Browse the world top 10 institutes for media studies

Browse the world top 10 institutes for media studies.

While not currently covered in the QS World School Rankings by Subject, cinema arts is a highly popular area at colleges and organizations across the world.

Course offerings range from freshman film studies degrees at large institutions, to highly specific postgraduate programmes at targeted arts institutes or universities. The degrees awarded for film studies are the Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Master of Fine Arts (MFA), and, in certain cases, an MPhil/PhD. It’s also possible to finish a one- or two-year certification instead of a whole degree.

Here are several of the top film academies across the world, sorted by location, along with current school fee information (accurate at time of posting).

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Browse the world top 10 institutes for media studies

Top film institutes in the US

American Film Institute (AFI)

The institute which David Lynch said he could give up all “in a heartbeat” to go to, the American Film Institute (AFI) is possibly the most renowned of all film academies in Los Angeles, if not the entire of the US, mainly to the fact it hosts events and star-studded concerts throughout the year.

The institute permits students to develop as many as four independent films during their courses and to seek advise from visiting industry gurus like the likes of 12 Years a Slave producer Steve McQueen. Boasting 27 Emmy nods among their graduates in 2017 by itself, the American Film Institute also boasts South Park executive Anne Garefino and Black Swan producer Darren Aronofsky among its prior fellows.

CalArts

The CalArts School of Film and Video, conceived up by Walt Disney just before he departed in 1966, is another of the greatest prestigious film institutions in Los Angeles (CalArts is situated in the district of Valencia) and is a staging pad for several of the top artists and producers in Hollywood.

Tim Burton, one of CalArts’ earliest graduates, has since been followed by a string of prominent Disney animators, notably Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (Frozen). Film studies courses offered at CalArts include the BA, MA, MFA & DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts).

Los Angeles Film School

Located slap-bang in the midst of Cinematic on Sunset Avenue, it’s easy to see why the Los Angeles Film School gained its status as one of the most prominent schools for young Hollywood filmmakers. Offering bachelor and intermediate degrees in all aspects of the media industry, the Los Angeles Film Academy also contains the Los Angeles Recording School, site of the renowned RCA facility where Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones formerly recorded their music. The Los Angeles Film School also provides online degrees in digital movies, just graphic art and the entertainment business.

Kanbar College of Film & Television, NYU

Vince Gilligan, the highly regarded author of the Hollywood movie series Breaking Bad, meets Martin Scorsese.

In 2017, six alumni of the Tisch School of Arts’ alumni group were nominated for an Oscar. The film school has a campus in Singapore in addition to its main campus in New York City. As well as a variety of academic film studies diplomas, the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television provides a postgraduate-level MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Making a movie.

USC School of Digital Arts

The Universidad of Southern California’s USC School of Visual Arts is a site where many of Hollywood’s most prominent filmmakers started out. Receiving millions of dollars in assistance every season from the likes of George Lucas, the USC School of Cinematic Arts boasts excellent media amenities such as an IMAX auditorium and experimental lab, making it among of the most state-of-the-art film schools in Los Angeles.

Fellows of the USC Institute of Cinematic Arts include sitcom writer and composer Judd Apatow and Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios. The USC Faculty of Visual Arts grants the BA, BFA, and MFA degrees in film.

Similar top film institutes in the US

Boston College’s College of Media
Chapman College’s Dodge School of Film and Visual Arts
Colorado Film School
Columbia College’s School of creative Arts
Emerson College’s Faculty of Creative and Interactive Arts
Loyola Marymount University’s School of Science and Communications
New York Film Society
Syracuse College’s College of Creative and Musical Arts
UCLA’s College of the Theater, Film and Broadcasting
Universidad of North Carolina’s Faculty of the Arts
College of Texas at Austin’s Hood Faculty of Journalism

Top film institutes in Canada

Dundas Square Toronto

The Ontario Film School is well regarded as one of the greatest film institutions in Canada. With a diverse curriculum spanning everything from film and TV development to interior decoration, the Toronto Film Program is a geared toward careers school with a strong dedication to imparting practical industry knowledge. Courses at the Ontario Film School take about one and two semesters to complete and all participants finish with a diploma.

Vancouver Film School

Offering 13 programmes encompassing all parts of the amusement arts sector, Vancouver Film Academy is another of the premier film schools in Ontario. From 3D modeling to sound architecture, Vancouver Film School provides its students a streamlined one-year education focused on learning practical skills and industry knowledge. Students of Toronto Film School depart with a diploma.

Additional top film institutes in Canada

Carleton College’s Institute for Artistic and Cultural Studies.
Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim Faculty of Cinema
Simon Fraser college’s School for the Digital Arts
College of British Columbia’s Division of Theatre and Film
York the school’s Faculty of Liberal Arts

Top film institutes in the UK

London Film School

Open only to doctoral students wishing to acquire a master certificate or a PhD, the Europe Film Academy is one of the most highly recognized film schools in the European continent, nestled in the hub of central London.

Founded for more than 60 years, the Uk Film School specializes on improving craft and producing skills in a practical setting, and has been selected as one of exactly three Film Colleges in the nation by Creative Expertise, a UK federal organization. Although the Uk Film School has approximately 220 students, the academic population is a truly cosmopolitan one, with current learners originating from over 30 nations worldwide.

National Film and Television School (NFTS)

Often regarded as the UK’s best film high school, the National Film and Television School (NFTS) lies hidden away on the fringes of northwest London, near Slough. The only film college in the UK with its own movie and television facilities, the National Film and Broadcasting School provides a comprehensive choice of specialty doctoral degrees, including 17 master’s courses, 14 diplomas, five certification awards and a handful of short courses.

Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park and Harry Potter director David Yates are among noteworthy alumni of the National Film and Television School.

Top film institutions in mainland Europe

Institute of Dramatic Arts’ Television and Motion Picture School (FAMU).

Established in 1946 in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, the Film and TV Faculty (FAMU) of the Academy of Fine Arts is among the most renowned and long-standing institutions film academies in the world. Responsible for developing filmmakers like as Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and offering courses in both Czech and English, FAMU attracts an extraordinary international cohort every year.

La Fémis

Nestled in Paris on the location of the former Pathé facilities where the illustrious Lumiere brothers are supposed to have developed filming in 1894, La Fémis is currently considered to be regarded as one of Paris’s best film schools. La Fémis offers programmes offered only in French, but also conducts exchange programmes with US universities such as CalArts and Columbia Institute. The school has roughly 200 scholars, of whom 8 % are international.

Lodz Film School

Yet another of the finest film schools in Europe, Lodz Film University, better known as the Polish National Cinema, Television and Opera School, is the university that produced a large majority of Poland’s top producers, helping to establish the Polish cinema industry.

Constantly expanding with new departments and cutting-edge technology, the Lodz Film Academy stands as one of the premier film institutions in Europe. By way of applications, Lodz Film School offers a comprehensive spectrum of whole-time, part-time, doctoral and PhD degrees, spanning from 2 to 5 years of study.

Further top film colleges in Europe

London City College’s Sir John CASS Department of Art, Design and Design
Institute of Media and Film Munich
National Film Education Italy
National Film Academy of Denmark
Norwegian Film School
Screen Academy Scotland
College of the Crafts London’s College of Communication

Top film academies in Asia

Beijing Film Academy

With Avatar’s James Cameron as a guest fellow and one of the global most rapidly expanding film sectors as a context, the Beijing Film Institution is strategically situated as the only film school in Beijing and the greatest in the whole of Asia.

The Beijing Film Academy provides a BFA offered in English, as well as a vast range of graduate and doctoral Chinese-language degrees. The institution also offers an abroad programme, a Chinese-language training course and a temporary training programme.

Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA)

South Korea’s main film school, founded in 1984, the Korean College of Movie Arts (KAFA) is at the center of the country’s film industry. While many graduates of the Korean Academy of Film Arts presently command their native market, a few, such as Bong-Joon Ho (Snowpiercer), are busy building a stir in the US.