Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava

Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
Vysoká škola výtvarných umení v Bratislave (VŠVU)
Established	June 9, 1949
Rector	Prof. Stanislav Stankoci, MFA
Location	Bratislava, Slovakia
Website	http://www.vsvu.sk/

The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (AFAD) (Slovak: Vysoká škola výtvarných umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠVU) is an academy in Bratislava, Slovakia. AFAD was founded in 1949 at the dawn of totalitarian regime in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. For next forty years, the institution was under the pressure of political doctrine promoting so called socialist realism in arts, as well as suffering the political purges affecting badly the whole society. In spite of troubled historical development and atmosphere of repression, at AFAD there were few spheres of so-called “positive deviation”. The resistance to the orthodoxy of socialist realism was made possible thanks to the intellectual and artistic background of some of the professors and their personal approach to their students. After years of totalitarianism, in 1989 the AFAD was one of the few higher education institutions in the country where the whole teaching staff was re-selected in an open competition. Since then many changes in educational profile and academic life of students and faculty had been taking place. As a result, today the AFAD is a present—day oriented school offering study in three levels (bachelor, master and doctoral) and five specific fields: Fine Arts, Design, Architecture, Restoration, and Theory and History of Arts.

Departments

Architecture; Photography and New Media; Printmaking and Other Media; Intermedia and Multimedia; Painting and Other Media; Design; Restoration; Sculpture, Object, Installation; Theory and History of Art; Textiles; Applied Art; Visual Communication; Division of Drawing

Standard study, BA and MA and Art D./PhD. level

Standard study in BA level: (8 semesters); MA level (4 semesters); doctoral level (min. 6 semesters); Standard study at AFAD is offered only in Slovak language. Successful student is awarded the Diploma and the title “Bachelor of Arts” Bc. (equivalent to Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA), “Master of Art” MFA (equivalent to Master of Fine Arts, MFA), “artis doctor” Art D., and “philosophiae doctor” PhD. To be accepted the student must pass a highly competitive admission exam based on art practice creative work carried out during the examination and the language / theory / art history knowledge tests. Application procedure for students wishing to study at AFAD varies according to the level of study.

Mobility—the exchange stay at AFAD

Mobility—the exchange stay is offered for the duration of one semester. For students incoming under the programs Erasmus LLP, CEEPUS and Bilateral Agreement Program cooperation with partner institutions the study is free of charge. However, students may be asked to cover particular expenses connected with extra costs for administration processes and materials.

External links

Official website (Slovak)
student services (Slovak)

Universities and colleges in Slovakia

Public colleges	Comenius University in Bratislava* University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice* University of Prešov in Prešov* University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava* University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice* University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra* Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica* University of Trnava* Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Technical University of Košice University of Žilina in Žilina Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín in Trenčín* University of Economics in Bratislava Slovak University of Agriculture* in Nitra University of Technology in Zvolen Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica Catholic University in Ružomberok* Selye János University in Komárno*

State colleges	Police Academy in Bratislava Slovak Medical University in Bratislava* General Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš

Private colleges	Pan European University Bratislava International School of Liberal Studies College of Public Administration Economics and Management Dubnica Technology Institute in Dubnica nad Váhom St. Elizabeth College of Health and Social Work in Bratislava Security Management College in Košice International Business College ISM Slovakia in Prešov Central European College in Skalica College in Sládkovičovo College of Management in Trenčín

* university

Coordinates: 48°08′30″N 17°06′26″E / 48.1416°N 17.1072°E / 48.1416; 17.1072

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