University of Gothenburg
The Artistic Faculty

The Artistic Faculty

The Artistic Faculty.
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The Artistic Faculty 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 – 24 February 2025
Hasselblad Foundation supports Konstnärliga with 9.2 million SEK
The donation from the Hasselblad Foundation enables the Artistic Faculty to continue its work in developing environments for…
News – 24 March 2025
Daniel Jewesbury’s new book gives voice to a frozen moment of violence
Daniel Jewesbury has spent years exploring F.E. McWilliam’s sculpture Woman in a Bomb Blast. His ongoing research has now…
News – 1 November 2024
Honorary doctor: Maria Hlavajova
News – 20 November 2024
Unlocking the Secrets of Historical Keyboards
REM@KE: Restoring sound and playability of historical keyboards
News – 1 November 2024
Honorary doctor: Eleonora Fabião
Exhibition
Bugs & Metamorphosis
Concert
Small Format Chamber Music
Two lunchtime concerts with students from the Bachelor of Classical Music programme, conducted by Bernt Wilhelmsson.
Show
Opera Collage
Performance of arias and duets by W.A. Mozart, G. Verdi, G. Donizetti and J. Strauss.
Concert
Friday Music
A series of lunchtime concerts in the Cathedral featuring students from the Church Music and Organ programmes with related…
Lecture
Book Launch: Looking at the Woman in a Bomb Blast
You are warmly invited to join the book launch for Looking at the Woman in a Bomb Blast, an experimental artist’s book by…
Exhibition
Graduation 2025: BFA in Photography
Students from the Bachelor's programme in Photography exhibit their graduation projects at Gamlestadens fabriker, Gothenburg…

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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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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.
ArtMonitor: The Artistic Faculty Imprint
ArtMonitor is the imprint of the Artistic Faculty that publishes Licentiate and Doctoral dissertations; a book series; and a…
Educational Research in the Arts
New podcast episode: Liz Lerman & Jonas Simonson
Carina Borgström Källén meets Liz Lerman and Jonas Simonson in a conversation about Critical Response Process
Research story/portrait
Onkar Kular Makes Design Experts of Us All
Research projects, platforms and networks
Research at the Artistic Faculty covers artistic and pedagogical and socially relevant subjects. There are also joint…

By co-locating the Artistic Faculty 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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About
We build the future citycampus
The University of Gothenburg is in the midst of unique development work when it comes to its premises. Together with our…
Open positions at the Artistic Faculty
Here you become a part of outstanding research and education at one of Sweden's largest higher education institution, right…
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