Overseas Opportunities

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM

COFA has exchange agreements with the following institutions in particular:

• Alfred University – New York State College of Ceramics (USA)
• Bauhaus-University Weimar (GERMANY)
• Berlin University of the Arts (GERMANY)
• Central Academy of Fine Arts (CHINA)
• Glasgow School of the Arts (UNITED KINGDOM)
• Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (CANADA)
• School of the Arts Institute of Chicago (USA)
• University of Media Art and Design Karlshrue (GERMANY)
• Willem de Kooning Academy (NETHERLANDS)

Click here for the full list of UNSW exchange partners

Outbound Exchange

Are you a COFA student keen to join an exchange program overseas? This makes you an outbound exchange student.

Click here for more information on Outbound Exchange

Inbound Exchange

Are you already studying for an undergraduate degree outside Australia in one of UNSW’s partner universities overseas and want to come to COFA? This make you an inbound exchange student.

Click here for more information on Inbound Exchange

Are you a post graduate research student at one of UNSW’s partner universities overseas? You may consider The Professional Practicum Program.

Click here for more information on the Professional Practicum Program

If you are an overseas student, but are not at one of UNSW’s partner universities you can still come to COFA!

Click here for more information on Study Abroad

UNSW Paris Studio

UNSW has a studio in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.

• UNSW academic staff and post-graduate research students in the visual and performing arts are eligible to apply for residency of 3 months.
• The Cité is a non-profit international art centre, maintained by the French government to provide studio accommodation for artists and scholars to develop their studio and research projects.
• The Cité Internationale des Arts is located in the heart of Paris, on the right bank of the Seine, opposite the Isle St Louis, in an area known as Le Marais.

For further information on the Paris residency:

Elisabeth Burke
Tel: +61 2 9385 0623
Email: e.burke@unsw.edu.au

• Download Paris Cite application form

INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Many COFA programs include industry placements which can be taken overseas or in Australia. For example:

• 5 Postgraduate Art Administration students travelled to Italy and worked on the 2009 Venice Biennale.
• Bachelor of Design students have worked in Hong Kong and the Netherlands as part of their degrees.

POROSITY STUDIO

In this cross-disciplinary initiative students to travel to cities all over the world to explore different urban centres and collaborate with other Fine Arts, Design, and Digital Media students.

All COFA students are invited to apply for the Porosity Studio.

The students form a think tank to investigate public spaces along side professional practitioners.

Porosity Studios students have visited international cities such as:

• Beijing, China
• Milan, Italy
• Edinburgh, Scotland
• Rotterdam, Holland
• Cardiff, Wales