I would like to welcome you to the Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications.

The multi-media and interdisciplinary Faculty consists of four Schools (Design, Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, Music and Performance and Cultural Industries) and one Institute (Communications Studies).

We have one of the broadest portfolios in the creative arts and technologies of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. It brings together a diverse mix of approaches to its subject areas, including those from the creative arts and humanities, from the social sciences and from science and technology.

The Faculty promotes excellence in learning and teaching, and its graduates are distinctive both as creative scholars and as reflective practitioners. It aims to provide a world-class postgraduate experience and hosts many internationally-significant research activities including the Centre for Practice-led Research in the Arts.

In the QS World University Rankings for 2010, the Arts and Humanities subject area at Leeds (of which Performance, Visual Arts & Communications is part) was rated 49th in the world and 9th in the UK. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/subject-rankings/arts-humanities

Its resources include the Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall, stage@leeds the University's public-licensed theatre complex, featuring Stage One (a 180-seat main auditorium) and the Alec Clegg Studio (an 52-seat 'black box' studio), the ULITA textiles archive and a number of exhibition and performance spaces.

You will find more information about the Faculty's activities by clicking on the School links below.

Professor David Cooper

Dean

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