Course General Description

The Department of Painting was founded in 1921. In the years since then it has taken the leading place in the training of specialists in artistic and design education. The historical traditions of Ukrainian realistic painting, based on the studies of the human nature, continue to be preserved and developed. The activity of the department aims at training of the artists, who will have a wide range of professional basic knowledge and skills in painting and composition as the main subjects for future Ukrainian artists and designers, as well as for the development of inter university and international relations.

School General Description

KSADA is the only higher educational establishment which prepares designers of manufactured goods, specialists in such spheres as graphic design, interior design, design of decorative textiles and clothes, commercial and industrial advertising, corporate look, and packaging. Our graduates successfully work at factories and in agencies in diverse fields of industry, in design organisations, business and industrial companies and associations, cultural and art organisations, higher schools, and colleges. The Academy is also designated as a centre of the art culture. It prepares highly qualified specialists who work in various spheres of artistry, namely easel painting, easel graphic works, book graphic design, poster, monumental-and-decorative painting and stained-glass window, architectural-and-decorative plastic arts and sculpture, and restoration of works of arts.