Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
founding	1945
Sponsorship	state
place	Prague
country	Czech Republic
Rector	Jan Hančil
Students	1,470 (2017)
Employee	480 (2005)
including professors	78 (2005)
Website	www.amu.cz

Palais Hartig, AMU rectorate building

Academy of Performing Arts in Prague , Czech Academy múzických umění v Praze , or AMU for short , is the largest Czech university for music , theater and film , based in Prague .

Its beginnings go back to the time of the Second World War. However, it was only erected after the war at the suggestion of numerous important artists with the presidential decree No. 127/1945 Sb. In 1945. The AMU is based in the Hartig Palace on the Kleinseitner Ring .

Faculties

• Theater Faculty (Divadelní fakulta AMU, short: DAMU)
• Faculty of Film and Television (Filmová a televizní fakulta AMU, in short: FAMU)
• Faculty of Music (Hudební fakulta AMU, short: HAMU)

Web links

Commons : Academy of Performing Arts in Prague  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• University homepage (Czech, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.amu.cz/en/all-about-amu/history-successes-awards/
2. ↑ https://www.amu.cz/en/all-about-amu/university-management/rector/

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 15 ″  N , 14 ° 24 ′ 7 ″  E