| Oslo National Academy of the Arts | |
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| Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo | |
| Established | 1 August 1996 |
| Type | Art Academy |
| Rector | Cecilie Broch Knudsen |
| Admin. staff | 181 |
| Students | 500 |
| Location | Oslo, Norway |
| Website | www.khio.no |
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Norwegian: Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, KHiO) is a university college in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in Norway that teaches in visual arts and design, the other is the Bergen National Academy of the Arts in Bergen.
Oslo National Academy of the Arts was ranked among the worlds 60 best design programs by bloomberg Businessweek.[1]
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The Academy was established in 1996 through the amalgamation of five independent colleges:
These former colleges are now organised in three faculties: the Faculty of Design, the Faculty of Performing Arts and the Faculty of Visual Arts.
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts has so far been housed in several buildings in Oslo. In the summer of 2003, the Faculty of Performing Arts was moved to the new campus at the old textile plant Seilduken at Grünerløkka in central Oslo. In the summer of 2010, the remaining faculties will join.
The Faculty of Visual Arts included two professorships from the start. Jan Valentin Sæther occupied the professorship for painting from 1996 until 2002, whereas Istvan Lisztes was the first professor of sculpture.
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