Taipei National University of the Arts

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Taipei National University of the Arts
Taipei National University of the Arts
Established Founded 1982; Renamed 2001
Type Public
President Chu, Tsung-Ching
Location Taipei City, Republic of China
Website TNUA

The Taipei National University of the Arts (Chinese: 國立臺北藝術大學; abbreviation TNUA) is a national university at Kuandu of Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan. This university should not be confused with National Taiwan University of Arts (Chinese: 國立台灣藝術大學; abbreviation NTUA) at Banciao City.

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[edit] History

Department of Music, old building

The National Institute of the Arts (國立藝術學院) was founded in 1982 as an institute of higher learning for the arts. The institute was housed in Luzhou, Taipei County (now New Taipei City), from 1985 until its move in 1991 to its permanent campus in Kuandu, Taipei City. The buildings are designed in a neo-Chinese classical style and house state-of-the-art technology. The Institute was renamed Taipei National University of the Arts in 2001.

[edit] Organization

  • School of Music
    • 1. Department of Music
    • 2. Department of Traditional Music
    • 3. Graduate Institute of Music
    • 4. D.M.A & Ph.D. Programs in Music
    • 5. Graduate Institute of Orchestral Instruments
    • 6. Graduate Institute of Musicology
    • 7. The Professional Training Master's program, Graduate Institute of Music
  • School of Fine Arts
    • 1. Department of Fine Arts
    • 2. Graduate Institute of Art History
    • 3. Graduate Institute of Fine Arts
    • 4. Refresher Program, Graduate Institute of Fine Arts
    • 5. Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts
    • 6. Graduate Institute of Arts and Technology
  • School of Theatre Arts
    • 1. Department of Theatre Arts
    • 2. Department of Theatrical Design and Technology
    • 3. Graduate Institute of Theatre Arts
    • 4. Graduate Institute of Playwriting
    • 5. Graduate Institute of Theater Performance
    • 6. Graduate Institute of Theatrical Design and Technology
    • 7. Graduate Institute of Filmmaking
    • 8. Ph.D. Program in Theatre Arts
  • School of Dance
    • 1. Department of Dance
    • 2. First-3 Year Preparatory Undergraduate Program
    • 3. Graduate Institute of Dance Performance
    • 4. Gradutae Institute of Dance Choreography
    • 5. Graduate Institute of Dance Theory
  • School of Culture Resources
    • 1. Graduate Institute of Folk Culture and Arts
    • 2. Graduate Institute of Arts Administration and Management
    • 3. Graduate Institute of Architecture and Historic Preservation
    • 4. Graduate Institute of Museum Studies
    • 5. Graduate Institute of Arts and Humanities Education

[edit] Campus

Aside from the colleges and departments, the university houses the state-of-the-art Music Hall, the Performing Arts Center, including a theater hall and a dance recital hall, the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, a library, an Olympic-size swimming pool, the Center for the Study of Traditional Arts, a computer center, and the Center for the Study of Art and Technology.

Festivals organized by TNUA or using its campus include the Kuandu Arts Festival and the Kuandu Flower Festival (Kuandu Flower Art Festival).

[edit] Honorary doctors of art

Famous Honorary Doctors of Art from TNUA include cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, composer Ma Shui-Long, choreographer Lin Huai-min, and theatrical set designer Ming Cho Lee.

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