List of art schools

The following is a list of notable art schools.

Accredited non-profit art and design colleges

Adelaide Central School of Art
Alberta University of the Arts
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Art Center College of Design
The Art Institute of Boston
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Bauhaus University Weimar
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Camberwell College of Arts
Cleveland Institute of Art
College for Creative Studies
Columbia College Chicago
Columbus College of Art and Design
Cooper Union
Corcoran College of Art and Design
Cornish College of the Arts
École cantonale d'art de Lausanne
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Fashion Institute of Technology
Government College of Art and Craft
Grekov Odessa Art school
Kansas City Art Institute
Kendall College of Art and Design
Laguna College of Art and Design
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Maine College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Memphis College of Art
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Montserrat College of Art
Moore College of Art and Design
National Art School (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
New Hampshire Institute of Art
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
Ontario College of Art and Design University
Oregon College of Art & Craft
Otis College of Art and Design
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Paris College of Art
Parsons The New School for Design
Pratt Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Ringling College of Art and Design
San Francisco Art Institute
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

Other art schools

Academy of Classical Design, North Carolina
Art Academy of Cincinnati
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Art Students League of New York
The Ashland Academy of Art
Brooks Institute
Burren College of Art
Capilano University
College of the Arts, Windhoek
Delaware College of Art and Design
Digital Media Arts College
European Academy of Art (EESAB)
Escola Nacional de Belas Artes
Famous Artists School
Figura, Figure Drawing Academy, Montreal
Florida School of the Arts
Haliburton School of the Arts
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Hussian College, School of Art
Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar, Bali
The Jerusalem Studio School
Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art
Lisbon School of Fine Arts
Mississippi School of the Arts
National Institute of Design
New Brunswick College of Craft and Design
New Hampshire Institute of Art
New Image College of Fine Arts
New York School of the Arts
Northwest College of Art & Design
Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University
Osaka University of Arts
Paier College of Art
Painting School of Fine Arts
Paris College of Art
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
Royal College of Art
Saldus Art School
School of Visual Arts
Sessions College for Professional Design
Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art
Srishti School of Art Design and Technology
Sydney College of the Arts
Tartu Art College
The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
University of the Arts (disambiguation)
University of Florida College of Fine Arts
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Valand School of Fine Arts
Victorian College of the Arts

Academy of Arts

Academia de Artes (Mexico), an art institution founded in 1967/1968
Academy of Art University (United States), a private school of art and design in San Francisco, California
Academy of Arts (Egypt), a large educational complex in Cairo
Academy of Arts and Academics (United States), a public high school dedicated to the arts, in Springfield, Oregon
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (Israel), Israel's National College of art and Design, located in Jerusalem; school of architecture, fashion, ceramics, fine arts, multimedia, etc., founded in 1906
Chengdu Art Academy (China), an art institution based in Chengdu, Sichuan, and founded in 1980
China Academy of Art (China), an art school of mainland China, founded in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China
Cranbrook Academy of Art (United States), a school of architecture and design, founded in 1932, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia), a public arts school that offers education in arts at university level
Iceland Academy of the Arts (Iceland), a public arts school that offers education in arts at university level
Imperial Academy of Arts (Russia), a Russian art institution founded in 1757 which has played a variety of roles in the artistic life of Russia
Iranian Academy of the Arts (Iran), an organization whose aim is the preservation and development of Iranian and local arts
New York Academy of Art (United States), in New York City, boasts the only graduate program which focuses on the human figure
Royal Academy of Arts (United Kingdom), an independent fine arts institution based in London
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (Sweden), an independent organization acting to promote painting, sculpting, building and the other visual arts
Wulin Academy of Arts (China), an independent research institution and honorary society based in Hangzhou, dedicated to promoting studies of Chinese arts

Academy of Fine Arts

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade (Serbia)
Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna (Italy)
Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (India)
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence (Italy)
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (Finland)
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe (Germany)
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Germany)
Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg (Germany)
Academy of Fine Arts of Quebec / L’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Québec (Canada)
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)
Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå (Sweden)
Academy of Fine Arts, Verona (Italy)
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Austria)
Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb (Croatia)
Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France)
Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli (Italy)
Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia (Italy), founded in 1573, the second art academy of Europe
Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (Italy)
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia Venice (Italy)
AKV St. Joost, Breda (Netherlands)
American Academy of Art, Chicago (United States)
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (Israel)
Brera Academy, Milan (Italy)
Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts, Chengdu (China)
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts (Hong Kong)
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków (Poland)
Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus (Denmark)
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Brescia (Italy)
Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht (Netherlands)
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore)
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts (United States)
New York Academy of Art, New York City (United States)
Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan (Italy)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (United States)
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (Netherlands)
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht (Netherlands)
Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (Netherlands)

University of the Arts

Includes institutions called the University of the Arts and those with very similar names:

Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Amsterdam University of the Arts
Arts University Bournemouth
Arts University Plymouth
Baekseok Arts University
Braunschweig University of Art
Berlin University of the Arts
Chugye University for the Arts
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Falmouth University (formerly Falmouth College of Arts, an art, media and design school located in Penryn and Falmouth)
Folkwang University of the Arts
Full Sail University
Iceland University of the Arts
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Korea National University of Arts
Kyoto City University of Arts (Kyoto-Geidai)
Leeds Arts University
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Nagoya University of Arts
National Taiwan University of Arts
Norwich University of the Arts
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
Ontario College of Art and Design University
Osaka University of Arts
Stockholm University of the Arts
Tainan National University of the Arts
Taipei National University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo-Geidai)
University for the Creative Arts
University of Art and Design Lausanne
University of the Arts
University of the Arts Bern
University of the Arts Bremen
University of the Arts Helsinki
University of Arts in Belgrade
University of the Arts London (federation of institutions)
University of the Arts Singapore
University of the Visual & Performing Arts
Yewon Arts University
Zurich University of the Arts

School of the Arts

The name of several schools (usually high schools) that are devoted to the fine arts, including:

Baltimore School for the Arts
Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Brooklyn High School of the Arts
Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Carver Center for Arts and Technology
Charleston County School of the Arts
Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts
Children's Studio School
Coronado School of the Arts
Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design
Denver School of the Arts (grades 6–12)
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
Dreyfoos School of the Arts
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Etobicoke School of the Arts
Governor's School for the Arts
Harding Fine Arts Academy
Joshibi High School of Art and Design
Las Vegas Academy
Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Malvern College Egypt
Mississippi School of the Arts
New World School of the Arts
Northwest School of the Arts
Oakland School for the Arts
Orange County High School of the Arts
Osceola County School for the Arts
Painting School of Fine Arts
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Pinellas County Center for the Arts
Rochelle School of the Arts (PreK–8)
Roosevelt School of the Arts
San Francisco School of the Arts
School of the Arts (Rochester, New York)
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities
Tacoma School of the Arts
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
Victoria School of the Arts
Walnut Hill School

Similar school names

AKI Academy for Art & Design
The American Academy of Art
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
High School of Art and Design
High School of Graphic Communication Arts
Idyllwild Arts Academy
Interlochen Arts Academy
Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy
Professional Performing Arts School
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts

University Schools of the Arts

Arts programs within a university may also be called a "School of the Arts". Such programs include:

Carnegie Mellon School of Art
Columbia University School of the Arts
Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto
Lamar Dodd School of Art
Mason Gross School of the Arts
National Dong Hwa University College of the Arts
Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Skunder Boghossian College of Performing and Visual Arts
Syn Studio École d’art / School of Art

Artist-initiated schools

Some art schools have been initiated by artists; these may be designed to operate as traditional schools, or may themselves be considered art projects.

Black Mountain College (defunct)