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Oberlin College and Conservatory This silent video makes quick cuts, showing the green space and buildings around campus followed by students and faculty engaging in discussions, working in labs, and performing music.

Oberlin is a place of intense energy and creativity, built on a foundation of academic, artistic, and musical excellence. With a top-ranking liberal arts college, a world-class conservatory, and a first-rate art museum all on a single campus, it is the ideal laboratory in which to study and design the world you want.

Reason 1 Why Oberlin College? Oberlin runs on collaboration between students and professors. You’ll be known, valued, and mentored by accomplished and accessible faculty. Reason 2 Magic happens when you combine a renowned liberal arts college and an extraordinary conservatory of music.

Oberlin’s engaged liberal arts education extends outside the classroom and into the world. Through research, study away, winter term intensives, internships, and fellowships, students deepen their learning, applying the dynamism of intellectual inquiry to real world experiences.

The Oberlin Admissions Office is open Monday through Friday and select Saturdays. During your visit, prospective students can tour campus, attend an information session, and interact with current students.

Oberlin Conservatory opens a world of possibilities: mentorship from esteemed faculty, exposure to transformative programs and visiting artists, access to exemplary facilities, and countless opportunities to perform⁠—on campus and beyond! With a focus on the undergraduate musician, you'll expand your artistic flexibility and increase your exposure through music spanning a world of styles.