the santa fe university of art and design (sometimes called sfuad) is a private 4-year university in santa fe, new mexico. it was founded in 1859 with the name st. michael's college. the government gave it a charter for higher education in 1874. this meant that the college had the right to give degrees. in 1966 it was renamed college of santa fe. in 2010 it was renamed again to santa fe university of art and design.