You enter college with your talents and dreams. At The Art Institute of  Vancouver, we see our role as providing those educational services that help  you develop your potential.  At The Art Institute of Vancouver, education is not a process where we hand  you skills and knowledge. You must take responsibility and get involved. Here,  you learn from artists and professionals in a hands-on environment. You have  the opportunity to make both professional contacts and lifelong friends. On  your part it means engaging fully, eyes and mind wide open.  There’s a vibrant energy here, one that fuels a desire to do your best. You  are supported by a close and caring community bound by mutual respect for  individuality and creativity. You are also part of the Vancouver area creative  scene and can contribute to the texture that makes it one of the world’s most  desirable regions. An education from The Art Institute of Vancouver means something.  

The two locations in Vancouver are situated in the heart of downtown Vancouver near shopping, arts, and entertainment centres. The media, design and fashion location at 1090 West Georgia Street occupies the 6th and 7th floors has views of the busy downtown core and the North Shore mountains and is two blocks North of the main fashion centre, Robson Street. Here, you’ll find a comfortable and stimulating facility made up of classrooms, technology labs, art rooms, fabric and interior design sample room and student gallery.  The Art Institute of Vancouver  programs are intense, creatively challenging and designed to produce highly skilled New Media Professionals.

We offer thirty-six programs in eight areas of study leading to one year certificates and two or three year diplomas:

• 3D Modeling for Animation & Games
• Animation Art & Design 
• Digital Film & Video
• Electronic Music
• Game Art & Design
• Graphic Design
• Graphic Design & Foundation for Design
• Independent Recording Arts
• Professional Recording Arts
• Professional Recording Arts (LIPA)
• VFX for Film & Television
• Visual & Game Programming

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