Iceland University of the Arts

Iceland University of the Arts (Icelandic: Listaháskóli Íslands) is an Icelandic institution of higher education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.[2] The institution was founded on 21 September 1998[3] by consolidating the Iceland Drama School and the Reykjavík Arts School,[2][4] and classes began in autumn 1999.[5] It has five departments: Art education, Design and Architecture, Fine Arts, Music, and Theatre and Dance.

Iceland University of the Arts
Listaháskóli Íslands
TypePrivate
Established1998
Students452 (2009)[1]
Location
Reykjavík
,
Iceland
Websitewww.lhi.is

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. Statistics 2009 Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Lisa Z. Valdimarsdottir, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Department of Design and Architecture - Library (pdf)
  3. Institutional Charter, Iceland Academy of the Arts.
  4. Accreditation Report - Arts - Iceland Academy of the Arts Archived 9 April 2010 at the National and University Library of Iceland (pdf), 3 July 2007, pp. 7, 28.
  5. Jóhannes Þórðarson, MA proposal for Applied Arts at the Iceland Academy of the Arts - dept. of design and architecture(pdf), 22 January 2010: "IAA started in 1999".


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