Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo | |
Type | Art Academy |
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Established | 1 August 1996 |
Rector | Marianne Skjulhaug |
Administrative staff | 181 |
Students | 559 (2016–2017) |
Location | , Norway |
Campus | 43,000 m2 (460,000 sq ft) |
Nickname | KHIO |
Website | khio |
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Norwegian: Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, KHiO) is a tertiary institution in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in Norway that teaches in visual arts and design, the other being the Bergen National Academy of the Arts in Bergen.
KHiO was created by merging five former colleges, or national academies: of Arts and Crafts; Fine Arts; Opera; Ballet, and Theatre (Statens teaterhøgskole ).