TIANJIN, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The first overseas campus of New York's Juilliard School, Tianjin Juilliard, said its inaugural graduate program has been officially open for applications.

According to the school, graduate degrees will be offered in three collaborative programs of orchestral studies, chamber music and collaborative piano after two years of study, with the first class to open in fall 2020.

The degrees will be equal to those issued by the Juilliard School in New York, according to Xu Changjun, chancellor of the Tianjin Juilliard.

The Tianjin campus is set to bring extraordinary training and teaching experiences to the Chinese and international music students, according to Joseph W. Polisi, president emeritus and chief China officer of the Juilliard School.