A new private higher education institution, the Academy for Visual Arts (AVA), is to open in Ljubljana in response to what its founders call a lack of art studies in Slovenia. With classes starting in October, a year at the academy will cost prospective students from EUR 2,000 to EUR 3,000, the founders told the press on Monday.
The academy is to offer internationally recognised programmes of fine and visual arts, and is awaiting an international accreditation by the Open University Validation Service, Zeljko Hrs, the president of the academy's senate, explained.
Hrs promised that the studies at the privately-funded academy would be an innovation in both content and volume, offering 1,200 hrs of guided work. This is 60% more than any other comparable institution, he said adding that the curriculum would be designed to encourage students' potential.
The academy plans to sign up up to 50 students in the first year. There will be no entrance exams.
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