University of Gothenburg
The Artistic Faculty
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 – 23 January 2024
Love Took Center Stage at PARSE Conference
In mid-November last year, the fifth biennial PARSE conference took place in Gothenburg. Since the fourth conference was…
News – 18 January 2024
The J.A. Grundberg Foundation for Wood Oriented Furniture Design
To commemorate her grandfather, the master carpenter J. A. Grundberg, Gunda Svedung has made a donation to benefit students…
News – 6 February 2024
HDK-Valand Graduates' Theses Receive Award from Ung Svensk form
During Stockholm Furniture Fair, which started on Tuesday this week, the winners of Ung Svensk Form 2024 (Young Swedish Form…
Exhibition
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Lecture
On Culture and Democracy - Arts, Education and Youth in Challenging Times
On Wednesday, April 24, the symposium On Culture and Democracy - Arts, Education and Youth in Challenging Times will take…
Show
Cancel the Match
This year's final production from the third year acting students is Cancel the Match (Blås av matchen), with a script by Ida…
Show
Chamber Opera: The Child and the Spells
The opera students' version of The Child and the Ghosts centres on the Child's fears, inner worlds and emotions. To Maurice…

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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: Naomi McLeod
Tarja Karlsson Häikiö meets Senior Lecturer Naomi McLeod from Liverpool John Moores University.
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.

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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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