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 College of Art and Design
 * 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)
 * 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
 * Mississippi School of the Arts
 * National Institute of Design
 * New Hampshire Institute of Art
 * New Image College of Fine Arts
 * New York School of the Arts
 * Northwest College of Art & Design
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Lamar Dodd School of Art
 * Mason Gross School 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)