
Juilliard has a collection of more than 200 high-quality stringed instruments available for students to borrow, including four violins by Guarneri del Gesù, two violins by Antonio Stradivari, and a Stradivari cello.

Pianos
Juilliard maintains an inventory of 253 Steinway pianos, the largest collection of any institution in the world.