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{{short description|Public art school in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada}}
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 | affiliations           = [[Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada|UACC]], CBIE, [[Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design|AICAD]]
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 | president              = Peggy Shannon
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 | provost                = Jana Macalik
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 | dean                   = Jacqueline Warwick (Academic), Shawn Tracey (Students)
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 | undergrad              = 740 (2021)<ref name=enrol/>
 | postgrad               = 80 (2021)<ref name=enrol/>
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 | city                   = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
 | province               = [[Nova Scotia]]
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'''NSCAD University''', also known as the '''Nova Scotia College of Art and Design''' ('''NSCAD'''), is a [[public university|public]] [[art school|art university]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada. The university is a [[co-educational]] institution that offers [[bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] and [[master's degree]]s. The university also provides continuing education services through its School of Extended Studies.

The institution was founded by [[Anna Leonowens]] in 1887 as the '''Victoria School of Art and Design'''. The school was later renamed the '''Nova Scotia College of Art''' in 1925. In 1969, the institution was renamed the ''Nova Scotia College of Art and Design'' and began to offer undergraduate degrees, becoming the first degree-granting art school in the country. The institution adopted its current name in 2003.