Kyoto University of the Arts
Kyoto University of the Arts (京都芸術大学, Kyōto geijutsu daigaku) is a private university in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1934. It was chartered as a junior college in 1977 and became a four-year college in 1991 as Kyoto University of Art and Design. The name of the university was changed to Kyoto University of the Arts in 2020.
The university retains many distinguished visual and performing artists as regular faculty and guest lecturers. Since 2004, the university's International Research Center for the Arts (IRCA) has welcomed guest artists from the Americas, Europe, and Japan.[1]
Departments and Faculties[]
- Faculty of Art and Design[2]
- Department of Fine and Applied Arts
- Department of Manga[3]
- Department of Character Design
- Department of Information Design
- Department of Product Design
- Department of Spatial Design
- Department of Environmental Design
- Department of Film Production
- Department of Performing Arts
- Department of Creative Writing
- Department of Art Studies and Cultural Production
- Department of Art and Child Studies
- Department of Historical Heritage
References[]
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100114231633/http://irca.kyoto-art.ac.jp/fellow/index_e.html
- ^ "Organization Chart of the Kyoto University of Art and Design" (PDF).
- ^ Miki Tanikawa (June 29, 2014). "Kyoto Uses Its Many Charms to Attract Foreign Students". The New York Times.
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Coordinates: 35°02′14″N 135°47′32″E / 35.03722°N 135.79222°E
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