Academy of Fine Arts Široki Brijeg The Academy of Fine Arts Široki Brijeg is the single artisticeducational unit of The University of Mostar. It operates as an independent establishment delivering an integrated undergraduate and graduate degree programme in visual arts and “Ars Sacra” doctoral degree programme of respectively five-year (ten-term) and three-year (six-term) duration. The integrated undergraduate and graduate degree programme is divided into 3 branches: painting, sculpture and graphic arts.

The Academy of Fine Arts Široki Brijeg was established by The University of Mostar Board of Directors’ decree on the 7th of March in 1996. Its operational objectives are educating professionals for both independent artistic creation and pedagogical work within the school system. Since October 1, 2005, it has been implementing the regulations and objectives of the Bologna Declaration in its curricula development and teaching practices. The Academy of Fine Arts Široki Brijeg is one of the key initiators of the range of activities within the culturaleducational sphere of Herzegovina region, which is in accordance with one of its fundamental society-oriented missions.