Architecture and Urbanism, Civil Engineering, Art and Design, and Media – with its four faculties and diverse areas of expertise, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar affords a profile that is unique in Germany. The university currently offers around 40 degree programmes in disciplines ranging from the fine arts through design, visual communication, media design and media studies to computer science as well as architecture, civil engineering, building material science, environmental engineering, and business management. Founded in 1860 as the Grand Ducal Academy of Fine Arts, the State Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in its main building. The university has been named Bauhaus-Universität Weimar since 1996 and is located in Weimar, Germany.