University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy
| Tartu Ülikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1952 |
| Students | 800 (2015) |
| Location |
Viljandi,  Estonia58°21′59″N 25°35′50″E / 58.36639°N 25.59722°E |
| Website | http://www.kultuur.edu.ee |
Coordinates: 58°21′59″N 25°35′50″E / 58.36639°N 25.59722°E University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy (Estonian: Tartu Ülikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia) is an Estonian institution of higher education, situated in the provincial town of Viljandi, central Estonia. The UT Viljandi Culture Academy merged with the University of Tartu in 2005. The UT VCA has been teaching professional higher education and performing applied research within information science, culture education and creative arts since 1952. The academy has about 1000 students, half of whom are open university students. The teaching and instruction are based on the continuity and sustainability of Estonian native culture enriched by new impulses which widen the notion of traditional culture. Director of the UT VCA is Dr. Iñaki Sandoval Campillo.
The UT Viljandi Culture Academy offers undergraduate study programmes in such fields as theatre and dance arts, music, Estonian native crafts, youth work and culture management. Most programmes are 4-years (240 ECTS) professional higher education programmes (equal with BA studies). One programme (School Music) is a BA programme with 3 study years (180 ECTS).
The Academy also offers MA graduate study programmes with 2 study years (120 ECTS), in such fields as music education, traditional music and.
Since 2011 UT VCA offers an international Master programmes, where teaching takes place in English: MA in Sound Engineering Arts .
Departments and their specialties:
In the last decades, the UT VCA’s main area of research has been the humanities, but there is an increasing amount of cooperation with social, economic, technological and material sciences. The contemporary teaching methods within creative arts, non-formal education and education in arts and music are among the most covered applied research areas. The most remarkable development has taken place in the field of applied inherited crafts. In 2009 the Academy began publishing a series of academic publications, Studia Vernacula. The future direction of the applied research will focus on the contemporary teaching methods within creative arts, information science and cultural education as well as applied inherited crafts. As an applied research institution, the UT VCA has a leading role in the development of the regional competence centre of the knowledge capacious creative industry.
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