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 and events

News – 1 November 2024
Honorary doctor: Maria Hlavajova
News – 1 November 2024
Honorary doctor: Eleonora Fabião
News – 23 September 2024
Students decorating the boarded fence by Konstnärliga
During the summer, students from the Artistic Faculty have painted the boarded fence along Fågelsången - where the…
News – 20 August 2024
Spring Awakening - Musical Theatre Students at Göteborgs Stadsteater
In the spring of 2025, the musical theatre students at the Academy of Music and Drama will make their final production in…
News – 25 June 2024
Kerstin Bergendal creates new public art for Götaplatsen
Kerstin Bergendal, senior lecturer at the Master's programme in Fine Art at HDK-Valand, has been commissioned to create a…
News – 3 May 2024
PARSE Celebrates 10 Years
The Artistic Faculty’s platform PARSE for artistic research, turns ten years in 2024. This was honoured by means of a two…
Concert
Church Music at Lunchtime
Students from the church music programme invite you to a concert.
Open house
Open house at HDK-Valand
Welcome to our premises on Vasagatan and Kristinelundsgatan in Gothenburg and find out what it's like to study here.
Conference
Reimagining Rural: Engaging with Land and Meaning in Rural Spaces
You are welcome to listen to speakers and take part in discussions about opportunities for people working with craft and art…
Concert
Hic et nunc - Here and Now
The improvisation programme's bachelor students finish their studies with a set of solo concerts. During these amazing and…

Events

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Study here

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
At the two departments of the Artistic Faculty, research is ongoing within a number of artistic subjects. There are also…

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.

A house with many entrances and even more exits

Open positions at the Artistic Faculty
With us, you become a part of outstanding research and education at one of Sweden's largest higher education institution,…
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