# 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)
* Escola Nacional de Belas Artes
* 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
* Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University
* 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)