About Us
Founded in North Cyprus in 2017, Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD) is a thematic art university that is wholly dedicated to the fields of art, design and communication. ARUCAD’s goal is to become one of the most reputable universities in art education, whereby its students continuously improve their creative productivity through interdisciplinary and cross-cultural programs based on traditional, modern and contemporary art teaching and learning, whilst adhering to the inseparable link of theory and practice.
Respect for ecological, recycling and health and safety issues, in addition to equality in gender, racial and religious values will be practiced throughout the teaching/learning environment. ‘Learning whilst producing, producing whilst learning’ is an education model that aims to connect experience, critical thinking and practice in order to generate greater- thinking artists and designers.
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Mission
ARUCAD aims to make cultural and intellectual contributions to the society, while creating a higher education environment with a creative, egalitarian and innovative perspective that will meet the needs of the era by utilizing the transitive qualities of art, design and communication disciplines. ARUCAD students are educated as individuals who are sensitive to natural heritage, have a critical perspective and universal ethical values. ARUCAD, which focuses on design and creativity in all its processes, has taken on a mission to create opportunities that will improve the integration of society with art.
ARUCAD, which has adopted an educational philosophy that enables its students to learn to produce through experiential learning since its establishment, aims to leave the artistic and cultural heritage it creates to the society.
Vision
ARUCAD’s vision is to combine the global and local art, design and communication disciplines in an up-to-date, innovative, questioning and production-oriented environment. One of the basic principles of the university’s vision is to raise individuals who are equipped with ethical values, committed to making positive contributions to the society as a principle, and are sensitive to environmental and sustainability issues. ARUCAD aims to be one of the few thematic universities in the world that approaches education and research with an interdisciplinary approach in an ecosystem where transversal skills are blended and integrated.
ARUCAD aims to contribute to the art scene of the region with the rich diversity of students and faculty members coming from different geographies and cultures and transform Cyprus once again to an intercultural setting.
Values
- Academic Excellence With a student-centered and production-oriented interdisciplinary education approach, its highly qualified academic staff, curricula developed in accordance with international accreditation standards and international collaborations, ARUCAD supports the implementation of its goal of raising individuals who can integrate their ideas with the changing world, adopt universal cultural values as a principle, and have global citizenship awareness.
- Creative and Critical Thinking ARUCAD inspires, challenges, encourages creative and interrogative thinking, along with exceptional philosopher, visionary individuals, and practitioners who are passionate about influencing and developing society, through focusing on questioning while seeking perfection, and creativity while seeking the more improved.
- Sustainability Ecological values are taken into consideration in the production processes and in the use of materials, and it is not overlooked that the future will be habitable based on the correct practices implemented nowadays. ARUCAD has an education model that enables sustainability producing through learning and learning through producing.
- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion ARUCAD values diversity and encourages an environment where different perspectives can be expressed freely and respectfully. Diversity is acknowledged as a richness and the most powerful asset at ARUCAD since diversity enhances creativity and quality of the educational processes and services at an institution. Mutual respect and understanding and equal treatment in all the aspects of our institutional endeavor is vital.
- Community Engagement ARUCAD attaches great importance to the realization of artistic and cultural activities that will enable social development in line with its goal of contributing to the society culturally and intellectually as stated in its mission. It aims to meet the artistic needs of the society, to ensure that art-design products have a place in society through the right values, and to interact with the society by taking into account the importance of culture and art in sustainable development.
- Research ARUCAD encourages its students to become questioning individuals and provides them with an academic environment that allows for scientific research, and observes an integrated development. In addition, it supports the career development of its academics and carries out its teaching and research activities in line with the mission and vision of the University. The university also encourages lifelong learning and offers enabling experiential processes.