This research focuses on the role of music education in enhancing the desired attributes of science students in Xuzhou University of Technology (XUT) China. Therefore, by offering Music courses within its technical-focused packages, XUT majored in student’s self-control and integrity, which are noble values for academic and career advancement. The study focuses on the effects of teaching and learning music on the development of learners’ thinking skills, feelings as well as on their interpersonal relationships, originality, and cooperation. Based on Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences and Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, the study uses questionnaires, interviews, and integrate analysis of curriculum integration strategies. Its objectives are to describe an understanding of the music education outcomes and voluntarism for the primary and secondary school students at XUT with the view to enhance practices and policies in the educational sector. This study reveals the significance of music education in students’ growth to XUT’s learner development considering the learning institution’s cultures. Thus, stressing formation of the necessary and genuinely valuable personal qualities with the help of music, this work enhances the discussion of the concept of the integral education and training persons for various opportunities to succeed in a modern society.
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