With around 2,100 Bachelor and Master students and 650 teaching staff, Zurich University of the Arts is one of the major universities of the arts in Europe. The study and research programme covers the areas of design, film, fine arts, music, dance, theatre, transdisciplinary studies, and the teaching of arts and design. The university also has many venues for exhibitions and performances, where the results of the education provided can be shown in public.
Theater and dance BA and MA programs include directing, choreography, dramaturgy, theatre pedagogy, set design and production design, acting and contemporary dance as well as classical ballet.
Zurich University of the Arts is part of the Zurich Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts (ZFH), and is a state university with its own legal entity.
Address:
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Department Performing Arts & Film
Pfingstweidstr. 96
8031 Zürich
Switzerland
Email: karin.wegmann(at)zhdk.ch
Website: www.zhdk.ch
Phone: +41434465334
Representative for the ITI/UNESCO Network
peter.ender(at)zhdk.ch
karin.wegmann(at)zhdk.ch