This is a list of fine art universities and colleges in Europe, containing
academic institutions
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of
higher
Higher may refer to:
Music
* The Higher, a 2002–2012 American pop rock band
Albums
* ''Higher'' (Ala Boratyn album) or the title song, 2007
* ''Higher'' (Ezio album) or the title song, 2000
* ''Higher'' (Harem Scarem album) or the title song ...
(
tertiary)
undergraduate education,
postgraduate education
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and
research, offering
academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions commonly offer degrees at various levels, usually including unde ...
s of
fine art (such as
Bachelor of Fine Arts
A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students for pursuing a professional education in the visual, fine or performing arts. It is also called Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) in some cases.
Background
The Bachelor ...
,
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.)
is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admini ...
, and equivalent). The list makes no distinction between public or private institutions, or by institutions that focus solely on fine art or as part of a wider range of related or non-related subjects. However, it does exclude 1) institutions below higher (
tertiary) education, and 2) academic institutions that focus solely on arts in the definition of
design, and
applied arts, etc.
Austria
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Academy of Fine Arts Vienna,
Vienna, 1692
website*
University of Art and Design Linz,
Linz, 1947
website*
University of Applied Arts Vienna,
Vienna, 1867
website
Belgium
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Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp ( nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) is an art academy located in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. It was founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger, ...
,
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, , 1663
website*
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts,
Brussels, 1711
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Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent ( nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Gent, KASK) is an art school that is one of the oldest art schools in Belgium. It is now part of the Hogeschool Gent.
History
The Academy was founded in 174 ...
,
Ghent, 1741
website*
LUCA School of Arts
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, with ...
,
Brussels, 1880
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Institut Saint-Luc,
Brussels, 1882
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La Cambre,
Brussels, 1926
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo
The Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo () is a faculty within the University of Sarajevo in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, dedicated to the performing arts.
History
The Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo was officially opened in 1981 w ...
,
Sarajevo, 1981
Bulgaria
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National Academy of Arts
The National Academy of Arts ( bg, Национална художествена академия) is an institution of higher education in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest and most renowned school of arts in the country.
History
The National ...
,
Sofia, 1896
Croatia
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Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb,
Zagreb, 1907
Cyprus
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Cyprus College of Art
The Cyprus College of Art (CyCA) is an artists' studio group, located in the village of Lempa, Cyprus, Lempa on the west coast of Cyprus. It was founded in 1969 by the artist Stass Paraskos; the current director is the Cyprus-based artist Margaret ...
,
Larnaca, 1969
Czech Republic
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Academy of Fine Arts, Prague,
Prague, 1799
website*
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague,
Prague, 1885
website*
Prague City University
Prague City University is an English-language private university in the Vinohrady district of Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 2004. Formerly known as Prague College, the university adopted its current name in 2021.
The university has two cam ...
,
Prague, 2004
*
Faculty of Fine Arts
In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...
,
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...
, 1993
website
Denmark
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Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,
Copenhagen, 1754
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Funen Art Academy Funen Art Academy ( da, Det Fynske Kunstakademi) is an independent, nationally recognized educational institution located in central Odense, Denmark offering a 5-year programme in contemporary visual arts.
The academy is funded jointly by the Danis ...
,
Odense, 1944
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Jutland Art Academy
Jutland Art Academy ( da, Det Jyske Kunstakademi, abbreviated DJK), is a state recognized institute for higher education in Aarhus, Denmark, offering a 5-year programme in contemporary art. The academy has no departments and focuses on conceptuall ...
,
Århus, 1959
*The Classical Drawing School,
Glyptoteket
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ("ny" means "new" in Danish; "Glyptotek" comes from the Greek root ''glyphein'', to carve, and ''theke'', storing place), commonly known simply as Glyptoteket, is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. The collection ...
Estonia
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Estonian Academy of Arts,
Tallinn, 1914
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Tartu Art College,
Karlova, 2000
Finland
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University of the Arts Helsinki,
Helsinki, 2013
France
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École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts,
Paris, 1682
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École nationale supérieure d'art de Nancy,
Nancy, 1702
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Institut supérieur des arts de Toulouse,
Toulouse, (1746?)
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ESAD de Reims
The École Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Reims is a college of art and design in Reims, France.
History
The school of fine arts was founded in 1748 by Reims local government. Its founder, Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly, sought to attract a ...
,
Reims
Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne.
Founded by ...
, 1748
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École supérieure d'art et de design Marseille-Méditerranée
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savo ...
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Marseille, 1752
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École supérieure des beaux-arts de Tours
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savo ...
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Tours, 1760
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École supérieure d'art de Grenoble
École supérieure d'Art de Grenoble is a school of Fine Arts in Grenoble, France.
Notable graduates
* Samuel Rousseau (artist), Samuel Rousseau
* Matthieu Laurette
* Barthélémy Toguo
* Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
*Véronique Joumard
* Philip ...
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Grenoble, 1762
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École supérieure d'art d'Aix-en-Provence,
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
, 1765
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École nationale supérieure d'art de Dijon,
Dijon, 1765
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École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
The École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ÉnsAD, also known as Arts Decos', École des Arts Décoratifs) is a public grande école of art and design of PSL Research University. The school is located in the Rue d'Ulm in Paris.
Profil ...
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Paris, 1766
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École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon,
Lyon, 1756
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Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
, (1779?)
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École supérieure d'art et de design d'Orléans,
Orléans, 1787
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École régionale des beaux-arts de Rennes
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savo ...
,
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
, 1795
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École supérieure d'art d'Avignon
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savo ...
,
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...
, 1801
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Haute École des arts du Rhin
Haute may refer to:
People
* Nicholas Haute (1357 – c.1415), English knight, landowner and politician
** William Haute (MP) (1390-1462), son of Nicholas, Member of Parliament, English politician
** William Hawte or Haute (c. 1430 - 1497), son o ...
,
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, (1821?)
*
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Paris, 1856
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Villa Arson,
Nice, 1881
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École Boulle
The École Boulle is a college of fine arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, France.
History
The École Boulle was founded in 1886 and is named after the cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle, who is generally considered to be the preeminent a ...
,
Paris, 1886
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École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savo ...
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Bordeaux, 1889
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École supérieure des beaux-arts de Nantes Métropole
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savo ...
,
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
, 1904
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École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy
The École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris Cergy is a National public school of art and design established in Cergy-Pontoise. It is one of the 5 National Art school in France, run by the French Ministry of Culture (France). Recognized as F ...
(ENSAPC), 1975
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Paris College of Art,
Paris, 1981
PCA website*
Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques
An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations ( research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body.
In some countries, institutes ca ...
,
Paris, 1985
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Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art (PASCA) was an art school in Pont Aven France, founded in 1993 by art historian Caroline Boyle-Turner as an international fine arts program for advanced under-graduate and post-graduate studies. It was a priva ...
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Pont-Aven, 1993
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European Academy of Art in Brittany (
European University of Brittany),
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
, 2010
*
Parsons Paris (2013) (
Parsons School of Design
Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhatt ...
),
Paris, 2013
website
Germany
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Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
The Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg) was founded in 1662 by Jacob von Sandrart and is the oldest art academy in German-speaking Central Europe.
The art academy is situated in Nuremberg.
Classes ...
,
Nuremberg, 1662
Akademie website*
Berlin University of the Arts,
Berlin, 1696
UDK website*
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design,
Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...
, 1915
University website*State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 1761
Akademie website*Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 1773
Akademie website*Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, 1764
*Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Leipzig, 1764
*University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, Hamburg, 1767
*Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, 1777
*Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Munich, 1808
Akademie website*Städelschule, Frankfurt, 1817
*Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, Offenbach am Main, 1832
*Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, 1854
*Bauhaus University, Weimar, Weimar, 1860
*University of the Arts Bremen, Bremen, 1873
*Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin,
Berlin, 1946
*Braunschweig University of Art, Braunschweig, 1952
Greece
*Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, 1837
*Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 1925
Hungary
*Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, 1870
*Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, 1871
Iceland
*Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík, 1998
Ireland
*National College of Art and Design, Dublin, 1746
NCAD website*Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, 185
Limerick School of Art website*Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork (city), Cork, 1974
Crawford website*Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, 1992
School of Art, Design & Printing website*Burren College of Art, Galway, 1993
Burren College of Art website*Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, 1997
Italy
State academies of fine art
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, 1563
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Rome, latter part of the 16th century
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di Torino "Albertina", Turin, 1678
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, 1750
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Naples, 1752
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano "Brera", Milan, 1776
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, Carrara, 1769
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo, Palermo, 1780
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Bologna, 1802
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di Lecce, Lecce, 1960
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania, Catania, 1967
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, 1967
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, Urbino, 1967
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di L'Aquila, L'Aquila, 1969
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Bari, Bari, 1970
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Foggia, Foggia, 1970
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Catanzaro, Catanzaro, 1972
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata, Macerata, 1972
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di Frosinone, Frosinone, 1973
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Sassari, Sassari, 1989
Other academies with state recognition
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Perugia, 1573
* Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova, Genoa, 1751
* Academy of Fine Arts, Verona, Accademia di Belle Arti di Verona, Verona, 1764
* Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, Bergamo, 1796
* Accademia di Belle Arti di Ravenna, Ravenna, 1827
website* Accademia di Belle Arti "Lorenzo da Viterbo", Viterbo, 1975
website* Accademia di belle arti Michelangelo, Agrigento, 1979
website* Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, 1980
* Accademia di Belle Arti Aldo Galli di Como, Como, 1989
website* , Cuneo, 1992
website* , Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse, 1995
website* Accademia di Belle Arti di Sanremo, Sanremo, 1997
website* Accademia di Belle Arti "Fidia" di Stefanaconi, Stefanaconi, 1997
website* Accademia di Belle Arti "Rome University of Fine Arts" di Roma, Rome, 1998
website* Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Libera Accademia di Belle Arti LABA di Brescia, Brescia, 1999
* Accademia di Belle Arti Kandinskij di Trapani, Trapani, 1999
website* , Brescia, 2002
website* Accademia di Belle Arti Abadir di San Martino delle Scale, Monreale, San Martino delle Scale
website* Accademia di Belle Arti Abadir di Sant'Agata li Battiati, Sant'Agata li Battiati
website* , Milan
website* Accademia di Belle Arti Europea dei Media ACME di Novara, Novara
website* Accademia di Belle Arti I. Repin a Firenze, Firenze
website
Latvia
* Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, 1921
Lithuania
* Vilnius Academy of Art, Vilnius, 1793
Netherlands
*Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Hague, 1682
KABK website*Willem de Kooning Academy (including Piet Zwart Institute), Rotterdam, 1773
Willem de Kooning website*Academie Minerva, Groningen, 1798
website*AKV St.Joost, Breda, Den Bosch, 1812
website*Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 1870
Rijksakademie website*Fontys School of the Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg, 1912
*Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 1924
Gerrit Rielveld Academie website*Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, 1948
Jan van Eyck Academie website*Amsterdam University of the Arts, Amsterdam, 1987
*Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht, 1993
*Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, 1996
FMI website*Artez, Arnhem, Enschede, and Zwolle, 2002
ArtEZ website*Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht
Norway
*Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen, 1972/1909
*Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Trondheim, 1979
*Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, 1996
*Tromsø Academy of fine Art, Tromsø, 1997
Poland
*Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków, 1818
website*University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poznań, 1919
*Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Warsaw, 1932
*Academy of Fine Arts In Łódź, Łódź, 1945
Portugal
*Colégio das Artes (University of Coimbra), Coimbra, (1542?)
*University of Porto, Porto, 1911
website*University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 1911
website
Romania
*George Enescu University of Arts of Iași, Iași, 1864
*Bucharest National University of Arts, Bucharest, 1948
*Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, 1925
Russia
*Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, 1757
*British Higher School of Art& Design, Moscow, 2015
Serbia
* University of Arts in Belgrade#Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, 1937
Slovakia
*Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Bratislava, 194
VSVU website
Slovenia
*Academy of Fine Arts and Design (University of Ljubljana), Ljubljana, (1919?)
Spain
* Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, 1744
* Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia, Valencia, 1768
* Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, Barcelona, 1775
Sweden
*Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, 1735
http://www.kkh.se/en*Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 1844
https://www.konstfack.se/en*Valand Academy, Gothenburg, 1865
http://akademinvaland.gu.se/english*Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, 1965
http://www.khm.lu.se/en*Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, Umeå, 1987
http://www.art.umu.se/en
Switzerland
*École cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1821
*Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, 1878/2007
United Kingdom
England
*Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1768
Royal Academy website*Royal College of Art, London, 1837
RCA website*Manchester School of Art, Manchester, 1838
*Leeds Arts University, Leeds 1846
*Hereford College of Arts, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, 1851
*Bath School of Art and Design, Bath, Somerset, Bath, 1852
*Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London), London, 1854
St Martins College website*City and Guilds of London Art School, London, 1854
*Arts University Plymouth, Plymouth, 1856
*Slade School of Art, London, 1871
Slade website*Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art (University of Oxford), Oxford, 1871
*Arts University Bournemouth, Poole, 1880
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth website*Wimbledon College of Art (University of the Arts London), London, 1890
Wimbledon College website*Goldsmiths College, London, 1891
Goldsmiths website*London College of Communication (University of the Arts London), London, 1894
LCC website*Camberwell College of Arts (University of the Arts London), London, 1898
Camberwell College website*Falmouth University, Falmouth, Cornwall, 1902
*University of Leeds, Leeds, 1904
*Chelsea College of Arts (University of the Arts London), London, 1908
Chelsea College website*Liverpool College of Art, Liverpool, 1910
Northern Ireland
*Belfast School of Art, Belfast, 1849
Scotland
*Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, 1760
ECA website*Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, 1845
GSA website*Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, 1885
*Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, 1888
DJCAD website*Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, 1987
Wales
*Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff, 1865
*Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Conwy, 1881
See also
*Art school
*Art education
*List of art schools in Europe
Notes
{{Art world
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Lists of universities and colleges in Europe, *