At the dawn of the 1960s, FAMU became a natural centre of the Czechoslovak new wave, whose works constituted Czech film’s hitherto most significant contribution to world cinematography. Today, FAMU is on the TOP 15 International Film Schools list, which is published annually by The Hollywood Reporter, and its students, pedagogues and fresh graduates enjoy many successes at home and abroad.

FAMU is a founding member of the International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT), the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), the European Grouping of Film and Television Schools (GEECT) and the European Film Academy, and it is also an institutional member of the Czech Society for Film Studies (CEFS). FAMU plays a significant role in involving its pedagogues and researchers in international professional organisations, and it collaborates with Czech Television as well as foreign television companies. FAMU is also successfully developing the Production in Hollywood subject, which familiarises students with leading personalities of the American film and television industry.

FAMU has five accredited academic programmes and eleven departments offering programmes in twelve fields in Czech and four fields in English. In addition, the faculty also offers a University of the Third Age course. At the present time, there are 11 departments at the school.

AMU’s Music and Dance Faculty (HAMU) was established in 1945 as one of the Academy’s three components, following on from the Prague Conservatory master school (the second oldest institution of its kind in Europe). HAMU is located in Prague’s historic centre, in the premises of Lichtenštejnský Palace and Hartigovský Palace.

The school provides top-level education in music and dance programmes at all three academic levels (Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral) in Czech and in English. In the thematic area of the Art of Music, instruction is provided in composition; conducting; voice and operatic directing; keyboard, wind, string and percussion instruments; chamber music and jazz interpretation; music theory; sound design and music production. Students in most fields can earn a teaching credential. In the Art of Dance programme, instruction is provided in choreography, dance science, dance pedagogy and non-verbal theatre.

The faculty’s graduates perform successfully as soloists on prominent Czech and world stages, and find employment in orchestras, theatres and educational institutions, in the independent professional sphere and in state administration.