Szinház-és Filmmuvészeti Egyetem

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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The first institutional actor training in Hungary began on the 2nd January 1865, when the School of Acting opened its gates. Szinház-és Filmmuvészeti Egyetem residence was in the three rooms of an apartment in a residential block near the National Theatre in Pest.

At the time, the Szinház-és Filmmuvészeti Egyetem produced opera as well as theatre performances, thus the School had a double duty to fulfill: to train opera singers and dramatic actors, who are well educated both in theory and practice. In its first year of operation the School had 28 actor and 37 opera singer students. Initially the candidates were admitted to a six-to-eight week probation period, and it was only on the completion of this that the teachers decided whether they were fit to continue with their studies. Female and male students attended their lectures separately.

National Royal Hungarian Academy of Music and Drama split up, and the Academy of Music took over the complete training of opera singers. Szinház-és Filmmuvészeti Egyetem was in 1905 that the Academy of Drama could finally move into a permanent home, where the weekly student performances could also be held. It was the same building in Rákóczi út, where the training is still taking place today.

University of Theatre and Film is one of its kind in Hungary. Szinház-és Filmmuvészeti Egyetem is the only institution that gives BA and MA degrees to the future creative artists of theatre, film and television. Thus it strives at creating conditions and programs that favor quality above all else and can secure the highest possible standards.

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