Academic Music College, fully Tchaikovsky Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory (Russian: Академическое музыкальное училище при Московской государственной консерватории им.

Founded in 1891 as Public Music College by pianist Valentina Zograf-Plaksina [ru],[1] the college was given the name of and an official attachment to the Moscow Conservatory[citation needed] in 1936.

Academic Music College's full graduate program lasts four years.

Its diploma gives graduates the right to work professionally as teachers, orchestra players, conductors, operatic and choir soloists.

[2] The Academic Music College can also be considered a preparatory stage for further advancement in higher education institutions such as conservatories and universities.