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IPAX

The Imageworks Professional Academic Excellence program (IPAX), designed by Imageworks, is intended to build stronger relationships with established academic programs and to nurture and grow future generations of digital talent by working directly with academic faculty. IPAX is the first program of its kind, focused on educating and exposing IPAX member faculty to real-time production issues and helping them in the development of standards for training future digital artists.

Imageworks senior executives and staff provide the faculty of IPAX member schools with the opportunity to attend in-house training programs and experience a real world production environment, so they may then bring these valuable skills and production knowledge into the classroom. The program is also designed to offer a yearly review of curriculums to ensure the incorporation of the latest developments in technology and techniques which are being used not only at Imageworks, but throughout the visual effects and digital animation industry.

Visit the previous Imageworks website and learn more about IPAX

STUDENT RESOURCES

Our employees have a diverse and varied educational background and many actively participate on academic advisory boards and visit campuses to speak with students. We do not endorse or recommend one particular school over another. It is recommended that you assess your skills and interests and research the educational programs at a variety of schools to find a good fit for your talents and goals. To help you begin your search, below you will find a partial list of accredited schools with programs specializing in computer graphics and computer animation.

If you would like to get more information about the visual effects industry, we highly recommend reading magazines and trade journals. Here is a partial list of available publications:

  • Animation Magazine
  • Animation World Magazine
  • Animation World Network (AWN)
  • Cinefex
  • Computer Graphics World
  • The Hollywood Reporter
  • VFX Pro
  • Variety
  • Videography

Computer Graphics Schools 

Brown University
45 Prospect St.
Providence, RI 02912

California Institute of Technology
1201 E. California Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91125 

Carnegie-Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave. 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 

Cornell University
410 Thurston Ave.
Ithaca, NY 14853 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139 

Ohio State University
1800 Cannon Dr.
Columbus, OH 43210 

Stanford University
Undergraduate Admissions
Old Union Bldg. 232
Stanford, CA 94305-3005 

Texas A&M
Visualization Program
A216 Langford Center
College Station, TX 77843-3137 

University of Pennsylvania 
School of Engineering and Applied Science 
111 Town Building 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391 

University of British Columbia
2075 Wesbrook
Vancouver, BC
CANADA V6T 1Z2 

University of California at Berkeley
Undergraduate Admissions Office
110 Sproul Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-5800 

University of North Carolina
College of Arts and Science
317 Steele Bldg. 3105
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200 

University of Southern California
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211

University of Toronto
10 Kings College Rd.
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M5S 364 

University of Utah
Department of Admissions
201 South 1480 East Room 2505
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9057 

University of Washington
Box 355840
Seattle, WA 98195

Computer Animation Schools 

Academy of Art College
79 New Montgomery
San Francisco, CA 94105 

Art Center College of Design
1700 Lida St.
Pasadena, CA 91103 

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355 

Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64111 

Otis College of Art & Design
9045 Lincoln Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045 

Ringling School of Art and Design
2700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234 

Rhode Island School of Design
Two College St.
Providence, RI 02903-2791 

Rochester Institute of Technology 
One Lomb Memorial Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623-5608

San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132 

Savannah College of Art and Design
School of Film and Digital Media 
P.O. Box 3146
Savannah, Georgia 31402-3146 

School of Communication Arts
3220 Spring Forest Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27616 

School of Visual Arts
209 East. 23rd St. 
New York , NY 10010 

Sheridan College
Schools of Communication Design
1430 Trafalgar Rd. 
Oakville , Ontario 
CANADA L6H 2L1 

UCLA
Film and Television Department
405 Hilgard Ave. 
Los Angeles , CA 90095 

University of Southern California 
School of Animation 
University Park 
Los Angeles , CA 90089-2211