The Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, "New Academy of Fine Arts", also known as NABA, is a private academy of fine art in

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, in

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in northern Italy. It has approximately 3000 students, some of whom are from abroad; it participates in the Erasmus Programme.

History

NABA was founded in Milan in 1980. In 1994 the Nuova Accademia received one of the forty "Ambrogino" certificates of civic merit awarded each year by the

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of Milan.Benemerenze Civiche (elenco aggiornato all'anno 2011)
(in Italian). Accessed May 2013. In 2008 NABA began hosting a "node" of the Planetary-Collegium research platform of the University of Plymouth. NABA was bought by Bastogi Spa of Milan in 2002. In December 2009 Bastogi sold it to

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, Maryland, for €22 million.Storia
(in Italian). Bastogi Spa. Accessed May 2013.
(in Italian). ''La Repubblica'', 13 January 2010. Accessed May 2013. The school is listed by the

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca The Ministry of Education, University and Research (in it, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, italic=no or MIUR) is the ministry of the Italian government for the national education system, the Italian universities and ...

, the Italian ministry of education, as a "legally recognised academy" in the AFAM classification of schools of music, art and dance that are considered equivalent to a traditional university.AFAM, Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica: Accademie di belle arti legalmente riconosciute
(in Italian). Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed May 2013.

References

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