Tokyo University of the Arts ( 東京藝術大学 , Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku ) or Tokyogeidai ( 東京芸大 ) is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park , it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki , Yokohama, Kanagawa , Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo . The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter-media, sound, music composition, traditional instruments, art curation and global arts.
7-691: Under the establishment of the National School Establishment Law, the university was formed in 1949 by the merger of the Tokyo Fine Arts School ( 東京美術学校 , Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō ) and the Tokyo Music School ( 東京音楽学校 , Tōkyō Ongaku Gakkō ) , both founded in 1887. The former Tokyo Fine Arts School was then restructured as the Faculty of Fine Arts under the university. Originally male-only,
14-625: Is a corporate body (legal entity) established under the provisions of the National University Corporation Act (2003) for the purpose of establishing a national university in Japan . As part of promoting the reform of Japanese universities, all Japanese national universities has been incorporated as a National University Corporation since 2004. In 2018, National University Corporation Gifu University and National University Corporation Nagoya University integrated
21-678: The Kokuritsu Daigaku Hōjin Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku ( 国立大学法人東京藝術大学 ) . On April 1, 2008, the university changed its English name from " Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music " to "Tokyo University of the Arts". The school has had student exchanges with some of the nation's most highly regarded art and music institutions the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of applied Arts , Vienna (Austria),
28-846: The École des Beaux-Arts (France), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA), the Royal Academy of Music (UK), the University of Sydney and Queensland College of Art , Griffith University (Australia), the Korea National University of Arts , and the China Central Academy of Fine Arts . (Includes undergraduate and graduate school programs) (Includes undergraduate and graduate school programs) (Only for graduate students) National University Corporation A National University Corporation ( 国立大学法人 , Kokuritsu Daigaku Hōjin )
35-531: The new " Tokai National Higher Education and Research System ", which became the first case of a Corporation owning two universities. The scope of business of National University Corporations is stipulated as follows by Article 22 of the National University Corporation Act . At the 190th National Diet in 2016, the National University Corporation Act was amended and the Designated National University ( 指定国立大学法人 ) corporation system
42-490: The school began to admit women in 1946. The graduate school opened in 1963, and began offering doctoral degrees in 1977. The doctoral degree in fine art practice initiated in the 1980s was one of the earliest programs to do so globally. After the abolition of the National School Establishment Law and the formation of the National University Corporations on April 1, 2004, the school became known as
49-455: Was enacted. The goal of Designated National University is to further improve the level of education and research in Japan. The selected national universities must have the highest level of education and research capabilities in Japan, and will be able to enjoy more government subsidies and more free use of funds (including larger professors salary range) in order to help attract world-class researchers. The application requirements are: Due to
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