The Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination and Fudan University will organize a "Shanghai World Expo Music Festival" in July involving more than 30 prestigious universities and colleges from across the world, officials said Sunday.

The participating universities and colleges include big names such as Yale University, Harvard University, Oxford University, Imperial College, Peking University and Vienna University.

Performances, including jazz, symphony, choir, percussion and dances, will be staged at Exposition Square at Puxi Expo site as well as other places outside Expo site, such as Xintiandi, university campuses and local communities in the city.

The event will open on July 5.