At Valand Academy you can study Film, Photography, Fine Art and Literary Composition - where you can choose single-subject courses or degree programmes ranging from undergraduate to doctoral level.
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Situated in the centre of Gothenburg, our department and the activities we pursue are an integral part of the city's cultural life. We are also extensively networked internationally with partners all over the world.
Valand Academy is one of the departments at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, which is Scandinavia's largest arts Faculty - offering a unique breadth of skills and competencies in artistic subjects.
Valand Academy merging with our sister department, HDK Academy of Design and Crafts, in January 2020, is something you know already, right? And that's when we'll be forming a new department - and accommodating Design and Crafts too.
[29 Aug 2018] The Valand Academy received an EU cultural bid for the period 2018-2022. The bid concerns the work of L'Internationale Online - a Museum network research initiative. The call for applications for the post of Managing Editor is now open.
[28 Jun 2018] Valand Academy at the University of Gothenburg and the Hasselblad Foundation are looking for a person with a doctoral degree in photography or art history to fill a postdoc position. The postdoc will participate in a new research project aiming to find new ways to understand the interwar period based on contemporary photographic practices.
[22 May 2018] Internationally recognized filmmaker and researcher Jyoti Mistry is appointed professor of film at Academy Valand at the University of Gothenburg. Jyoti Mistry has many years of experience both from work with film education and with her own artistic activities.
26 Sep at 1:00 PM [Dissertation]
28 Sep at 11:00 AM [Activity]
17 Oct at 1:00 PM [PhD Seminar]
30 Nov at 11:00 AM [Öppet hus]
