The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. It became a university and acquired its current name in 1973.

History

Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade

The University of Arts was established on 10 June 1957, as the Academy of Arts, a union of the existing higher art schools (academies). Until then independent, the Academy of Music (founded in 1937), the Academy of Fine Arts (founded in 1937), the Academy of Applied Arts (founded in 1948) and the Academy of Theatrical Arts (founded in 1948) became the Academy of Art, an association of higher art schools in Belgrade. In 1973, these four academies, being the only higher art schools in Serbia at that time, became faculties: the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Faculty of Music, the Faculty of Applied Arts and Design and the Faculty of Dramatic Arts (theater, film, radio and television). Being their association, the then Academy of Arts became the University of Arts in Belgrade.

Faculties

Faculty of Music Arts

The Faculty of Music is the oldest higher education institution for music in Serbia. It was established in 1937 as the Academy of Music, and became a faculty and acquired its current name in 1973.

Faculty of Fine Arts

The Faculty of Fine Arts ( sr, Факултет ликовних уметности, Fakultet likovnih umetnosti) is a

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

institution that was established in 1937 by

Toma Rosandić Toma Rosandić ( sr-cyr, Тома Росандић; baptized as Tomaso Vincenzo, 22 January 1878 – 1 March 1958) was a Serbian and Yugoslav sculptor, architect and fine arts pedagog. Together with Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), he was the mos ...

Milo Milunović Milo Milunović (6 August 1897 in Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro – 11 February 1967 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFRY) was a distinguished Yugoslav and Montenegrin painter. He dabbled in both Impressionism and Cubism. Biography Milunović ...

and

Petar Dobrović Petar Dobrović ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Добровић; ; 14 January 1890 – 27 January 1942) was a Serbian painter and politician. Biography Dobrović was born in Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary. A proponent of Serbian colorism, he was known for ...

as the Academy of Fine Arts, and became a faculty and acquired its current name in 1973. The faculty has three departments - sculpture, painting and graphic - and has approximately 2500 students and a teaching staff of 550.

Faculty of Applied Arts

The Faculty of Applied Arts was established in 1948 as the Academy of Applied Arts, and became a faculty and acquired its current name in 1973.

Faculty of Dramatic Arts

The

Faculty of Dramatic Arts The Faculty of Dramatic Arts ( sr, Факултет драмских уметности, Fakultet dramskih umetnosti; abbreviated FDU) is a constituent institution of the University of Arts in Belgrade which focuses on education and research in t ...

was established in 1948 as the Academy of Theatre Arts. In 1950, the High Education School for Film Acting and Directing was merged into it, and in 1962, its name was changed to the Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television. In 1973, it became a faculty and acquired its current name. It is the only one located in

Novi Beograd New Belgrade ( sr, / , ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. It is a planned city, built since 1948 in a previously uninhabited area on the left bank of the Sava river, opposite old Belgrade. In recent years, it has become the central bu ...

Interdisciplinary studies

Interdisciplinary studies of the University of Arts in Belgrade were founded in 2001, as contemporary conceived studies in the domain of polymedia, digital arts, scene design, theory of arts and media and management in the culture. Interdisciplinary studies were created out of the need of studying contemporary artistic or theoretical fields which are not covered by usual artistic and scientific disciplines. These studies research new artistic and theoretical practices, which are linked to studies on particular faculties. Interdisciplinary studies represent a significant developmental activity of the University of arts which strengthens links of the University with its faculties, improves cooperation amongst professors of the faculties of arts, as well as the experts from various fields

Rectors

List of rectors with term served: *

Sreten Stojanović Sreten Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Сретен Стојановић; 2 February 1898 – 29 October 1960) was a Serbian sculptor and art critic. His artistic individuality was best observed in portraits made of various materials. Biography He was bor ...

(1957–1958) * Mihailo Vukdragović (1958–1959) *

Đorđe Andrejević-Kun Đorđe Andrejević-Kun (; 31 March 1904 – 17 January 1964) was a Serbian painter and academic. He designed the Coat of Arms of the City of Belgrade and reputedly designed the Coat of arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and ...

(1959–1963) *

Vjekoslav Afrić Vjekoslav or Vekoslav is a male Slavic given name, meaning "''glorious through the ages''" . People * Vjekoslav Banovic - Croatian Australian football player *Vjekoslav Bastl - Croatian architect *Vjekoslav Bevanda - Former prime minister of Bosn ...

(1963–1965) *

Bruno Brun Bruno Brun (1910–1978) was a Yugoslav clarinetist and professor at the Belgrade Music Academy. Education Brun was born in Hrastnik, Austro-Hungary, now Slovenia. He graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy in 1945 and continued his education in ...

(1965–1971) *

Jovan Kratohvil Jovan Kratohvil (17 April 1924 – 22 February 1998) was a Yugoslav sports shooter. He competed in the 300 m rifle, three positions event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska ...

(1971–1973) *

Dragoslav Stojanović Sip Dragoslav (Cyrillic: Драгослав) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from '' drag'' ("dear, beloved") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names."Behind the Name", 's.v.'' https://www.behindthen ...

(1973–1976) * Ratko Đurović (1976–1977) * Radoš Novaković (1977–1979) *

Aleksandar Obradović Aleksandar Obradović ( sr-cyr, Александар Обрадовић) (22 August 1927 in Bled, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 1 April 2001 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) was a Serbian 20th-century composer and professor at the ...

(1979–1983) *

Vojin Stojić Vojin ( sr, Војин) is a masculine given name or surname of Slavic origin. It may refer to: *Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), prominent Croatian sculptor of Serbian descent *Vojin Božović (1913–1983), Montenegrin, Yugoslav international, footbal ...

(1983–1985) *

Nandor Glid Nandor Glid (12 December 1924 - 31 March 1997) was a Yugoslav sculptor, best known for designing the memorial sculpture at the Dachau concentration camp. Biography Glid was a Holocaust survivor who had been a forced laborer and partisan during the ...

(1985–1989) *

Darinka Matić-Marović Dara Rolins (born 7 December 1972) is a Slovak recording artist and entrepreneur. Her music career began at the age of nine, after being cast in the television musical ''Zázračný autobus'' (1981). The early role established a formula for her ...

(1989–1998) *

Radmila Bakočević Radmila Bakočević ( sr-Cyrl, Радмила Бакочевић, ; born January 5, 1933), is a Serbian operatic soprano who had a major international opera career that began in 1955 and ended upon her retirement from the stage in 2004. During he ...

(1998–2000) *

Milena Dragićević-Šešić Milena may refer to: * ''Milena'' (skipper), a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae * Milena, Sicily, a ''comune'' in the Province of Caltanissetta, Italy * Milena (given name), a popular female Slavic name * ''Milena'' (film), a 1991 Fr ...

(2000–2004) *

Čedomir Vasić Čedomir (Cyrillic script: Чедомир) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to: *Čedomir Antić (born 1974), Serbian historian *Čedomir Čupić (born 1947), professor *Čedomir Đoinčević (born 1961), Serbian football co ...

(2004–2009) *

Ljiljana Mrkić Popović Ljiljana (Cyrillic script: Љиљана) is a feminine given name. It may refer to: * Ljiljana Aranđelović (born 1963), Serbian politician and former presidential candidate in the Serbian presidential election, 2004 *Ljiljana Blagojević (born 19 ...

(2009–2015) *

Zoran Erić Zoran Erić ( sr, Зоран Ерић / ''Zoran Erić'', ) (born 6 October 1950) is a Serbian composer based in Belgrade. He teaches composition, orchestration, theater and film music at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serb ...

(2015–2018) *

Mileta Prodanović Mileta ( sr, Милета) is a masculine given name and a surname of Slavic origin. It may refer to: ;Masculine given name *Mileta Jakšić (1863–1935), poet *Mileta Lisica (born 1966), basketball player *Mileta Radulović (born 1981), football ...

(2018–2021) * Mirjana Nikolić (2021–present)

References

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