Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts (ASUCA; az, Azərbaycan Dövlət Mədəniyyət və İncəsənət Universiteti) was founded in 1923 on the basis of the Baku Theatrical College. It is

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

's main state-funded institution of higher education in performing arts.

Background

Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts upon its establishment in 1923, operated under the name of Theatrical Institute. The first admitted students were educated in the fields of theatrical performance, acting and filmmaking. In 1954, the Theatrical Institute was named after the famous actor Mirzaagha Aliyev. Since 1959, the school has also trained specialists in Cultural Education and, since 1963, in Applied Decorative Arts. In 1968, the Theatrical Institute was renamed into Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts. During 1981–1991, a number of new disciplines were introduced into the curriculum, including Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Art Specialties, Theatre, Cinema, Culturology, and the Industry of Art.

Faculties

* Art of Acting * Art of Film Making * Art Studies * Art of Music * Artistry

Notable alumni

* Malakkhanim Ayyubova, Azeri folk singer *

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, painter *

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, film director *

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, actor and film director *

Alakbar Huseynov Alakbar Huseynov ( az, Ələkbər Hüseynov; July 7, 1961 – August 2, 2007) was an Azerbaijani film, television and theater actor; a puppeteer; comedian; and theater director. He was the former head director of the Baku Puppet Theatre, and was ...

, actor, puppeteer, entertainer, director *

Hasan Mammadov Hasan Agamammad oglu Mammadov (; 22 November 1938 – 26 August 2003) was a theater and cinema actor of Azerbaijan, People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1982) received USSR and Azerbaijan State Awards. Life Hasan Mammadov was born on November 22, 1 ...

, theater and cinema actor *

Ulduz Rafili-Aliyeva Ulduz Saleh gizi Rafili-Aliyeva (15 December 1922, Ganja, Goranboy region – 2006, Baku) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet theater director, professor, Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1964). She was the first Azerbaijani women to become a p ...

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