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HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design

HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design

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  2. 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 and Literary Composition – as well as teacher education in Visual Arts and Sloyd. We provide highly specialised degree programmes in an outgoing, international environment.

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Application period for our Bachelor's programmes is open!
Start in autumn 2025
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HDK-Valand GRADUATION 2024
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News and events

News – 21 January 2025
Bugs and disruptions at the Hasselblad Center
Gothenburg, 8 February 2025 - The spring exhibition opens at the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg, where photography,…
Watching movies
Graduation 2025: Master's students in film showcase their films
Watching movies
Graduation 2025: BFA students in film screens their graduation films
Exhibition
Bugs & Metamorphosis
Lecture
Artist talks: Bugs & Metamorphosis
News – 21 November 2024
A new international Bachelor's programme breaks with material specific Learning
Master Students in Fine Art Raise Major Social Issues
Open house
Open House at Steneby
HDK-Valand Campus Steneby together with Stenebyskolan welcomes you to the Open House at Steneby!
Webinar
How to apply to a BFA programme
Welcome to a webinar for all of you in the process of applying to one of HDK-Valands Bachelor’s programmes!
Design that Shapes the Future
NEW PODCAST
Fine Art students in dialogue with researchers

Events

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Exhibition
Exhibition: i Foajén
In this collaboration between HDK-Valand’s second-year Bachelor in Design students, The Institute for Language and Folklore…
News – 12 November 2024
Center for a new imagining of society
News – 1 November 2024
Maria Hlavajova is appointed honorary doctor at the Artistic Faculty
News – 9 December 2024
Application to the Graduate School CUL is open
The Graduate School CUL offers doctoral studies for applicants with a teacher’s degree. In this year's round, CUL announces…
Introducing Museum of the Commons (MOC)
L’Internationale Online is transitioning into a new four-year-project
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Our environment

HDK-Valand is situated on two different addresses in Gothenburg, but also in Steneby, 170 kilometers north of Gothenburg.

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HDK-Valand in Gothenburg
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Campus Steneby, Dals långed
Research at HDK-Valand
Spanning from design, visual art, film and photography to craft, literary composition, curatorial practices, art education.

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Work at the University of Gothenburg
With us, you become a part of outstanding research and education at one of Sweden's largest higher education institution,…
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