The School of Fine Arts or College of Fine Arts is the official name or part of the name of several schools of
fine arts
In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...
, often as an academic part of a larger
university. These include:
The Americas
North America
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Alabama School of Fine Arts
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Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
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Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico
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Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, Connecticut
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New York University Institute of Fine Arts
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San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately ...
, formally named "California School of Fine Arts"
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Tufts University
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University of Florida College of Fine Arts
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University of Iowa School of Art and Art History
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University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts
The University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts is composed of four academic units: the School of Art and Visual Studies, the Department of Arts Administration, the School of Music, and the Department of Theatre and Dance. The Singletary Center ...
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Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma
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University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts
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Vermont College of Fine Arts
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Yale School of Art, Yale University
Asia
Iran
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University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts, Tehran, Iran
Iraq
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Baghdad College of Fine Arts
The Baghdad College of Fine Arts (now the Institute of Fine Arts) is a faculty of the University of Baghdad.
Background
Until the early 20th-century there was little development in the visual arts. However, in the 1930s and 40s, a group of talente ...
Philippines
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University of Santo Tomas College of Fine Arts and Design
Sri Lanka
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, former name was " Colombo College of Fine Arts"
Europe
Belgium
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Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel
Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel, based in the Schaerbeek municipality of Brussels, Belgium, is an independent flemish art school. It is a predominantly Dutch-speaking institution located on the Paleizenstraat/Rue de Palais, and at another site, withi ...
Denmark
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Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
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Funen Art Academy
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Jutland Art Academy
France
École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) is a name borne by art schools in several French cities
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École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon
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École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, de Paris (French National School of Fine Arts)
Germany
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Berlin University of the Arts
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Braunschweig University of Art
The Braunschweig University of Art (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, HBK) is the second largest College of Fine Arts in Germany.
History
The history goes back to the “Zeichnen-Instithut” (Drawing Institute) founded by the Brun ...
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Munich Academy of Fine Arts
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Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
Greece
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Athens School of Fine Arts
Italy
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Brera Academy
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School of Fine Arts at the American Academy in Rome
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Florence Academy of Art, School of fine arts Italy
Netherlands
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Academie Minerva, Groningen
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ArtEZ Institute of the Arts
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AKV St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch and Breda
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Amsterdam University of the Arts
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ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem en Zwolle
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Design Academy
Design Academy Eindhoven is an interdisciplinary educational institute for art, architecture and design in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The work of its faculty and alumni have brought it international recognition, and is widely regarded as one of the w ...
, Eindhoven
*{{ill, Fontys Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, nl, Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten#Fontys Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Tilburg
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Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The academy was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design.
History
In 1924, th ...
, Amsterdam
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Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
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Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts
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Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
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Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
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Utrecht School of the Arts
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Willem de Kooning Academie (WDKA), Rotterdam
Poland
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Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in
Kraków
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Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in
Wrocław
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Academy of Fine Arts In Łódź
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Academy of Fine Arts in
Warszawa
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Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan
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Academy of Fine Arts in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
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Art Academy in
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
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Academy of Fine Arts in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
Sweden
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Valand School of Fine Arts
Valand Academy ( sv, Akademin Valand) is a school for film, photography, literary composition, and fine art at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.
It was formed in 2012 through the merger of three formerly independent schools/de ...
United Kingdom
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Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
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Heatherley School of Fine Art, London
*School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies of
University of Leeds
*School of Fine Art and Photography of
University for the Creative Arts
*School of Fine Art of
Glasgow School of Art
*Birmingham School of Fine Art, former name of
Birmingham School of Art
The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Arts, Design a ...
Australia and New Zealand
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Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
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Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand)
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UNSW Art & Design, University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia); previously the UNSW College of Fine Arts
Types of university or college
Art schools