Emily Carr University of Art and Design
The Emily Carr University of Art and Design is a public university of art and design located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1925 as the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts, it is the oldest public post-secondary institution in British Columbia dedicated to professional education in the arts, media, and design.Photo: BriefEdits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: University
- Description: art school
- Also known as: “ECU”, “ECUAD”, “Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design”, “Emily Carr University”, “Emily Carr University of Art & Design”, “Emily Carr University of Art + Design”, and “Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU)”
- Address: 520 East 1st Avenue
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Emily Carr University Library and St. Francis Xavier Chinese Catholic Centre.
Emily Carr University Library
Library
The Emily Carr University Library, also known as the Ron Burnett Library + Learning Commons, is an academic library focusing on art and design-related material located at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design Great Northern Way campus.
St. Francis Xavier Chinese Catholic Centre
Church
Photo: BriefEdits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Francis Xavier Chinese Catholic Centre is a church, which is situated 170 metres southwest of Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
BC Place
Stadium
Photo: Yvrphoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province. BC Place is situated 2 km northwest of Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strathcona and Chinatown.
Strathcona
Suburb
Strathcona is the oldest residential neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Officially a part of the East Side, it is bordered by Downtown Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood and the False Creek inlet to the west, Downtown Eastside to the…
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: MRDXII, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is Canada's largest Chinatown. Centred around Pender Street, it is surrounded by Gastown to the north, the Downtown financial and central business districts to the west, the Georgia Viaduct and…
Yaletown-False Creek
Photo: Thom Quine, CC BY 2.0.
Yaletown-False Creek encompasses the established neighbourhood of Yaletown and the still-developing area of Southeast False Creek. Reclaimed industrial areas, both neighbourhoods are a mix of modern condo architecture and restored industrial warehouses.
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
- Categories: art academy, public university, university in British Columbia, and education
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.2676° or 49° 16′ 3″ northLongitude
-123.09223° or 123° 5′ 32″ westOpen location code
84XR7W95+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 1388920623OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=universityWikidata ID
Q1337587
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Emily Carr University of Art and Design” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة إميلي كار للفنون والتصميم”
- Belarusian: “Універсітэт мастацтва і дызайну імя Эмілі Кар”
- Catalan: “Universitat d’Art i Disseny Emily Carr”
- Chinese: “愛美麗•卡亞藝術與設計大學”
- Chinese: “艾蜜莉卡藝術及設計大學”
- Danish: “Emily Carr University of Art and Design”
- Dutch: “Emily Carr College of Art and Design”
- Dutch: “Emily Carr University of Art and Design”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة اميلى كار للفنون والتصميم”
- Estonian: “Emily Carri Kunsti- ja Disainiülikool”
- French: “Emily Carr University of Art and Design”
- French: “Université d’art et de design Emily Carr”
- French: “Université Emily Carr”
- Galician: “Universidade de Arte e Deseño Emily Carr”
- German: “Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design”
- German: “Emily Carr University of Art and Design”
- Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת אמילי קאר לאמנות ועיצוב”
- Japanese: “エミリー・カー美術大学”
- Mongolian: “Эмили Карр урлаг, дизайны их сургууль”
- Persian: “دانشگاه هنر و طراحی امیلی کار”
- Portuguese: “Universidade Emily Carr de Arte e Design”
- Russian: “Университет искусства и дизайна им. Эмили Карр”
- Swedish: “Emily Carr University of Art and Design”
- Yue Chinese: “愛美麗•卡亞藝術與設計大學”
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