Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

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The Academy of Performing Arts, with its 1050 students, is the largest artistic, educational institution in the Slovak Republic. Students can enhance their talents and skills in theatre, film, music, and dance undergraduate and graduate programs. The Academy's objective is to offer a deep understanding of the European cultural context and the specific qualities of Slovak art and culture. VŠMU graduates have become leading personalities in Slovak cultural life. The curriculum is continuously reviewed; the Academy teachers are involved in basic and applied research projects. Leading professionals teach at the Academy, the study programs are regularly updated to meet the profession's latest standards. Theatre and dance performances, film screenings, concerts of students and teachers are open to the general public. School public activities form an integral part of Slovak culture.

At present, the VSMU consists of three faculties: Music and Dance Faculty, Theatre Faculty, and Film and Television Faculty. Each Faculty has its production departments, which provide necessary services for artistic productions and students' projects.

The VŠMU also includes the following units: the Department of Foreign Languages, Central Library and the Study and Information Centre, the Centre of Art and Science.

Outstanding artists and teachers have worked at the VŠMU within 70 years of its existence, and many generations of renowned personalities of Slovak culture graduated from this Academy.

The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava is a public university-type school and the highest accredited educational, artistic, and research institution in theater, film, music, and dance arts in Slovakia.

The language of study at the Academy of Performing Arts is Slovak.

However, the Faculty of Music and Dance provides selected programs in English and German as well. More details can be found on the website of the Faculty.

The European Policy Statement was developed as part of the application of the VSMU for the Erasmus University Charter.

It reflected the long – term objectives in the field of international relations of VSMU, in particular, the following activities:

• expanding the multilateral and bilateral cooperation based on individual agreements with the foreign artistic higher education institutions increasing mobilities of the teachers,
• non-teaching professional staff creating the conditions to attract international students at the VSMU broader implementation of Erasmus + mobilities and the direct cooperation of departments, ateliers, and other parts of the Academy of Performing Arts.

The Erasmus Programme is a European Union exchange program offering university students the possibility of studying or working abroad in another European country for three and twelve months. The program's name refers to Dutch Renaissance humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studied at several European universities and described education as a chance for modern people.

The Erasmus+ Programme builds on the achievements of 30 years of European programs in the fields of education, training, and youth.

It encourages student and staff mobility for study and work and promotes transnational cooperation projects among universities across Europe. The scheme currently involves nine out of every ten European higher education establishments and supports cooperation between the universities of 33 countries.

– ESN is the European student organization whose primary mission is to assist international students during their exchange study at the hosting institution.

– ESN VŠMU is one of sixteen sections operating in Slovakia. Under the university, it joins students of the three faculties: Faculty of Theatre, Faculty of Film and Television, and the Faculty of Music and Dance. Our section cooperates with the international department of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. Thus it is connecting exchange students of both artistic higher education institutions. This cooperation is being implemented at the non-formal platform.

– At the same time, the ESN network members are active in the buddy system – they contact incoming students to better adapt to the new environment.

During the exchange study, we provide Erasmus students with all information about those unfamiliar with the new milieu; thus, we wish to ease the adaptation process in their new temporary stay. We prepare various extracurricular and leisure time activities, mainly culture-oriented actions. With ESN's guidance, students can get more comfortable to know each other between faculties as we connect all those coming to VSMU within their exchange study.

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