Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts

Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts (Vietnamese: Đại học Mỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a university in Bình Thạnh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The predecessor of this school was the École des Dessins, founded by André Joyeux in 1913, which became the École des Arts appliqués de Gia Đinh (Trung học Trang trí Mỹ thuật Gia Định) from 1940 to 1971.^[1]

Former names

• • École des Dessins
  • École des Arts appliqués de Gia Định
  • Gia Định College of Fine Arts

TypePublic

Established1976

Address

No. 5, Phan Đăng Lưu Street, Ward 1, Bình Thạnh District

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Ho Chi Minh City

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Vietnam

10.8029°N 106.6943°E / 10.8029; 106.6943

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Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts

Đại học Mỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese)
Former names	École des Dessins École des Arts appliqués de Gia Định Gia Định College of Fine Arts
Type	Public
Established	1976
Address	No. 5, Phan Đăng Lưu Street, Ward 1, Bình Thạnh District , Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 10.8029°N 106.6943°E / 10.8029; 106.6943
Campus	Urban
Website	hcmufa.edu.vn

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Under the administration of the Republic of Vietnam, from 1971, the school was upgraded to become Saigon College of Fine Arts.^{[citation needed]} The Fine Arts College was founded in 1976.^{[citation needed]} In 1981, the Vietnamese prime minister decided to found the university as it is today.^{[citation needed]}