The Academy of Fine Arts ( Finnish : Kuvataideakatemia ; Swedish : Bildkonstakademin ) in Helsinki , Finland is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and provides the highest university-level theoretical and practical training in the country in fine arts .
5-403: The Academy was founded in 1848 by a private foundation called The Art Society of Finland (or Finnish Art Society, or Finnish Art Association) (fi: Suomen Taideyhdistys ). At that time the academy was called a Drawing School. In 1939 it became The Finnish Art Academy School (fi: Suomen Taideakatemian koulu ). In 1985 it became The Academy of Fine Arts. In the beginning of 1993 the status of
10-597: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of universities in Finland This is a list of the universities in Finland . Institutions of higher education are designated as universities by Finnish legislation. Only universities have the right to confer degrees in the categories of alempi korkeakoulututkinto/lägre högskoleexamen (bachelor's degree) and ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen (master's degree) and doctoral degrees. In addition to
15-643: The Academy was raised to university level . 3.5 years of full-time study leads to the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts, and completing the Master's degree takes two further years. In the academic year 2012-2013 the number of students was about 280. The Academy of Fine Arts is located at Sörnäisten rantatie 19 in the neighbourhood of Sörnäinen . 60°11′48″N 24°56′52″E / 60.19667°N 24.94778°E / 60.19667; 24.94778 This Finnish university, college or other education institution article
20-421: The same names as those conferred by Finnish (normal) universities, i.e. bachelor's and master's degrees. The Finnish universities are (sorted by the year of establishment): In Finland, there are a few institutions of higher education that have full university status, but which specialize in certain academic fields: The National Defence University is not considered a university by Finnish law, although it has
25-563: The universities, Finland has another, separate system of tertiary education consisting of the ammattikorkeakoulus/yrkeshögskolas , which used to be translated as polytechnics but now call themselves universities of applied sciences according to international usage (see the list of polytechnics in Finland ). The universities of applied sciences have the right to confer degrees in the categories of ammattikorkeakoulututkinto/yrkeshögskoleexamen and ylempi ammattikorkeakoulututkinto/högre yrkeshögskoleexamen . In international usage, these degrees have
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