Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel (the "LUCA School of Arts") is an independent

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based in the

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. It is a predominantly

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-speaking institution located on the Paleizenstraat/Rue de Palais, and at another site, within reachable distance of Brussels'

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. The Hogeschool provides exclusively art-related university-level higher education, hence the name. It houses around 4,000 students across its academic provision, and can trace its roots back to the first foundation of a Sint-Lukas art school in 1880. The school offers master programmes (four years) across the disciplines of

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arts,

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and publicity design,

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and

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and bachelor programmes in interior design and construction. It also organizes Transmedia, a postgraduate programme for art students. The Hogeschool actively encourages student mobility, and maintains several links with art schools across the continent through the

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and the Erasmus programme, with language of instruction to exchange students being English in the appropriate circumstances. It is closely associated with the Sint-Lukas gallery in the city, showcasing contemporary art and its documentation.

Name

The name "LUCA School of Arts" is a reference to '' Sint-Lukas'' (

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), the name given a number of schools of the (''Instituts Saint-Luc'' or ''Sint-Lucas instituten''), of which part of the Flemish institutes merged to create LUCA. Originally, however, the name "LUCA" was created as an

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of "Leuven University College of Arts", as a result of the strengthening partnership between LUCA's preceding institutions and the ''

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'', through the

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and the transfer of the architecture departments to KU Leuven.

Alumni

Hugo Puttaert Hugo Puttaert (Brussels, 3 April 1960) is a graphic designer, organizer, teacher and editor based in the greater Brussels area, Belgium. Biography Studies and early career Puttaert studied fine arts (printmaking) at Sint-Lukas Hogeschool, Sint-Lu ...

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