| Berlin University of the Arts | |
|---|---|
| Universität der Künste Berlin | |
| Established | 1696/1869/1875 1966/1975 |
| Type | Public University |
| Endowment | EUR 70 Mio[1] |
| President | Martin Rennert |
| Admin. staff |
c. 700[1] |
| Students | 3,618 (WS 2009/10)[1] |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Campus | Charlottenburg |
| Website | www.udk-berlin.de |
The Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK (Berlin University of the Arts) is a public art school in Berlin, Germany, one of the four universities in the city. A Hochschule until November 2001, the university is one of the largest institutions of music and arts in the world.
It has four colleges specialising in fine arts, architecture, media and design, music and the performing arts with around 3,600 students. Thus the UdK is one of only three universities in Germany (along with the University of the Arts Bremen and the Folkwang University of the Arts) to unite the faculties of art and music in one institution.
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Its roots institutions date back to the foundation of Academie der Mahl-, Bild- und Baukunst (Academy of the Art of Painting, Pictorial Art and Architecture), the later Prussian Academy of Arts, at the behest of Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg. The two predecessor organisations were the Berlin State School of Music and the Performing Arts established in 1869 under Joseph Joachim, which also had adopted the tradition of the famous Stern Conservatory, and the Berlin State School of Fine Arts founded in 1875.
In 1975 both art schools merged under the name Hochschule der Künste Berlin, HdK. It received the title of a university on 1 November 2001.