Faculty of Art and Design

Founded on 1 August 1990 as Department of Art.
Merged with the Rovaniemi Institute of Industrial Design and Handicrafts 1996.

Now one of the two university-level art and design institutions in Finland to offer education in the field of design up to doctorate degree.

Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes

• Art Education 
• Audiovisual Media Culture 
• Textile and Clothing Design (Interior and Textile Design or Clothing Design)
• Graphic Design 
• Industrial Design 
• Fine Art and Cultural Studies  

The degrees offered by the Faculty

Staff

• 11 professors
• 35 lecturers and teachers
• 45 other staff, including project staff, researchers etc

Students in degree programmes

International exchange programmes

• LLP Erasmus funded by the EU
• Univeristy’s bilateral agreements funded by the university
• Nordplus programme funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Faculty belongs to following networks:
  • CIRRUS (design, media & art);
  • EDDA (art education);
  • DAMA / C.T.D.N. (dance & media);
  • NordFo (the Nordic Forum for research and development in Craft and Design)
• FIRST funded by the Finnish Government for co-operation with Russia under which participation in FIRST-ARTSMO network
• North2north; national funding for cirumpolar co-operation
• UFICA funded by the Ministery of Foreign Affairs 

Student exchanges