Graduate Study Opportunities in Film and Media

The list below provides links to both professional and academic institutions that may interest a student who will be graduating in Film and Media. If you have questions about whether postgraduate education is right for you, choosing between graduate school and professional school, or the application process, book an appointment with a Career Services counselor or visit the Career Services website. Film and Media faculty members will also be happy to give advice, and offer a workshop each year (during the Fall term) on how to select and apply to a graduate program in Film.

Canada

• University of British Columbia Film Studies -- MA / MFA
• Brock University Popular Culture -- MA
• University of Calgary Graduate Program in Communication Studies -- MA / MCS
• Carleton University School of Journalism and Mass Communication -- MA / PhD, and School for Studies in Music and Culture -- MA
• Concordia University -- MA / MFA /
• Humber College School of Media Studies -- Graduate Certificate
• University of Manitoba Department of English -- MA / PhD
• McGill University Art History and Communication Studies -- MA / PhD
• Université de Montréal Études Cinématographiques -- MA
• Queen's University Cultural Studies Program -- MA / PhD
• Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Media Arts -- MFA
• Royal Roads University Professional Communication -- MA, and Specialization in Intercultural and International Communication -- MA
• Ryerson University Media Production -- MA, Documentary Media -- MFA, and Communication and Culture -- MA / PhD (with York University)
• Sheridan College Advanced Television and Film, Animation, Multimedia -- Ontario College Graduate Certificate
• Simon Fraser University School of Communication -- MA / PhD and School for the Contemporary Arts -- MFA
• Vancouver Film School -- Diploma in chosen field (e.g. Film Production, Animation etc.)
• University of Waterloo English Language and Literature: Experimental Digital Media (XDM) -- MA
• University of Western Ontario Media Studies -- MA
• York University Graduate Program in Film -- MA / MFA and Social and Political Thought -- MA / PhD

International

A wider selection of programs is available outside Canada. A selected list of some schools in the U.S. and U.K. is below.

Immigration requirements and high tuition and living expenses are a concern for students applying to American programs. "Fortunately, these costs are no less prohibitive for American students, so many institutions offer generous financial aid packages that include tuition and living expenses. Financial aid is generally a necessity for foreign students in the U.S., since they are not allowed to work off-campus to supplement their income. The bottom line is that there is a lot of scholarship money out there and it is definitely worth applying for."

"Most American schools also require applicants to take the GRE, a test that is now more widely available across Canada since it has become computerized." A good test result is helpful for Canadian students.... Departments may not have a sense of what your grades mean... but the GRE is considered more of an objective result and gives you a chance to compete with Ivy League grads they might also be considering."

("Finding International Programs in Film & Media Studies", Paul McEwan, in Continuity: The FSAC/ACEC Newsletter, Vol. 24 No. 4, Summer 2000.)

United States

• Columbia School of the Arts (Film, Theater, Visual Arts, Writing) - MFA
• American Film Institute Conservatory Program - MFA
• Academy of Art University Graduate Program - MFA
• California Institute of the Arts School of Film / Video Programs - MFA
• Chapman University School of Film and Television - MFA
• Humboldt State University Theater, Film and Dance - MA / MFA
• Montana State University - Bozeman Master of Fine Arts - Science and Natural History Filmmaking - MFA
• San Francisco State University MA in Cinema Studies / MFA in Cinema
• University of California, Los Angeles Film, Television, and Digital Media - MA / MFA / PhD
• University of Iowa Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature - Graduate Programs - MA / MFA / PhD
• University of Southern California USC School of Cinema Television - MA / MFA / PhD
• University of Utah Film Studies University of Utah College of Fine Arts - MFA
• American University MFA in Film and Electronic Media & MA in Film and Video
• Central Michigan University Department of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts - MA
• Emory University Department of Film Studies - MA / PhD
• New York University - Tisch Institute of Film and Television - MFA
• Northwestern University School of Communication - MFA Directing
• Northwestern University School of Communication - MFA Writing
• Northwestern University School of Communication - MFA Stage
• Ohio University Film Graduate Catalog - MA / MFA
• Rochester Institute of Technology School of Film and Animation - MFA
• Syracuse University College of of Visual and Performing Arts - MFA
• University at Buffalo - The State University of New York Department of Media Studies - MA / MFA
• University of Chicago Cinema and Media Studies - PhD
• University of Texas at Austin Film Production - MFA
• University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication - MA
• University of Santa Cruz History of Consciousness -PhD (can apply with a BAH)

British Isles

• University of Warwick Film and Television Studies - MA
• Birkbeck - University of London History of Film and Visual Media - MA
• Goldsmiths University of London Postgraduate Courses in Media and Communications
• King's College London Film Studies - MA
• University of Glasgow Department of Theater, Film and TV Studies - MPhil (equivalent to an MA)

Please let us know about changes in the sites listed here, or about other sites you think we should include on the list.