Cultivate your passion. Take risks. Nurture innovation. Become an entrepreneur.

The Clive Davis Institute is the first and only program of its kind to provide professional business and artistic training toward a BFA in Recorded Music. We aim to provide students with the necessary skills — business, creative, and intellectual — so that they might emerge as visionary creative entrepreneurs in the evolving music industry.

Our Brooklyn facility encourage exploration and curiosity, as the building houses leading programs in computer science and engineering, data informatics, gaming, digital media among others. 

We encourage students to develop innovative musical ideas and envision new music business models, work collaboratively, cultivate both intellectual rigor and a willingness to experiment artistically, and to assume leadership roles in the art and commerce of creating and selling recorded music.

Students who enroll have a wide range of aspirations. Some aspire to become CEOs of record labels. Some aspire to become record producers who helm successful production companies. And others are performing artists or music critics who want to develop their business acumen so that they might build a successful brand.