University of Fine Arts in Poznań

University of Arts in Poznań
Uniwersytet Artystyczny w Poznaniu

Main building, in Al. Marcinkowskiego, Poznań
Established 1919
Type Public
Rector Marcin Berdyszak
Location Poznań, Poland
Campus Urban
Website http://www.ua.poznan.pl

University of Arts in Poznań (in Polish: Uniwersytet Artystyczny w Poznaniu) is one of the major fine-art academies in Poland. It was established in 1919, initially as Państwowa Szkoła Sztuk Zdobniczych i Przemysłu Artystycznego, but it was later renamed first Instytut Sztuk Plastycznych, and then in 1946 Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Sztuk Plastycznych. In 1996, it was renamed the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań (in Polish: Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Poznaniu). It has been a University since 2010.

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Coordinates: 52°24′36″N 16°55′44″E / 52.41000°N 16.92889°E