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School of Visual Arts (SVA)

New York NY

Year after year, SVA ranks among the top design and advertising schools in the world, and has been a leader in the education of artists, designers, and creative professionals for over seven decades. Comprising 7,000 students at its Manhattan campus and more than 40,000 alumni worldwide working at Apple, Disney, Riot Games, Tiffany & Co., Instagram, Verizon, and more, SVA also represents one of the most influential artistic communities in the world.

BFA Design is a multidisciplinary educational system with concentrations in Graphic Design, Motion Design, Branding, Interaction Design, Emerging Media, Graphic Design for Fashion, and 3D Design.

Our made-just-for-you curriculum boasts one of the largest selections of studio courses in the world, led by award-winning, industry-leading faculty working at firms like HBO, Pentagram, Amazon, Meta, Squarespace, and COLLINS; networking is easy when you don’t need to leave the classroom.

Intern at top agencies, exhibit your work at prestigious venues, and collaborate with actual clients (recently, NASA and PRINT) to fill your résumé before you even graduate.

Master art direction, branding, integrated advertising, digital production, and critical and strategic thinking at BFA Advertising, and bring your big ideas to life in the advertising hub of the world.

You’re not just learning it, you’re living it: classes are regularly held at instructors’ agency offices, where you’ll work with real clients from environmental nonprofits to tech startups as part of SVA’s own student ad agency.

Students develop the competitive edge that places them at the top of their industry (and they’ve won the awards to prove it). Sharpen your voice, address real-world issues, and become the next team-building, world-changing creative leader. sva.edu 

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