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
- School for Studies in Music and Culture -- MA
- Concordia University -- MA / MFA /
- Humber College School of Media Studies -- Graduate Certificate
- McGill University Art History and Communication Studies -- MA / PhD
- Université de Montréal Études Cinématographiques -- MA
- Queen's University Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies and Cultural Studies Program -- MA / PhD
- Royal Roads University Professional Communication -- MA, and Specialization in Intercultural and International Communication -- MA
- Ryerson University Media Production -- MA, Documentary Media -- MFA
- Sheridan College Advanced Television and Film, Animation, Multimedia -- Ontario College Graduate Certificate
- Simon Fraser University School of Communication -- MA / PhD
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- University at Buffalo - The State University of New York Department of Media Studies - MA / MFA
- University of Texas at Austin Film Production - MFA
British Isles
- University of Warwick Film and Television Studies - MA
- 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.