Throughout history, music has been utilized for therapy by civilizations such as in Egypt,China, Ancient Greece and Central Asia. Magician doctors of hunter-gatherer tribes have triedto cure patients through finding the voice and song of the evil spirits which are believed to causethe sickness. Central Asian Turks have used music for therapy and healing, along with worshipand casting spells. Later, during the Seljuk and Ottoman periods, they have built therapy houses(şifahane), and written books on music therapy. There are African tribes which continue thetradition of music therapy even today. As for the more recent history of music therapy, we findthat in 1848, a music therapist form Prague, Raudnitz, to be the first to investigate the importanceof music in medicine, specifically in psychoses. Around this time and forward, studies on musictherapy have started in different countries; music therapy associations have been founded; andlater in universities, music therapy departments have been established. Currently, music therapyeducation is provided in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels in many countries inAmerica, Europe, and Asia. In addition, many independent foundations and centers are activelydoing research on music therapy. In Turkey, however, music therapy education is not provided inany academic institution. Research, studies and performances on music therapy are being carriedout by foundations, centers, academicians - usually through personal efforts. This study describesinstitutions that provide music therapy education and their current studies in Norway, Latvia,Japan, U.K., Argentina, Brazil, Egypt and Turkey.