RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) is the world’s oldest film school founded in 1919 by Lev Kuleshov and Vladimir Gardin, outstanding Russian filmmakers. S. Eisenstein, A. Dovzhenko, M. Romm, S. Bondarchuk, R. Karmen, G. Chukhrai, E. Tisse, A. Golovya, B. Volchek, Ye. Gabrilovich, V, Yezhov, S. Komarov, R. Yurenev taught at VGIK at different periods of its history. Some of VGIK’s alumni, such as A. Tarkovsky, V. Shukshin, O. Ioseliani, A. Konchalovsky, N. Mikhalkov, V. Abdrashitov.
The university’s faculty comprises highly qualified scholars and professionals working in film and television industry and at the theatre.
VGIK is an institution of higher education training specialists at the following departments:
Professional training /specialties Qualification
Course of studies Form of studies 070301 «Acting skills» Drama, film, TV actor specialist 4 years full-time 070601 «Film and TV direction» Fiction film, -TV& film director, teacher Documentary film, -TV& film director, teacher Animation and computer graphics director, teacher TV program director, teacher
specialist 5 years full-time 070701 «Sound direction of audio-visual arts (film and television)» Sound director specialist 5 years full-time 071001 «Production design» Production designer, special effects artist
specialist 6 years full-time 071002 «Graphic» Animator and computer graphics artist
specialist 6 years full-time 070901 «Cinematography» Director of photography for film and television, teacher specialist 5 years full-time 074201 «Cinema studies» Film critic specialist 5 years full-time, correspondence 070800 «Screenwriting» Screenwriter - bachelor
bachelor / master
2 years
full-time, correspondence 074301 «Producing for film & TV» Film and TV producer
specialist 5 years full-time, correspondence 080200 «Management» Manager master 2 years full-time
(degree)
Multimedia director, teacher
Costume designer
Animated cartoon designer
Screenwriter, teacher - master
4 years/
Line producer
TV program producer
Multimedia producer
The University has a film studio, where students make their shooting exercises and graduation films.
VGIK has a 16-floor student hostel for 750 people. There are 16 blocks on the floor, each block consisting of two bedrooms, a hall and a bathroom. The hostel also has a gym and a weight room, classrooms for Russian lessons, drawing and music, a student café, a shop where one can buy food and essential goods.
The teaching is in Russian. Those not speaking Russian are offered a Preparatory Russian Language program where the students also get the first notion of their future profession.
Training of foreign citizens at VGIK is financed from the federal budget when they are admitted in accordance with a) the recommendation of the Federal Education Agency, approved by the RF Ministry of Culture, b) the international treaties. In all other cases students are to pay a fee under a contract, which is renewed every year. The tuition fee of the basic academic course (A) and post-graduate program (C) is revised annually and approved by the Learned Council. The cost of other programs depends upon the number of the subjects and services and is estimated individually.
The tuition fee does not include the cost of the shooting and video exercises and graduation projects made by the students in the course of studies and depends on the character of the chosen project. It does not include the hostel rent either.
For the enrollment the applicants should submit the following documents:
- a written application;
- an application form;
- the officially legalized original of the document stating his or her academic background with an appendix listing the studied subjects, academic hours and marks and their notarized translations into Russian;
- 8-10 3×4 cm photographs;
For the enrollment after passing the entrance tests beside the listed above documents one should present:
- the certificate of the equivalence of the certificates of education obtained at the Federal Department of Control in the Sphere of Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor);