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

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.
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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.

News and events

News – 8 May 2023
Jesper Lundgren new Head of Department at the Academy of Music and Drama
Jesper Lundgren is a psychologist and associate professor with extensive experience in research and higher education with a…
News – 21 April 2023
New sketch assignment from the Public Art Agency Sweden for Konstnärliga
The Public Art Agency Sweden is now procuring, in collaboration with Akademiska Hus, a sketch assignment for a digital…
About us
Konstnärliga - our new building
The University of Gothenburg is planning a new building next to the Götaplatsen. A building where all the Faculty's subjects…
Show
Into the Woods
A colorful musical with modern versions of the Brothers Grimm's beloved fairy tales. The plots of a few selected fairy tales…
Watching movies
OPEN UP HDK-Valand FESTIVAL Gothenburg Sweden
HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg is pleased to announce the OPEN UP HDK-Valand FESTIVAL 2023, a series of exhibitions,…
Exhibition
Biting My Tongue – graduation exhibition: Master's programme in Fine Arts
This year’s exhibition from students completing the Fine Art MFA at HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, unites ten artists…
Exhibition
Staring Into the Sun Until It Turns Purple – graduation exhibition MFA and BFA…
Exhibition
Next in line - BFA and MFA Design
Exhibition
Upplösning – BFA and MFA Craft
Exhibition
Staring Into the Sun Until It Turns Purple – graduation exhibition MFA and BFA…
This exhibition, by 29 graduating students, offers a large selection of works where the artists both use and expand…
Concert
World's Spring Concert
In the world music programme, students are dedicated to both immersing themselves in various forms of traditional music and…

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Dance performance: "Somnium Verum"
Students from the dance teacher education programme with focus on choreography present their work in a dance performance.
Examination
Origo – graduation exhibition BFA Fine Art

Artistic Research at the Faculty

News – 9 March 2022
Test bed for SEK 7.6 million in Dals Långed to strengthen Swedish research in…
Mötesplats Steneby, with the partners HDK-Valand Campus Steneby, Interior cluster Sweden AB and Trä och Möbelföretagen…
News – 10 January 2022
ERC grant will increase knowledge on how aesthetic objects can instigate change
News – 13 December 2021
Research funding for projects on AI and surveillance
A major interdisciplinary research project led by HDK-Valand has been granted almost a million euros to study AI-based…
Research story/portrait
The Reluctant Game Maker
Artist and researcher Jeuno Kim is building her own video game in the search of answers.
Research story/portrait
Onkar Kular Makes Design Experts of Us All
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
Study at HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design

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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We are building for the future
We are building for the research and education of the future.
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…
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