Royal Academy of Arts with an additional three in 1862. Today some 60 students study in the Schools on a three-year postgraduate course. The programme is focused on studio-based practice across all fine art media. The studios accommodate a wide variety of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, print, installation, and time-based and digital media. Selection of candidates is based on evidence of individual ability and commitment, with an emphasis on potential for further development across the three-year course. Students are given the opportunity twice each year to show their work in the Royal Academy. In 2011 Tracey Emin was appointed Professor of Drawing, and Fiona
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) Academy was one of the sixteen educational institutions that were merged into the Hogeschool Gent. Instructors and directors have included Félix De Vigne, Joseph Paelinck, Pieter-Frans De Noter and Jean-François Portaels. Alumni of the Academy include: Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent ("Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Gent" in Dutch) in Ghent is one of the oldest art schools in Belgium. It is now part of the Hogeschool Gent. The Academy was founded in 1741 by the painter Philippe Karel Marissal at his home as a liberal private school for drawing.