In this newly-created department students learn primarily theories of music and sound space. In order to produce artists who can inquire into the relationship between sound and our society in the future, this department aims to teach its students diverse value systems, and enabling them to cultivate flexible sensitivity. For the same purpose, students are also trained in music making with a totally new conception, transcending the boundaries of conventional music. They are also trained in the relationships between body and sound and those between space and sound, and in art-management which will renovate the traditional cultural environment.

The core curriculum consists of middle-term and long-term practice-seminars, referred to as "projects". Students may experiment with various projects held in collaboration with instructors and off-campus artists.