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School of Visual Arts has been a leader in artists, designers, and creative professionals for seven decades. With a faculty of distinguished working professionals, a dynamic curriculum, and an emphasis on critical thinking, SVA is a catalyst for innovation and social responsibility. Comprising 6,000 students at its Manhattan campus and 38,000 alumni in 75 countries, SVA also represents one of the world's most influential artistic communities. For information about the College's 31 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The School of Visual Arts's mission is to educate future generations of global creative citizens to foster cultural and social change that promotes our core values through the pursuit and achievement of their professional goals. In support of this mission, the College is committed to: Instilling a standard of excellence in our students through a dynamic and focused curriculum Maintaining and sustaining a faculty of working professionals active in their fields Recruiting and supporting a fully inclusive community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni Encouraging discovery, experimentation, and the implementation of bold concepts that challenge convention Engaging with, and contributing to, the vibrant cultural and professional landscape of New York City SVA offers undergraduate programs across the spectrum of the visual arts. The undergraduate program is a four-year, full-time Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program with courses offered throughout the day and evening. In 1983, the School of Visual Arts introduced its first graduate offering, a Master of Fine Arts program in painting, drawing, and sculpture. Since that time, SVA has added more than 20 graduate programs spanning studio arts, criticism, and design. SVA's location in New York City and its extensive facilities, state-of-the-art equipment, and unique program philosophies all offer students exceptional opportunities for advanced study in the arts. SVA's undergraduate program is a four-year, full-time Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program with courses offered throughout the day and evening. Identifying which College will prepare an aspiring artist to meet the demands and challenges to await tomorrow's professionals can be demanding. The outcome will vary for each individual based on their interests, needs, abilities, and focus. Students who choose SVA are often attracted by our faculty's breadth and professional standing, the passion of our student body, the rigors of our curriculum, the industry standards within our studio facilities, and the energy and excitement that is New York City. SVA offers 21 graduate arts programs, including practice-based MFA, MPS, and MAT programs, as well as MA programs, taught by our internationally renowned faculty. SVA's location in New York City and its state-of-the-art facilities offer graduate students exceptional opportunities for advanced studies in the arts. View full university

The Southwest University of Visual Arts transforms lives by educating students to excel in Fine Arts, Design, and Visual Communications within a student-focused environment committed to the highest academic achievement standards, scholarly inquiry, creativity, and citizenship in a diverse world community. The Southwest University of Visual Arts strives to become a leader in Higher Education in Art and Design. Southwest University of Visual Arts seeks students who have a strong desire to succeed, the integrity to produce high-quality original work, and the commitment to realize their personal best. The Application Review Board reviews each application individually to determine the strengths of the applicant. Acceptance is determined by an assessment of the application materials submitted by the applicant. The Southwest University of Visual Arts offers a comprehensive, need-based aid program for students who demonstrate financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Student need-based financial aid is determined in a no-obligation evaluation appointment with an Education Finance Officer. There is no application deadline. The Southwest University of Visual Arts administers several scholarships for both entering and continuing students. All Southwest University of Visual Arts Scholarships are awarded on a first-come-first-serve basis to Bachelor of Arts degree-seeking students. All applicants must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Scholarships will be awarded in the form of a tuition credit, not cash, and are applied each semester towards a student's tuition and fees. Scholarships may not create a credit disbursed in cash to the student. The Director of Enrollment Management coordinates student services for both campuses. Included is assistance with academic advising, placement assistance, information concerning housing, transportation, childcare options, student insurance, coping skills, and relevant areas that directly affect student success. Referrals are made when necessary. Southwest University of Visual Arts is committed to assisting its graduates in career planning and job placement. The Placement Department actively develops and maintains relationships with employers, locally and nationally. Students and alumni are provided with career information, resume preparation assistance, job search counseling, and, when appropriate, employment referrals. Graduates receive job leads for permanent and temporary part- and full-time placement. The Placement Department maintains complete records of all graduate employment activities. Although Southwest University of Visual Arts cannot abide by law guarantee placement, considerable efforts are made to assist each graduate seeking related employment. High placement statistics result from Southwest University of Visual Arts' successful curriculum focused on preparing graduates for professional art and design careers. Southwest University of Visual Arts began with two students and has grown into a regionally accredited, nationally recognized university with campuses in Tucson, AZ., and Albuquerque, NM. Southwest University of Visual Arts has thousands of graduates working all over the world and for some of the nation's most reputable companies such as Nike, CNN, Disney, Fuddruckers, Kmart E-Commerce Division, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Raytheon, Sandia Labs, and thousands of local and national agencies, design and architectural firms, and businesses. Southwest University of Visual Arts' high standards has remained constant throughout the university's growth and development. A strong focus on traditional skills combined with state-of-the-art computer technology provides students a competitive edge in their field of study. Program Advisory Committees comprised of successful art & design professionals and working professional instructors have been instrumental in developing and continued support of Southwest University of Visual Arts programs. The distinguished committees meet periodically to review degree programs, ensuring that the curriculum continues to meet the needs of a competitive, changing marketplace. View full university

Founded in 1927 by the architect and designer Henry van de Velde, the École Nationale supérieure des arts visuels of La Cambre (ENSAV) has nearly 700 students in 18 different departments: ceramics, animation, drawing, urban design, engraving, and the printed image, painting, photography, sculpture, and an art restoration department. Its design departments include industrial and textile design, book design and bookbinding, interior design, set design, fashion, accessories design, and graphic and visual communication and typography. Since the fall of 2016, the school also offers a new creative writing workshop (a continuous two-cycle program, taught in the evenings and on Saturdays, 30 study credits.) Students attend several cross-disciplinary courses, optional and compulsory, including the digital arts, life drawing, color, video, physical practice and performance, book art, and illustration. Along with their artistic studies, students study both theory and technique, general and specialized. They are encouraged to attend outside courses, including the Erasmus student exchange program, assisting working artists, and studying at arts centers, agencies, and commercial companies. Courses are spread over five years and divided into two cycles: Bachelor’s (180 credits) and Master’s (120 credits) levels. The school also offers a post-graduate degree – for those interested in a teaching career – and offers students Ph.D. preparation in Arts and Art Sciences, co-organized with the University. Outside the regular courses, the school offers a preparatory class during the school year and a summer school class, both of which are for students in their senior year of high school/ secondary school interested in studying the arts at an institution of higher learning. La Cambre is a graduate and post-graduate school for the arts (ESA) organized by the Brussels Wallonia Federation. The school is part of the Brussels Academic pole – the cluster of higher learning institutions in the region – and the cross-disciplinary Artes platform, including the Brussels Royal Conservatory and INSAS (film, music, theatre). It has developed a solid partnership with the Free University of Brussels (ULB) in research and individual classes. La Cambre regularly participates in national and international partnerships, institutional, educational, artistic, socio-cultural, industrial, and commercial, each of which feeds into and becomes part of its teaching structure. The school is located on the historic eponymous site of the Abbey of La Cambre. In the 1980s, it expanded to two nearby sites. The school has a great library and a significant archive collection, including the graphic and photographic work of its founder, Henry van de Velde. La Cambre also builds on its collection of student and teacher work, organizes many public events (lectures, exhibitions, fashion shows …), and regularly publishes books and essays. Several associations contribute to La Cambre’s dynamism and outreach, including Les Amis de La Cambre, the Atelier de production de La Cambre, La Cambre-Mode(s) Fonds Henry van de Velde. In the fields of the plastic and visual arts and space, La Cambre is the leading higher education and graduate Arts school of the Wallonia Brussels Federation in the capital of Belgium and Europe. Its political and cultural situation contributes to its commitment to quality, diverse education. Also, La Cambre recognizes its place in avant-garde history, which is part of its past. La Cambre is a state educational institution, and as such, it offers a wide range of specialized studies. A priority at La Cambre is creation, whether in the learning of knowledge or perfecting skills and practices. The school prepares students to perform the artistic functions essential to society in activities already recognized and to come. The school espouses no agenda nor any particular movement or trend, but it does include in its programs the questions which permeate contemporary society; it is a safe space for reflection and exchange. The departments encourage commitment to our shared values: a capacity for initiative and invention, autonomy, competence, knowledge, a critical eye, personal authenticity, and social awareness. Studies at La Cambre include two essential components: reinforcement and the spirit of openness. The student who is admitted to first cycle studies enters a specific artistic program, in which compulsory courses are supplemented by periods of reflection, something which will continue throughout his or her studies, strengthening and reinforcing his or her commitment. Students become aware of the specificities of their chosen medium as they move inevitably toward artistic autonomy. Reinforcement is balanced by the spirit of openness, particularly in the exercise of cross-disciplinarity that La Cambre offers, based on the concept of free will and individual commitment. Going beyond the departments, the names, the reflection of the zeitgeist -- as La Cambre has always reflected significant trends in art, creation, and ways of thinking -- and attitude and a way of approaching the world characterize the school: a huge multi-cultural melting pot, a great commotion, intercutting passages, the vigor of ideologies, high standards of thought, a demand for coherence, the dimension of dreams … and all the avatars of imagination. View full university