Type public Administrative staff 340 Location Vienna, Austria Phone +43 1 711330 Designer Heinrich von Ferstel | Established 1867 Students c. 1,800 Total enrollment 1,649 (2010) Founded 1867 Rector Gerald Bast | |
Address Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Wien, Austria Notable alumni Oskar Kokoschka, Gustav Klimt, Erwin Wurm, Stefan Sagmeister, Pipilotti Rist Similar Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, University of Art and Design Li, University of Music and Perfo, TU Wien, University of Natural Resource | ||
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The University of Applied Arts Vienna (German: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, or informally just Die Angewandte) is an institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university status since 1970.
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History
The predecessor of the Angewandte was founded in 1867 as the k. k. Kunstgewerbeschule (Vienna School of Arts and Crafts) . It was closely associated with the Österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie (Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry, today known as the MAK). It was the first school of its kind on the continent. In 1941 it became an institution of higher education. In 1970 it was awarded the title of a university and in 1998 the school was renamed the Universität für angewandte Künste (University of applied arts).
Famous artists such as Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Vivienne Westwood, Karl Lagerfeld, Jil Sander, Pipilotti Rist, Matteo Thun, François Valentiny, Hugo Markl and Stefan Sagmeister were part of the university's staff or student body. Today its faculty includes many distinguished artists and teachers, such as Judith Eisler, Erwin Wurm, Hartmut Esslinger, Greg Lynn, Wolf D Prix (of Coop Himmelb(l)au) and the philosopher Burghart Schmidt.
Present
The university has currently c. 1,800 students and c. 340 faculty. The students come from 49 different countries to study in the 29 disciplines of the school. They form their creative ideas in 56 different languages. The outcome of their processes is made public in 200 exhibitions a year and a multitude of different events and other public presentations.