Similar Programs

The Entertainment Technology Center is a unique graduate program.  As such, it is difficult to answer the question, "What other schools offer a degree like yours?" There is no other program just like ours.  However, there are some schools that have similar programs, and even other schools that offer programs in areas that people inquiring about the ETC are often interested in.  In the spirit of collaboration, we offer the following list for your information.  Also included on the list are research centers that do not grant degrees or certificates.

This list is in no way exhaustive, nor do we necessarily support or endorse any of these programs or institutions.  This list will constantly be evolving as we discover what universities, colleges, and other schools are offering.  To have your site listed, please email us:

Similar Interdisciplinary Programs

SUDAC, Stanford University
Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida
Hexagram, Concordia University and the Universit du Qubec Montral
Institute For Creative Technologies, USC
Information, Design & Technology, Georgia Tech
The MIT Media Laboratory

Academic and Theory

Comparative Media Studies, grad, MIT
Comparative Media Studies, undergrad, MIT
School of Cinema-Television, USC
Digital Games Research Association
Grandtextauto.org is about computer mediated and computer generated works of many forms
Buzzcut covers the theory and criticism of electronic entertainment
Terra Nova a collaborative weblog experiment focusing on virtual worlds

Animation

3DMIRAGE 
Academy of Digital Animation, Cerro Coso College
Academy of Entertainment & Technology, Santa Monica College
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Centre NAD
Digipen Institute of Technology
Digital Media Centre, Seneca College
Digital Media Design, U Penn
Full Sail Real World Education
Mesmer Animation Labs
School of Cinema-Television, USC
School of Communication Arts
School of Film & Video, Cal Arts
SUDAC, Stanford University
VIA Lab, Ball State University
Visualization Sciences, Texas A&M

Digital Media

Academy of Entertainment & Technology, Santa Monica College
ACTLab, University of Texas at Austin
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Digital Media Design, U Penn
Full Sail Real World Education
Hexagram, Concordia University and the Universit du Qubec Montral
iEAR, Rensselaer Polytech
School of Cinema-Television, USC
School of Communication Arts
SUDAC, Stanford University Digital Media Center for the Arts
United Digital Artists
VIA Lab, Ball State University
Visualization Laboratory, Texas A&M
The Center for Digital Arts at Pratt Institute
Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University
School of Film and Digital Media, University of Central Florida
Drexel University, Digital Media Program

Gaming

Applied Media & Simulation Games Center, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Academy of Digital Animation, Cerro Coso College
Art Institutites International at San Fransisco
Centre NAD
Digipen Institute of Technology
Full Sail Real World Education
The Art Institute of California Game & Art Design Program
Gnomon School of 3D Visual Effects
Social Impact Games
Serious Game
Ludonauts,videogame analysis, commentary, criticism, design, and theory

Graduate Programs

ACTLab, University of Texas at Austin
Comparative Media Studies, MIT
Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida
Information, Design & Technology, Georgia Tech
Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU
MassArt
The MIT Media Laboratory
School of Cinema-Television, USC
Visualization Laboratory, Texas A&M

Interactive Media

Academy of Entertainment & Technology, Santa Monica College
Art Center College of Design: Media Design Program, Pasadena
Berkeley Institute of Design, Berkeley
College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan
Hexagram, Concordia University and the Universit du Quebec Montral
Institute of Design: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU
MIT Media Laboratory
PLAY Interactive Institute
School of Visual Arts: MFA in Computer Art, New York
Stanford: Human-Computer Interation, Palo Alto

 

Music and Sound Technology

ACTLab, University of Texas at Austin
Entertainment Technology Department, New York City Technical College
Hexagram, Concordia University and the Universit du Qubec Montral
Full Sail Real World Education
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Research

Ars Electronica Center 
Beall Center, UC Irvine
Entertainment Technology Center, USC
Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center, Georgia Tech
Institute For Creative Technologies, USC
MIT Media Laboratory
NTT InterCommunication Center
PICET, Purdue
ZKM Center for Art and Media
North Carolina State University, Center for Digital Entertainment
Center for Computer Games Research IT University of Copenhagen

Technology

Entertainment Technology Center, USC
Entertainment Technology Department, New York City Technical College
Full Sail Real World Education
Institute For Creative Technologies, USC
PICET, Purdue

Themed Entertainment

Academy of Entertainment & Technology, Santa Monica College
Entertainment Technology Department, New York City Technical College
Full Sail Real World Education
PICET, Purdue

Visual Effects

Centre NAD
Digital Media Centre, Seneca College
Gnomon School of 3D Visual Effects
Mesmer Animation Labs

Virtual Reality, Virtual Environments

Digital Media Design, U Penn
Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center, Georgia Tech
Hexagram, Concordia University and the Universit du Qubec Montral
Institute For Creative Technologies, USC
Media Research Lab, NYU 
Virtual Reality Lab, UC Irvine 
Indiana University, Masters in Immersive Mediated Environments

Academic Gaming Resources

Game Research a site that discusses the art, science, and business of computer games
Game Studies "the international journal of computer game research"
Games-to-Teach Project designs educational games at MIT
Joystick101.org "a community of gamers, designers, critics, academics, and researchers interested in the in-depth study of video games"
Ludology.org a site that archives opinions, articles, academic papers, and news about conferences and other events in video-game studies
MetaGame Group a project at the University of California at Irvine that seeks to "develop the study of games and game culture as a serious academic field"

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