| Study programme | UU1b.14We - Applied Arts |
| Study | Grade of study - I. - bachelor, study form - full time, study type - Single degree study |
| Document type: | Description of the study programme |
| The name of the university | Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava |
| The seat of the university | Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, 814 37 Bratislava |
No joint study programme.
The main goal of the Applied Art study programme is artistic and design creation, in the field of ceramics, glass, metal and jewellery specialisations, which include a whole set of activities: from the artistic concept, theory to the creation of an original work of art as an autonomous attitude of the artist to collaborative design with industry. At the time of completion of the study programme, students, bachelor's degree graduates, are independent people with knowledge and skills, leading to high professional competence in their field. They are motivated to continue their education in the master's degree. However, students are above all qualified to start artistic practice, intellectually and professionally skilled and capable of conceptual and organisational activity in an international confrontation. They can create innovatively and experimentally, with awareness of sustainability and ecological potential. They can use a range of technological procedures and media resulting from the content of the study programme, thus work in different specialisations, ceramics, glass, metal and jewellery, both in classical and new contemporary digital technologies. They understand the devices, machines, and tools used in the sense of their usefulness for their creative work. They are able to create assignments and requests for service personnel if necessary. They are able to work independently with digital tools and are constantly learning about them as part of their artistic focus. They are able to work individually in their own studios, but also in a team, in cooperation with companies or clients. With their creative work and attitudes, they significantly participate in the formation and development of culture and society, honour the context, history and create the future. At the time of completion of the study programme, students can purposefully use a wide range of skills to their advantage and through them create strategies for their artistic growth. They are independent personalities, aware of free expression of opinion, aware of openness to a pluralistic society and discussion in it. With their work, they contribute to society's memory and become part of cultural awareness and social discussion.
Main education outcomes:
Graduates are able, either as individuals or as members of a creative collective, to create an autonomous work of art within their specialty of ceramics, glass, jewellery. Graduates are professionals with a high degree of theoretical and craft skills in the studied specialisation. Graduates are able to present their own work of art, critically analyse and interpret works of art and their meaningful contexts. They are able to interpret and present their work in a foreign language, and at the same time, thanks to their language and communication skills, they are able to apply themselves and work in an international context as part of artistic projects. Graduates are able to critically assess their abilities so that they are motivated to achieve their own professional goals, which they can identify and evaluate in their growth.
Graduates have the skills and competences of independent economic functioning in society. They can choose an appropriate form of artistic operation for their creative activities (SZČO, s. r. o., O.Z., etc.) or use the possibilities of support grant and residency schemes on the local and foreign scene. They can be part of a work team and support and initiate team cooperation. They respect the otherness and uniqueness of people and cultures, and are able to evaluate their ethical and social connections and the preservation of freedom of expression of each person.
Graduates have the qualification for employment in a wide range of artistic and cultural operations in the local and foreign environment, in public or private organisations. They can act as independent visual artists with exhibition practice, members of creative artistic teams (with expansions also to other disciplines, e.g. architecture, design). They can work as lecturers in cultural institutions (galleries, museums, cultural and creative centres), workers in local self-government (departments of culture, education, popularisation of culture, cultural institutions abroad), creative workers in industrial and other commercial operations (advertising and marketing agencies, creative production in the creative industry).
Mandatory only for regulated professions. The Applied Art study programme is not a programme requiring the conditions of a regulated profession.
APPLIED ART and its individual specificities, ceramics, glass, metal and jewellery, is a study programme, the study of which gives graduates wide possibilities of employability, which were already outlined in the previous text. It is the personal free decision of graduates of the bachelor's degree which path they choose. The evaluation is handled by:
a. Survey for graduates (work in the field, area, form). The survey is created and monitored by the Academic Senate of the AFAD.
b. Visibility monitoring (exhibition, reviews, professional and public media of graduates, as well as students). (Monitored by the Office for Quality.)
c. Statistical information from the offices of labour. (Monitored by the Office for Quality.)
d. Information from relevant institutions and external experts (e.g. Slovak National Gallery, Slovak Design Centre, city and regional galleries and other cultural institutions). (Monitored by the Office for Quality.)
Andrej Jančovič
works on original creation of cut glass
https://www.artmap.cz/geometria-andrej-jancovic-sk/
Tomáš Ondroušek
https://www.kultkraft.sk/o-nas/
Peter Ďuriš
Patrícia Šichmanová
Pavol Barkóci
works on the author´s creation of cut glass
Kristína Ligačová
works on the author´s creation
Igor Kováč
works with design
Bety K. Majerníková - http://www.betymajernikova.sk
Jana Machatová - http://www.machmach.sk/index.php?/jana/curiculum/
https://www.instagram.com/jana_machatova/
Hany H. Kašičková - https://hanykasickova.sk
https://www.instagram.com/hanykasickova
Petra Arbetová - Bepart Studio - https://www.bepartstudio.com/about-us/
https://instagram.com/bepartstudio
Lucia Bártková - LB Jewellery - http://lb-jewellery.com/o-nas/
https://www.instagram.com/luciabartkovajewellery/
Sylvia Jokelová - https://www.webumenia.sk/dielo/SVK:SNG.UP-DK_4727
Andrea Burianová - https://www.andreadurianova.sk
Lucia Gašparovičová - SAMA - https://www.works.io/lucia-gasparovicova
http://luciagasparovicova.blogspot.com
https://www.instagram.com/luciagasparovicova/
Slavomíra Ondrušová - Oslava - https://www.instagram.com/oslavao/
Mia Čopiková - http://miacopikova.com
- https://www.instagram.com/miacopikova/
Dana Tomečková - https://www.danatomeckova.com
https://www.instagram.com/danatomeckova__/
Hana Polívková - https://www.hanapolivkova.com
- https://www.instagram.com/hanapolivkova
Eliška Lhotská - https://www.eliskalhotska.cz
Elvira Golombosi - Oraik- http://elviragolombosi.com
Viktoria Muenzker - https://www.viktoriamuenzker.eu
https://instagram.com/viktoria_muenzker
Nataša Štefunková - https://www.instagram.com/natasastefunkova/
Maya H. Nepšinská - https://www.facebook.com/maya.nepsinska
Kristýna Španihelová - https://www.instagram.com/kristyna_spanihelova/
Zuzana Svatik
https://cocaproject.art/artists/zuzana-svatik-coca20/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K2zSKqKsMg
Štefan Sekáč
http://www.skoladesignu.sk/l/8602-m-priemyselny-dizajn/mgr.-art.-tefan-sek
https://www.bratislavadesignweek.sk/stefan-sekac/
Dominika (Šišková) Kunzová
https://dominikakunzova.com/home/works/
Kristína Kollárovicsová
https://www.kollarovicsova.com/category/portfolio/
Ľubomír Ontkóc
Kováčiková Lucia
https://www.luciakovacikova.com/
Rusňák Rudolf
https://100.scd.sk/detail/2394_Rudolf-Rusnak
Janišová Simona
https://www.simonajanisova.sk/
https://scd.sk/osobnost/simona-janisova/
https://scd.sk/autor/simona-janisova/
Hučková (Lizáková) Lucia
teacher at the Josef Vydra´s Secondary Art School in Bratislava
Nemec Miloš
https://www.rtvs.sk/televizia/archiv/18483/309117
Viková Linda
Mitríková Jarmila
https://www.schemnitz.sk/jarmila-mitrikova-david-demjanovic
Sedlačík Rastislav
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/o-nas/kontakt/zamestnanci/rastislav-sedlacik/
Bu Martin
https://www.sng.sk/sk/o-galerii/blog/2109-zomrel-dizajner-a-umelec-martin-bu
The study plan of the study programme is developed by a team of responsible teachers of the study programme on the basis of group working meetings, together with other teachers who participate in the teaching of the given study programme. The working meetings also include representatives of the students of the study programme, who present student suggestions for the study plan, or the opinions of students from the AFAD survey regarding the study plan of the bachelor's degree are evaluated at the working meeting.
The proposal of the study plan is then submitted by the main responsible teacher of the study programme for discussion to the AFAD Programme Board, which is chaired by the vice-rector for academic affairs. The AFAD Programme Board also includes a representative of the student part of the academic community and an external expert from the field of restoration.
In the study programme APPLIED ART (ceramics - glass - metal and jewellery specialisations) and its study plan, profile subjects have a specific character in the form of studio courses. Studio courses are the most important credit component of the study programme in terms of content, difficulty of output and time allocation. Studio courses are divided into specialisations according to the media specification: CERAMICS; GLASS; METAL AND JEWELLERY. Studio courses combine theoretical training with craft skills as a basis for every future work of students and graduates. Studio courses lead to the awareness of the historical context of creation and of new creation, with reflection of the present and the future. The scope and content of the most important profile theoretical subject: Fine art in a cultural context, Problems of visual media (applied art) and Image analysis (applied art), which prepare students in the field of theory and interpretation of contemporary art and at the same time reflect all listed media specialisations. Studio courses and focused theoretical subjects are a mandatory basis for every student of the study programme. Compulsory subjects, studio courses and theoretical subjects for applied art lead to the defence of the bachelor's thesis and the bachelor's state exam with the completion of the given degree of study.
The study programme APPLIED ART (ceramics - glass - metal and jewellery specialisations) is complemented by a group of compulsory optional subjects, which are divided into professional practical and professional theoretical subjects. These subjects give a foundation towards a media specialisation and at the same time deepen the expansions, with regard to the world of art and culture. The content also includes subjects that improve language training in the field of contemporary art and culture and in the field of soft skills such as knowledge of the basics of marketing in art and the ability of project and grant activities. A complementary group of compulsory and compulsory optional subjects are optional subjects, through which students have the opportunity to transfer to other study programmes at the AFAD. Optional subjects are enriched by a number of subjects that, through workshops, courses, field trips and in the form of short-term education courses, respond dynamically to current topics of applied art, with the use of renowned practitioners, or as part of the academy's internationalisation with foreign teachers and practitioners.
More organisational rules:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/organization-of-study/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/informations-for-students/handbook-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0
Part of the education in the bachelor's degree in the study programme APPLIED ART (specialisations ceramics - glass - metal and jewellery) is the possibility of an internship at one of the partner schools abroad, as part of the ERASMUS programme, where they are positively confronted with educational experiences in a different cultural and social environment. The internship is an opportunity for the student to gain new professional contacts and connections, as well as theoretical experience with applicability after graduation. Here they also confront their artistic output in the international field and have the opportunity to become part of international artistic and cultural networks. As part of the wider educational process, bachelor's degree students are integrated into ongoing art and research projects at the AFAD in the form of direct application to teaching or through exhibition, publication and other presentation activities, which are also supported by grant systems (especially KEGA – Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic) and the presentation of creative and artistic activity (especially FPU - Slovak Art Council).
More organisational rules:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/organization-of-study/internships/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/exchange-student/?v=BO335VOZ
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/events/
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/research-and-grants/grants-and-project/archive-of-projects/kega/
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/events/LRJ8dqO2/
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/research-and-grants/grants-and-project/?v=VOP0l4OQ
The decisive evaluation tool of educational results is the periodic semester evaluation at the committee level (the committee consists of teachers of the study programme, teachers from the Department of Theory and History of Art and includes experts from the external environment as well), which includes a mandatory presentation of the result of the students' Studio courses and at the same time its defence, which is followed by a discussion with the committee and also with all participating students and the professional public. Subsequently, the evaluation by the committee and verification by the school-wide committee consisting of members of the AFAD Pedagogical Council takes place.
In the result of students' semester works of Studio courses, the partial results of education not only from the profile subject Studio, but also from professional and theoretical subjects in the given semester or in the previous semester of the given study programme, are combined. The summaries of the semester evaluation are discussed and analysed at the meetings of the AFAD Pedagogical Board with the AFAD management, at which the positives and also the negatives of setting the results of the teaching process are identified.
Eventually, the results of the students' education are accessible to the professional and broad public (an exhibition of the whole academy in all AFAD buildings, other gallery, museum and exhibition spaces, in public space, in church monuments, or as online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or on Facebook, Instagram and the AFAD website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum). This creates a space for a wider confrontation of the results of education with the external subjects.
a) The study plan generally states:
- different parts of the study programme (modules, courses, and other relevant school and extracurricular activities, if they contribute to the achievement of the required learning outcomes and allow to obtain credits) in the structure of compulsory, compulsory optional and optional courses, listed in the study plan table
- profile courses of the relevant study path (specialisation) within the study programme, listed in the study plan table
- for each learning part/course the learning outcomes, related criteria and rules of their assessment so that the learning objectives of the study programme are met (they can be stated only in the Course information sheets, in the Learning outcomes section and in the Course completion requirements), listed in the Information document of subject
- prerequisites, co-requisites and recommendations for the design of the study plan, listed in the study plan table
- for each learning part of the study plan/course the applied educational activities (lecture, seminar, exercise, final work, project work, laboratory work, internship, excursion, field practice, professional practice, state exam, etc. or their combinations) suitable for achieving learning outcomes, listed in the study plan table and in the Information document of subject
- methods by which the educational activity is delivered – present, distant, combined (in accordance with the Course information sheets), listed in the Information document of subject
- outline/syllabus of the course, listed in the Information document of subject
- student workload ("extent" of individual courses and educational activities separately), listed in the Information document of subject
- credits allocated to each part based on the learning outcomes achieved and the workload involved, listed in the study plan table and in the Information document of subject
- the person responsible for the course (or a partner organisation/person ) with an indication of the contact details, listed in the study plan table and in the Information document of subject
- course teachers (or participating partner organisations/persons) (may also be mentioned in Course information sheets), listed in the study plan table and in the Information document of subject
- places where the courses are taught (if the study programme is delivered at several workplaces).
Realisation of subjects: building of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Drotárska cesta 44
Compulsory subjects - studio courses: Jewellery Preparatory Course I.-IV. GLASS, CERAMICS, METAL AND JEWELLERY, Studio courses, specialisation GLASS, CERAMICS, Studio S+M+L_XL – metal and jewellery, Bachelor's thesis (consultations, elaboration) Drawing I. II. III: IV. – CERAMICS, GLASS, METAL AND JEWELLERY, Technical drawing I.II. Modelling techniques I. II., Cut and melted glass processing techniques I. II. , Basic techniques in the creation of jewellery I.II., Painting and decorative glass processing techniques I.II. , Technology of ceramics I.II., Special works in metal-shaping and casting I. II., Professional workshop - applied art, Drawing I, II, III, IV, V, VI
Compulsory optional: Laboratory of visiting professor - 1st level, Modelling I. II., Historical technologies used in contemporary glass production I. II., Realisation of fused and cut glass I. II., Metallurgical techniques, glass processing III. IV., Painting and decorative glass processing techniques III. IV., Modelling techniques – plaster I. II., Ceramics technologies III. IV., Ceramics techniques I. II. , Basics of jewellery processing I. II., Jewellery enamel, Special work in metal – etching, The phenomenon of jewellery in time I. II: Special work in metal, CNC milling machine and 3D scanner, Basics of designer creation, Figural modelling I. II. III. IV., Ergonomics I.II.
Realisation of subjects: the building of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18
Compulsory subjects – theoretical: Fine art in a cultural context I., Fine art in a cultural context II., Fine art in a cultural context III., Fine art in a cultural context IV., Introduction to studies I. II., Image analysis (applied art) I. II., Issues of Slovak visual arts I. II..
Compulsory optional and optional subjects: English language I. II., English conversation - 1st level, Psychological-philosophical probes behind the scenes of the present, Reading, writing, argumentation, Anatomy I. II., Religion and art I. II., Philosophical hermeneutics, phenomenological aesthetics I. II.
The exact structure of credits for different parts of the study is in the table of the study plan below.
By enroling, students determine which part of the duties prescribed by the study programme they want to complete in the following academic year.
Students enrol in subjects in such a way that the number of credits they can obtain by successfully completing them, is sufficient in a given period to fulfil the condition for continuing their studies. The standard load for students for the entire academic year is expressed by the number of 60 credits, 30 credits per semester. In each year of study, except for the last, students are obliged to complete subjects worth a minimum of 40 credits, a maximum of 90. In the last year of study, students enrol in subjects according to the conditions of graduation in the given study programme.
Rules for verification of educational outcomes:
The decisive evaluation tool of educational results is the periodic semester evaluation at the committee level (the committee consists of teachers of the study programme Applied Art, teachers from the Department of Theory and History of Art and includes experts from the external environment as well), which includes a mandatory presentation of the result of the students' Studio courses and at the same time its defence, which is followed by a discussion with the committee and also with all participating students and the professional public. Subsequently, the evaluation by the committee and verification by the school-wide committee consisting of members of the AFAD Pedagogical Council takes place.
In the result of students' semester works of Studio courses, the partial results of education not only from the profile subject Studio, but also from professional and theoretical subjects in the given semester or in the previous semester of the given study programme, are combined. The summaries of the semester evaluation are discussed and analysed at the meetings of the AFAD Pedagogical Board with the AFAD management, at which the positives and also the negatives of setting the results of the teaching process are identified.
Eventually, the results of the students' education are accessible to the professional and broad public (an exhibition of the whole academy in all AFAD buildings, other gallery, museum and exhibition spaces, or as online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or on Facebook, Instagram and the AFAD website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum).
Evaluation of students and the possibility of correction procedures in relation to this evaluation.
The evaluation of study results and the possibility of correction processes are determined by the AFAD Study Regulations:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/informations-for-students/study-regulations/
1. The evaluation of students' study results within the study of the subject is mainly carried out:
a) continuous control of study results in individual subjects during the teaching part of the study (for example, progress status, partial assignments, completion of a creative workshop, workshop, written tests, assignments for independent work, term papers, seminar paper, etc.), specified in more detail in the ILP (Information document of subject),
b) The state exam is a form of discussion with the commission and is part of the evaluation of the defence of the bachelor's thesis.
2. Grade evaluation is classified according to the classification scale determined by Decree no. 614/2002 Coll., while the qualification scale has six classification levels:
A – excellent (excellent results) = 1
B – very good (above average results) = 1.5
C – good (average results) = 2
D – satisfactory (acceptable results) = 2.5
E – sufficient (results meet the minimum criteria) = 3
FX - Insufficient (more work required) = 4
3. Within the study programme, optional subjects, for example Short-term educational course and Professional field trip, are evaluated by passing the subject (passed/failed).
4. Students who have been evaluated with the grade of FX in professional, practical and theoretical subjects have the right to two correction dates as long as they fulfil the conditions of the continuous evaluation.
The evaluation of study results and the possibility of correction processes are determined by the AFAD Study Regulations:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/informations-for-students/study-regulations/
If it happens that students who previously studied at a different, related school, applied for the bachelor´s degree and were successful in the admissions process, they can apply for the recognition of subjects they completed in another study programme at another university. Subjects completed at another university are recognised by the AFAD on the basis of a statement of study results prepared for students by the given university and by submitting an application on the prescribed form of the AFAD (exact instructions are contained in the Application for recognition of subjects form). Recognition of subjects is bound for a period of 5 years from their completion. The recognition of the subjects is evaluated by the teaching pedagogue or the guarantor of the study programme, who ensures its teaching on the basis of a statement of study results and a comparison of the ILP or otherwise described educational content of the given subject. Based on the proposal of the guarantor of the study programme, the vice-rector for study affairs recognizes completed subjects. Evaluation obtained in a degree other than a bachelor's degree cannot be recognized. As a rule, courses with an E grade are also not recognized. The statement of study results and the decision on the recognition of courses becomes part of the students' personal study documentation, maintained by the AFAD.
The Applied Art study programme is a study program where the topics of bachelor's theses are created on the basis of individual consultations with students and respond to a specific focus in the students' work. The topics of the final bachelor's theses range from pragmatic design tasks to very subjective artistic treating of personal topics, ranging from digital transformations, ecological to gender conditions, or current dealing with the threat of the virus, therefore we do not list the topics of the final theses. The topics of final theses are archived in the AIS.
The topics of the final bachelor thesis are generated individually for each student and are formulated by the thesis supervisor based on the students' previous studies and artistic orientation. They are approved by the main responsible teacher in charge of the study programme in AiS (Academic Information System).
Mobility of students:
- options and procedures for participating in student mobility are published on the AFAD website
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/international/students-mobility/study-stays-for-students/?v=8X0Q4WO0
Academic Ethics:
– rules for abiding academic ethics and drawing consequences,
are included in the AFAD Codex of Ethics and in the Disciplinary Rules for AFAD students and published on the website:
Codex of Ethics:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/official-board/codex-of-ethics/
Disciplinary rules:
Disciplinary rules for students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf
Students with specific needs:
– procedures applicable to students with special needs,
covered by Internal Regulation 3/2020, Rector's directive to ensure a generally accessible environment for students with specific needs
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/informations-for-students/students-with-specific-needs/, which includes:
– Request by applicants with specific needs to modify the form and method of conducting the admission exams, taking into account their specific needs.
– Application for inclusion in the register of students with specific needs and consent to the evaluation of specific needs.
Through the website, applicants are notified in the conditions and instructions on the admission process about the possibility of submitting an application, and then the specific needs of applicants are approached individually, regarding the course of the admission process. Students are also informed via the website and the Support and Counselling Centre for AFAD students:
(https://www.vsvu.sk/en/support-and-counseling-center/?v=8X0Q4WO0) about the possibility to submit an application, which will then be approved by the coordinator for students with specific needs and the vice-rector for study affairs. After the application is approved, a confirmation will be issued to students and then the individual possibilities of the process of making the educational process accessible will be discussed with them, about which the teachers of the study programme APPLIED ART - CERAMICS - GLASS - METAL AND JEWELLERY will also be informed. In the case of specific requirements that the AFAD does not have at its disposal, it will promptly ensure correction and conditions for students.
– procedures for submission of report and appeals by students.
Students can submit impetus and appeals of various kinds in writing, by post, by e-mail or through physical mailboxes in the academy buildings:
– through the Support and Counselling Centre for AFAD students, which, based on a specific impetus or appeal, forwards the impetus to the AFAD Ethics Committee or the Study Affairs Commission of the AFAD Academic Senate or the vice-rector for study affairs.
– through the study officer, who will forward it to the vice-rector for study affairs.
- directly to the members (pedagogical or student representatives) of the Commission for Study Affairs AFAD AS, who, based on a specific initiative or appeal, will decide on the method of resolution.
- directly to the members of the Ethics Committee of the AFAD, who decide on the method of resolution based on a specific impetus or appeal.
In the specific solving of the record and appeal, joint resolution of all the named components or their representatives is not excluded.
Separate attachment in pdf format.
The academic calendar is published on the AFAD website, in the study guide - Bedeker, in the Academic Information System - AiS. Students are also informed about the academic calendar and the current schedule and their publication or update through emails, as well as department website and Facebook.
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/informations-for-students/handbook-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/events/P7kgK675/
https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/
https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad
The person responsible for the delivery, development and quality of the study programme: APPLIED ART and the main responsible teacher providing the profile subject:
prof. Karol Weisslechner, akad. arch.
Position: professor, head of department, head of studio
Specialisation of profile subject: STUDIO S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWELLERY
E-mail address: weisslechner@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
doc. Mgr. art. Patrik Illo
Position: associate professor, head of the STUDIO GLASS,
Specialisation of the profile subject: Studio Glass; applied, design and free glass creation in the medium of glass.
E-mail address: illo@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?do=filterForm-submit&university=706000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
doc. MgA. Daniel Piršč
Position: associate professor, head of the Ceramics studio; Specialization of profile subject: associate professor; subject teaching of applied, design and free creation in the medium of ceramics and porcelain.
E-mail address: pirsc@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?do=filterFormsubmit&university=706000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada% C5%A5
doc. Mgr. art. Palo Macho
Position: associate professor; head of the Preparatory Course of the Studio of Glass; associate professor; subject teaching of Glass painting and decoration techniques I., II.
Specialisation of profile subject: Preparatory course of the Studio of Glass; applied and free glass making
E-mail address: macho@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?do=filterForm-submit&university=706000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
doc. Mgr. art. Markéta Nováková, ArtD.
Position: associate professor; head of the Preparatory Course of the Studio of Ceramics, subject teaching of modelling techniques - ceramics
Specialisation of the profile subject: Preparatory course of the Studio of Ceramics; applied and free creation in the medium of ceramics; subject teaching of design and shaping in the medium of ceramics.
E-mail address: novakova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?do=filterForm-submit&university=706000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
Mgr. art. Kristýna Španihelová, ArtD.
Position: functional position of associate professor; head of the Preparatory course of the Studio S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWELLERY; subject teaching of Basic techniques in jewellery making I., II.
Specialisation of profile subject: Preparatory course of Studio S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWELLERY; practical and free creation in the medium of metal and jewellery; subject teaching of design and shaping in the medium of metal and jewellery.
E-mail address: spanihelova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?do=filterForm-submit&university=706000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
The scientific/artistic-pedagogical characteristics of the thesis supervisors are recorded in AiS and are part of the accreditation material.
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/bedeker-2022-23_bc_uzitumenie.pdf
prof. Karol Weisslechner, akad. arch.
Position: professor, head of department, head of studio
Specialisation of profile subject: STUDIO S+M+L_XL – METAL AND JEWELLERY
E-mail address: weisslechner@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
doc. Mgr. art. Patrik Illo
Position: associate professor, head of the STUDIO GLASS,
Specialisation of the profile subject: Studio Glass; applied, design and free glass creation in the medium of glass.
E-mail address: illo@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?do=filterForm-submit&university=706000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
doc. MgA. Daniel Piršč
Position: associate professor, head of the Ceramics studio; Specialization of profile subject: associate professor; subject teaching of applied, design and free creation in the medium of ceramics and porcelain.
E-mail address: pirsc@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?do=filterFormsubmit&university=706000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada% C5%A5
AIS
doc. Mgr. art. Markéta Nováková, ArtD.
novakova@vsvu.sk
Tatarková, Mária, Ing.
Study officer and social scholarships
E-mail address: tatarkova@vsvu.sk
Kozáková, Sylvia, Ing.
AiS administrator
E-mail address: kozakova@vsvu.sk
Jančařík, Tomáš, Mgr. art.
Career counselor
E-mail address: jancarik@vsvu.sk
Šarkan, Martin, Mgr., PhD.
Psychological counselor
E-mail address: sarkan@vsvu.sk
Link to the AFAD Support and Counseling Center:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/events/5XDjmj7j/support-and-counseling-center-for-students-of-vsvu-in-bratislava/
List and characteristics of the classrooms of the study programme: Profile subject Studio courses and all compulsory optional and optional subjects with characteristics of practical professional subjects take place in studios and workshops with a total area of 862.7 m2. Studios and workshops are available to all students of the bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees of the study programme APPLIED ART - CERAMICS - GLASS - METAL AND JEWELLERY direct teaching (theoretical and practical courses, consultations and discussions of the teacher with students) and indirect teaching (individual work of students on a semester assignment or final thesis). Students use the workshops as needed for their semester or final work, or for assignments within professional practical subjects. Material storages are also an infrastructural part of studios and workshops.
Studios (rooms): Profile subject consisting of three Studios taught by three heads of the studio together with assistant professors. Each Studio has 1 designated room. Studio courses take place in a vertical scheme, where bachelor's, master's and doctoral students meet in the same space and time. Depending on the current number of students in a given academic year and depending on the specialisation in the Studio, there is approximately 2 m2 of space per student. The standard of the Studio is basic projection equipment (computer and data projector + wifi connection). Further equipment of the Studios depends on its specific needs (inventory lists will be available for inspection for the accreditation committee during a physical visit to the academy).
The studios are located in all three academy buildings (Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Drotárska cesta 44, Koceľova 23).
Workshops and laboratories (rooms): Ceramics Modelling Room and Ceramic Kilns, Plastering of Ceramics, Glass Grinding Shop, Glass Modelling Room, Glass Smelter, Glass Painting Technology Workshop, CNC milling machine, 3D scanner, 3D printer as part of the cabinet space of the studio. Students have the opportunity to use workshops linked to other study programmes. Students reserve work in the workshops of other departments in the form of a request and for the time specified by the responsible workshop worker. In the reserved time, students can work on their semester assignments and final theses. At the same time, the workshop worker is responsible for protecting the health and safety of the students' work and also fulfils the function of supervision and competent pedagogical worker in the operation and use of technical and technological equipment and materials. The workshops are intended for the realisation of semester and final works and at the same time serve for the teaching of practical professional subjects.
Material resources: The academy provides only the basic material resources of the study programme APPLIED ART - CERAMICS - GLASS - METAL AND JEWELLERY. Paper, wood, plaster, clay, metals such as copper, brass and the like are available to students. Materials necessary for the realisation of semester work or the final thesis, students pay from their own resources, or it is realised in cooperation with companies with which the head teacher cooperates, or it is realised directly in the workplaces of the head teacher. Academy from grant and research projects.
The workshops are located in the school buildings (Drotárska cesta 44 and Koceľova 23).
Lecture and seminar rooms: 5 + 5 rooms - total area approx. 362 m2. Each lecture room has appropriate technological equipment: computer, data projector, projection screen, audio equipment and Wi-Fi connection (inventory lists will be available for inspection for the accreditation committee during a physical visit to the academy).
Lecture and seminar rooms are located in the academy building (Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Bratislava).
Gallery Medium: total area approx. 150 m2. The Medium gallery is used for the presentation of students' creative activities, accompanying lecture and discussion forums, or for social activities of the AFAD students and confrontation with the external environment.
Communication and Visualisation Learning Centre in Kremnica: a historical building that is used for workshops, seminars and conferences. It has accommodation capacities (approx. 30 people) and lecture rooms. The centre also includes sufficient technical and technological equipment. The purpose of such a centre is in the opportunity to complete an intensive work week, which is part of studio courses. In the learning centre, students concentrate on the given topic in the form of block teaching or a specially prepared workshop, for example with students from the partner studio of a foreign university. The goal is to ensure interaction between schools and concentrated creative activity and inter-studio cooperation.
Future: AFAD plans to build a technology pavilion that will include the following centres: Centre for wood and stone processing, Centre for metal casting, Centre for surface treatment, Centre for model processing, Centre for printing, dyeing and textile processing, Centre for audiovisual production, Centre for 2D and 3D printing, Chemical-technological laboratory, Centre for photo processing, Centre for painting technologies and Centre for professional teaching and presentation.
a. Academic library and related reference libraries at workplaces, electronic library databases, online catalogues of books, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, e-books, e-journals and access to important databases of world galleries and universities, general portals and databases:
- e. g. scientia.sk, SpringerLink, Slovak National Bibliography
- e. g. Metropolitan museum in New York, University of Cambridge
- e. g. minedu, EU, Slov-lex
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/academic-library/
b. Artotéka – data storage of art academies and AFAD own storages
c. Free internet connection – wi-fi in all academy buildings (Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Drotárska cesta 44, Koceľova 23 and the Communication and Visualisation Learning Centre in Kremnica)
d. AiS (Academic Information System), which contains ILP – Information Document of Subject - timetable - study plan of the study programme - all internal regulations and all internal letters related to the organisation of study.
https://ais2.vsvu.sk/ais/start.do
e. Distance learning tools: MS Teams (used for distance learning and communication), Elearning Wiki (live database of study materials), e-mail http://wiki.vsvu.sk/wikilogin/ http://elearning.vsvu.sk, Information platforms: web, e-mails, Instagram, Facebook https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/ https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/ https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad.
f. Information channels: web, academy e-mails, Instagram, Facebook
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/
https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/
https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad
The form and method of study is defined in the AFAD Study Regulations (Article 3, Forms and methods of study, points 5 to 8).
The AFAD mostly uses a combined method of education, which is indicated in the ILP (Information Document of Subject), even if the education takes place completely by distance. When changing the method of teaching a subject, its content is discussed in advance with the study programme guarantor and then with the vice-rector for academic affairs at a predetermined time (usually May–June of the previous academic year when the study plan and content of individual ILPs are checked for the next academic year). Complete distance education at the AFAD is implemented by order of the rector, especially in extraordinary situations (for example, when a state of emergency is declared).
The study programme Applied Art is defined as an academically oriented, artistic type of study, but at the same time the AFAD has created a mechanism for internships and supplementary internships, within which it cooperates with various types of institutions and companies in the local and foreign scene. In addition to permanent partners, cooperation with other partners is currently being approved. Procedures are published on the academy's website and study guide (bedeker).
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/organization-of-study/internships/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/informations-for-students/handbook-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/
The Gallery Medium and public external spaces of the academy serve for cultural and social events at the AFAD. The gallery space is primarily devoted to exhibition activities of students and teachers of the academy, at the same time it serves as a communication space for various types of lectures and discussions, which are also open to the general public, or other social activities of teachers, students, employees, but also graduates of the academy. As part of the open-call mechanism, the gallery spaces of the academy also present exhibition projects of our partners from abroad, or the results of our international cooperation. As part of international cooperation, projects of international significance are periodically prepared (for example, the Month of Photography, Šperk stret, Poster Triennale, Biela noc and others). Another important facility of the AFAD is the Communication and Visualisation Learning Centre in Kremnica, which the academy uses for creative workshops and block education. The learning centre has accommodation facilities, lecture rooms, digital technologies and material resources. The facility is intensively used for workshops, conferences, seminars and meetings with foreign partner educational institutions and stimulates internationalisation, interaction and concentrated creative activity in a group. Thanks to its favourable geographical location, the training centre is used for sports activities in nature as part of creative stays.
Students of the Applied Art study programme can mainly apply for Erasmus+ mobility programmes (projects KA103 and KA107), CEEPUS, programmes based on bilateral agreements and the possibilities of the National Scholarship Program focused on student, pedagogical and non-pedagogical mobility. In addition to standard mobilities, students also participate in other art and research projects, in which the AFAD creates joint international platforms with selected foreign partners and collaborates on specific artistic, exhibition, presentation, research and innovation tasks and projects. For the mobility of the study programme Applied Art and gaining international experience, the AFAD has created a wide network of partnerships in most countries of the European Union, partner countries outside the EU in Europe (Western Balkan countries, Ukraine, Georgia), Asia (China, Japan, India, Israel, Turkey ) and America (USA, Mexico). At the same time, students of the study programme Applied Art will have the opportunity to take advantage of a number of international workshops, lectures, seminars, educational courses and meetings of visiting foreign teachers at our school.
Equally important is the opportunity to complete a part of the study with a visiting teacher from abroad as part of the primary education. Foreign students at our academy, who come mainly as part of the Erasmus+ program, will contribute to building contacts and opportunities for future cooperation for our students. Students of the study programme Applied Art will have the opportunity to profit from the activities of important international networks of which the AFAD is a part (Cumulus, ELIA). The international presentation activities of students are also supported by embassies of the Slovak Republic and cultural institutes of the Slovak Republic abroad. In addition to study stays, art-research and presentation activities, students of the Applied Art study programme have the opportunity to apply for student and graduate internships in selected foreign institutions, companies and specialised or art studios of professional artists.
All options, instructions and rules are made available and updated in detail on the academy's website, and at the same time they are anchored in the AFAD's internal regulations - the rector's directive: Implementation of the ERASMUS+ program at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
Complete information, instructions and the course of foreign mobility (from application to recognition of credits upon return):
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/current-internal-regulations/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/international/?v=8X0Q4WO0
(forms for individual study plan and recognition of mobility are available to students in AiS.)
Applicants have knowledge and skills related to the field of specialisation they want to study. During the admission process, they will demonstrate creative ambitions, demonstrate basic knowledge of art history, analytical thinking, reasoning in contexts and basic skills. Applicants demonstrate the creative abilities of artistic vision and authorial expression. They react flexibly and present their opinions, thereby demonstrating the ability to master the bachelor's degree in the study programme APPLIED ART. The commission evaluates the applicants' level of talent, the assumption of growth and their ability to master the bachelor's degree. An individual interview with applicants ensures an inclusive form of admission process.
The AFAD provides the possibility of an individual consultation for each applicant:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/consultations-for-applicants/?v=LRJ8jJO2
Internal regulation on the admission process at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (link to internal regulation):
Criteria and requirements for applicants:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/admissions/admissions-bachelor-studies/?v=LRJ8jJO2
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/?v=LRJ8jJO2
AIS
Study programme
AFAD has prepared tools for obtaining monitoring and evaluation of students' opinions and feedback from students and graduates on the quality of the study programme and its improvement.
1. The school displays semester and final works through the AFAD End Semester Exhibition and Diploma Fest, where all students, regardless of the quality of the output, are presented in the form of an academy exhibition on the academy grounds or in other galleries and cultural institutions, or in a public space. The End Semester Exhibition and Diploma Fest are available to a wide professional and general public.
2. Student survey (Operation of the school, Teaching, Teaching of theoretical and professional subjects, Teaching in studios). The survey is conducted and evaluated by representatives of the student part of the AFAD Academic Senate and the Education Commission of the AS AFAD.
3. Written suggestions by post, electronic mail and to the physical mailboxes of the AFAD vice-rectors, the AFAD Academic Senate, the AFAD Ethics Committee, and the Study Office and International Office of the AFAD.
The results of feedback from students and graduates and related measures to improve the quality of the study programme are described in the Internal Regulations for the Internal System of Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
Study regulations:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/studijny-poriadok-v-zneni-d1.pdf,
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_1_2020-dodatok-2-k-studijnemu-poriadku.pdf
Internal regulations on the admission process at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp-9-2021-vnu-torny-predpis-o-priji-macom-konani-na-vs-vu.pdf
Internal letter on completion of bachelor's/master's studies (which, after being updated in a given academic year, is published in AIS and at the same time sent via e-mail to students of the final year).
Internal regulation 3/2020, Rector's directive to ensure a generally accessible environment for students with specific needs:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_3_2020-studenti-specificke-potreby.pdf
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/informations-for-students/students-with-specific-needs/?v=8X0Q4WO0
Disciplinary rules for students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf and published in AIS.
Internal regulations on tuition and fees:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_2_2020-skolne-poplatky-2020-2021_oprava.pdf,
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp-1-2022-vnutorny-predpis-o-skol_ak-rok-2022-2023_uz_clr.pdf,
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/informations-for-students/tuition-fee-and-other-fees/?v=8X0Q4WO0
Codex of Ethics:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/official-board/codex-of-ethics/
Internal regulation of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava no. 5/2017 (Rules of Procedure of the Academic Senate of the AFAD):
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_5_2017_rokovaci-poriadok-as-vsvu.pdf
Principles of the admission process at the AFAD:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/zasady_vyberoveho_konania_na_vsvu_platne_od_01092013-5239a3d7ec881.pdf
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_2_2021-vseobne-kriteria-na-obsadzovanie-funcii-profesorov-a-docentov.pdf
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_7_2021-konkretne-kriteria-na-obsadzovanie-funcii-profesorov-a-docentov.pdf
Internal regulations and information on the realisation of the AFAD foreign mobilities:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/international/students-mobility/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/exchange-student/?v=BO335VOZ
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_7_2019-realizacia-erasmus-plus.pdf
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/international/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/international/internationalisation-strategy/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/erasmus-charter-for-higher-education-2021-2027.pdf
Information regarding study and study organisation:
ECTS handbook: https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/ects_prirucka-521ca2201cef2.pdf
Study organisation:
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/organization-of-study/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/en/standard-study/bachelor-studies/?v=8X0Q4WO0
Files to download: https://www.vsvu.sk/en/downloads/