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, within reachable distance of Brussels'
North Station.
The Hogeschool provides exclusively art-related university-level higher education, hence the name. It houses around 1,000 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
audio-visual
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arts,
graphic
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and
publicity design
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,
photography and
fine art 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
Socrates programme 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'' (
Saint Luke), 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
acronym of "Leuven University College of Arts", as a result of the strengthening partnership between LUCA's preceding institutions and the ''
Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven'', through the
KU Leuven Association and the transfer of the architecture departments to KU Leuven.
See also
*
Institut Saint-Luc, the independent
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
-speaking equivalent in Brussels with the same name
References
External links
Hogeschool Sint-Lukas BrusselMore information about higher education in Flanders/Belgium (in English)Find an officially recognised programme of this institution in the Higher Education Register
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