Kyoto University of the Arts (京都芸術大学, Kyōto geijutsu daigaku), official abbreviated name is ""Urigei", "Kyoto Urigei" (瓜芸、京都瓜芸, Ūrigei, Kyōto Ūrigei) or "KUA", is a for-profit private university in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
The predecessors are the Kyoto Academy of Costume Arts, which was founded in 1934, and the Kyoto Academy of Art and Design, which was established in 1964.
It is a four-year college established in 1991, known as the Kyoto University of Art and Design (京都造形芸術大学, Kyōto zōkei geijutsu daigaku). The name of the university was changed to Kyoto University of the Arts in 2020.
Departments and Faculties
Faculty of Art and Design
Department of Fine and Applied Arts
Department of Manga
Department of Character Design
Department of Information Design
Department of Product Design
Department of Spatial Design
Department of Environmental Design
Department of Film Production
Department of Performing Arts
Department of Creative Writing
Department of Art Studies and Cultural Production
Department of Art and Child Studies
Department of Historical Heritage