List of film schools

The following is a list of notable film schools that are active, grouped by country.

Around the world, there are both public and private institutions dedicated to teaching film either as a department within a larger university, or as a stand-alone entity. There is also a distinction between film programs in existing private colleges and art schools, and purely for-profit institutions. The popularity of film and television production courses has exponentially increased since the 1980s and there are now more than 1,200 known institutions offering such courses around the world.

Pakistan

 * University of Lahore (School of Creative Arts) Lahore
 * Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi
 * University of Karachi (Department of Visual Studies), Karachi
 * Iqra University, Karachi
 * National College of Arts, Lahore
 * Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
 * Punjab University, Lahore

Middle East
Israel


 * Tel Aviv University Department of Film and Television, Tel Aviv
 * Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
 * Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem
 * Sapir Academic College, Sderot

Jordan


 * Yarmouk University
 * Amman Filmmakers Cooperative
 * Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts

Lebanon

 * Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
 * Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts
 * Lebanese American University
 * Notre Dame University – Louaize

United Arab Emirates


 * The College of Architecture, Art & Design at the American University of Sharjah

Syria


 * The College of Art, Cinema and Theater Department Arab International University


 * The High Institute For Cinema Ministry Of Culture

Turkey

 * Istanbul Bilgi University
 * Istanbul Kültür University (IKU), CILECT Member.
 * Istanbul University (Faculty of Communication, Radio, TV and Cinema).
 * Izmir University of Economics (Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema and Digital Media)
 * Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
 * Yaşar University Film Design.

United Kingdom
The following film schools are internationally accredited by the International Association of Film and Television Schools, or CILECT.


 * Bournemouth Film School, Arts University Bournemouth
 * Falmouth University,
 * University of Hertfordshire
 * London Film School
 * Met Film School
 * National Film and Television School
 * Film & TV School Wales, University of South Wales
 * Northern Film School at Leeds Beckett University
 * Screen Academy Scotland, Napier University
 * University for the Creative Arts at Farnham
 * Westminster Film School, University of Westminster

Other schools (which may accredited by Creative Skillset):


 * University of Bristol, Department of Drama
 * University of Gloucestershire
 * Goldsmiths, University of London
 * Kingston University, London
 * Skillset Screen Academy at LCC, University of the Arts London
 * London Film Academy
 * Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
 * Middlesex University, Hendon, London
 * Richmond University, London
 * Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication