Postgraduates in music education are mainly divided into two camps in China, one is headed by normal university, and the other is dominated by emerging conservatories of music. These two categories have different emphases.

The research direction of music education major in normal universities is relatively single, and there is no subdivision.

The conservatory of music is better than the former as a whole.

For example, the Central Conservatory of Music and Shanghai Conservatory of Music tend to put foreign teaching systems into localized research.

China Conservatory of Music focuses on the study of music psychology.

Others are more about music courses and teaching theories.

Capital Normal University, Northeast Normal University, Southwest University, Huazhong Normal University, Hunan Normal University, Northwest Normal University, Fujian Normal University, South China Normal University, Shanghai Normal University, Harbin Normal University, etc. They are all top universities of music education in normal universities in China.