Listed below are graduate and undergraduate programs specifically designed for audiovisual archiving. This is not a definitive list, so please let us know of more programs to add. Inclusion on the list does not equal an endorsement of the program.
Additionally, many library, information science, archiving, and museum programs are beginning to offer audiovisual archiving themed courses.
University of Rochester
The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation
- 2 year MA Program
- Blog post Getting to Know You: The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation
MLIS with specialization in Media Archival Studies
- 2 year ALA-accredited MLIS program
- Compare with previous interdepartmental MA degree program in Moving Image Archive Studies (PDF), active from 2002-2015
- Blog post Getting to Know You: UCLA’s MLIS – Media Archival Studies program
New York University (NYU)
Moving Image Archive Program
- 2 year MA Program in Moving Image Archiving Preservation
- 5 year dual BA/MA in Cinema Studies/Moving Image Archiving and Preservation
Ryerson University-Toronto, Ontario, Canada-Masters of Arts in Film and Photography Preservation and Collection Management
- Specialization in Film Preservation
University of Amsterdam-Heritage Studies: Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image
- 18 month MA Program
- Taught in English
- Blog post Getting to Know You: The University of Amsterdam’s MA in Heritage Studies – Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
Conservation and Restoration of Audio-visual and Photographic Artefacts
- 18 month MA Program
- BA Program
- Taught in German
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Germany
Conservation of New Media and Digital Information
- 2 year MA Program
- Taught in German and English
- The program is organized into four modules: conservation, media, computer science and supporting studies. The media module focuses on three main areas: photography, video and digital information.
- Course blog
Université de Lausanne/Cinémathèque Suisse, Switzerland
Film Studies With Archive Option at the Cinémathèque Suisse
- 2 year MA Program
- Taught in French
Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan
Graduate Institute of Studies in Documentary & Film Archiving
- MA Program
- Taught in Mandarin Chinese
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