Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg

The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts at the University of Gothenburg is Scandinavia's largest Academy of Arts with an internationally unique range of education and research in all the art forms.

Events

HDK-Valand GRADUATION 2021

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Webinar

Online Opening of Compost and launch of PARSE Journal #13: On the Question of…

15 Jun

News

Culture and languages
The New Eye - Exhibition at Hasselblad
Centre
Culture and languages
Assessing admission tests: Musical skills, or attitude and dress style?
Event
New dissertation on publishing will be released as a Wiki
page
Culture and languages
Open call for summer 2021 issue of Parse - On the Question of
Exhibition
Thomas Ostermeier and Hito Steyerl to be new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing
Arts

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news

News – 22 June 2021

Musical techniques create religious meaning in jazz

Jazz music can express religious experiences through the use of a number of compositional methods: Pitch and rhythm, as well…

Events

Start date 28 May 2021 To End date 26 Sep 2021

Culture and languages
The New Eye - the Interwar Period Though the
Lense
Start date 9 Jun 2021 To End date 31 Oct 2021

Culture and languages
Where the imagination
lives
Start date 26 Nov 2021

Culture and languages
Open House at
HDK-Valand

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Artistic Research at the Faculty

Research story/portrait

The Reluctant Game Maker

Video games of all varieties have become an increasingly common feature of many people’s lives. What kinds of images are…

News – 29 April 2021

Assessing admission tests: Musical skills, or attitude and dress style?

Musical skills, or attitude and dress style - which factors play a part in recruitment of new students to Swedish music…

News – 5 May 2021

Praise instead of growth in music education for teachers in training

The students are given encouragement and support, but critical or developing comments are often hushed. These are the…

News – 3 November 2020

New dissertation on publishing will be released as a Wiki page

What micro-politics is at play when we publish? And how can we expand the common understanding what constitutes a…

Research projects, platforms and networks

At the two departments of the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, research is ongoing within a number of artistic…

Study with us

Every year, more than 3,000 students study music, film, photography, performance, dance, musicals, opera, literary composition, fine art, design and crafts at the Faculty. Teachers' education students in visual arts, sloyd, music, drama and dance are also part of our environment.

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MFA in Fine Arts

Study at the Academy of Music and Drama

The Academy of Music and Drama trains and educates composers, music, dance, and theatre teachers, musical theatre artists,…

Study at HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design

HDK-Valand at the University of Gothenburg, conducts education and research in Design, Film, Photography, Fine Art, Crafts…

By co-locating the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts in thought, space and action, we strengthen the opportunity for students and staff to take advantage of the unique range of subjects available at the faculty.

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Open positions at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

You can apply for all our vacant positions online at the University’s Job Application Portal. We look forward to receiving…