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{{Short description|University in Taipei, Taiwan}}
{{distinguish|National Taiwan University of Arts}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Taipei National<br>University of the Arts
 | native_name            = 國立臺北藝術大學
 | native_name_lang       = zh
 | image                  = TNUA administrative building 20100123.jpg
 | former_name            = National Institute of the Arts
 | type                   = [[Public university]]
 | established            = 1 July 1982 (as National Institute of the Arts)<br>1 August 2001 (as TNUA)
 | president              = Chen Kai-huang
 | vice-president         = Lee Chia-yi
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|25|08|01.6|N|121|28|17.6|E|type:edu_region:TW|display=inline,title}}
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.tnua.edu.tw|tnua.edu.tw}}
 | logo                   = Taipei National University of the Arts logo.svg
 | logo_size              = 250px
}}

{{Infobox Chinese
| order = 
| showflag = 
| t = 國立臺北藝術大學
| p = Guólì Táiběi Yìshù Dàxué
}}
The '''Taipei National University of the Arts''' ('''TNUA'''; {{zh|c=國立臺北藝術大學}}) is a [[national university]] in Guandu, [[Beitou District]], [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]].

==History==
The preparatory committees to establish the school was formed on 22 October 1980. The '''National Institute of the Arts''' ({{zh|c=國立藝術學院}}) was then founded on 1 July 1982 as an institute of higher learning for the arts. The institute was housed in [[Luzhou District, New Taipei|Luzhou]], [[Taipei County]] (now New Taipei City), from 1985 until its relocation in 1991 to its permanent campus in Kuandu, [[Taipei]]. The institute was renamed '''Taipei National University of the Arts''' in 2001.

==Faculties==
*School of Music 
*School of Fine Arts 
*School of Theatre Arts 
*School of Dance 
*School of Film and New Media 
*School of Cultural Resources 
*School of Humanities
*Music and Image Trans-disciplinary Program

==Research Centers==
*Center for Traditional Arts 
*Center for Art and Technology 
*Performing Arts Center 
*Center for Arts Resources & Educational Outreach

==Presidents==
*{{ill|Pao You-yu|zh|鮑幼玉}} (July 1982 – July 1991)
*[[Ma Shui-long]] (August 1991 – August 1994)
*Liu S. Lian (September 1994 – August 1997)
*[[Chiu Kun-liang]] (October 1997 – January 2006)
*{{ill|Ju Tzong-ching|zh|朱宗慶}} (August 2006 – July 2013)
*[[Yang Chyi-wen]] (August 2013 – July 2017)
*Chen Kai-huang (since August 2017)

==Campus==
The campus buildings are designed in a neo-Chinese classical style. Aside from the colleges and departments, the university houses a Music Hall, the Performing Arts Center, including a theater hall  and a dance recital hall, the [[Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts]], a library, an [[Olympic-size swimming pool]], the Center for the Study of Traditional Arts, a computer center and the Center for the Study of Art and Technology.

==Events==
Festivals organized by TNUA or using its campus:
*Guandu Arts Festival
*Guandu Flower Festival (Guandu Flower Art Festival)
*[[Kuandu Film Festival]]
*Kuandu International Animation Festival
*Kuandu Lights Festival

==International and local cooperation==
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'''Asia'''
<br>
'''{{flag|Taiwan}}'''
*[[National Tsing Hua University]]
*[[National Taiwan University of Science and Technology]]
'''{{flag|Mainland China}}'''
*[[Central Academy of Drama]]
*[[Beijing Film Academy]]
*[[Shanghai Institute of Visual Art]]
*[[Shanghai Conservatory of Music]]
*[[Shanghai Theatre Academy]]
*[[Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts]]
*[[Hangzhou Normal University]]
*[[Central Conservatory of Music]]
*[[Nanjing University of the Arts]]
'''{{HK}}'''
*[[The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts]]
'''{{JPN}}'''
*[[Tokyo University of the Arts|Tokyo University of Arts]]
*[[Ochanomizu University]]
*[[Kyoto University of the Arts]]
*[[Kyoto Seika University]]
*[[Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts]]
*[[National Museum of Ethnology (Japan)]]
*[[Tama University]]
'''{{ROK}}'''
*[[Korea National University of Arts]]
*[[Chonnam National University]]
*[[Sungshin Women's University]]
*[[Hongik University]]
'''{{SIN}}'''
*[[Lasalle College of the Arts]]
'''{{THA}}'''
*[[Chulalongkorn University]]
*[[Burapha University]]
'''{{ISR}}'''
*[[Tel Aviv University]]
'''{{PHL}}'''
*[[Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology]]
<br>
'''Oceania'''
<br>
'''{{AUS}}'''
*[[Griffith University]]
*[[Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]]
*[[Edith Cowan University]] 
*[[Queensland University of Technology]]

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'''Europe'''
<br>
'''{{AUT}}'''
*[[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna]]
*[[Konservatorium Wien]]
*[[Universität Mozarteum Salzburg]]
'''{{CZE}}'''
*[[Academy of Fine Arts in Prague]]
'''{{FIN}}'''
*[[Sibelius Academy]]
*[[Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki]]
'''{{FRA}}'''
*[[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris]]
*[[École Nationale Superieure d’Art de Bourges]]
*[[French National Museum of Natural History]]
*[[Oriental Cultural Heritage Sites Protection Alliance]]
'''{{DEU}}'''
*[[Hochschule für Musik Detmold]]
*[[Universität Kassel]]
'''{{POL}}'''
*[[Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawiei]]
*[[Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera w Łodzi/ PWSFTviT]]
*[[The Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy]]
'''{{RUS}}'''
*[[Moscow Conservatory|The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory]]
'''{{GBR}}'''
*[[Northumbria University]]
*[[The Arts University College at Bournemouth]]
*[[University of the Arts London]]
<br>
'''America'''
<br>
'''{{USA}}'''
*[[Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey]]
*[[State University of New York]]
*[[University of Michigan]]
*[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
*[[Ohio State University]]
*[[Goucher College]]
*[[Chapman University]]
'''{{CAN}}'''
*[[University of British Columbia]]
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==Name censorship==
In 2016, the [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]]'s [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] was criticized as in breach of [[Freedom of speech|freedom of expression]] for blocking use of the university name in any form that included the word 'National'/'國立'.  
The department, responsible for most of the territory's arts venues, told TNUA graduate Law Shuk-yin, an art administrator and executive producer for drama company [[The Nonsensemakers]], that she could not use the name in her biography in promotional material for her production at a theatre it managed.<ref>[https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/21/taiwan-controversy-after-govt-dept-asks-theatre-company-to-amend-promo-material/ Taiwan controversy after gov’t dept. asks theatre company to amend promo material], Hong Kong Free Press, 21 March 2016</ref>

==Honorary doctors of art ==
Notable [[Honorary Degree|Honorary Doctors]] of Art from TNUA include cellist and conductor [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], composer [[Ma Shui-long]], choreographer [[Lin Hwai-min]], and theatrical set designer [[Ming Cho Lee]].

==Notable alumni==
* [[Hsiao Ya-chuan]], film director
* [[Hsieh Ying-hsuan]], actress
* [[Jacklyn Wu]], actress
* [[Huang Kuo-shu]], member of [[Legislative Yuan]]
* [[Jag Huang]], actor
* [[Jian Man-shu]], actress, screenwriter and director
* [[Kaiser Chuang]], actor
* [[Lin Jeng-yi]], Director of [[National Palace Museum]] (2016–2018)
* [[Wu Kuo-chu]], Taiwanese choreographer

==See also==
* [[List of universities in Taiwan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901030139/http://www.tnua.edu.tw/ 國立臺北藝術大學] {{in lang|zh}}
* [http://www2.tnua.edu.tw/etnua/index.php Taipei National University of the Arts]

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