About Full Sail University
Since its conception over 40 years ago, Full Sail University is an entertainment, media, arts, and technology school.
Despite its origins in Ohio, the university moved to its current location in Winter Park, northeast of downtown Orlando, Florida in 1989.
At Full Sail University, students can gain undergraduate and graduate degrees within a wide variety of faculties, including: art and design, business, film and television, games, media and communications, recording arts, emerging tech and sports.
Full Sail University in Central Florida is an institution with a strong educational focus on arts, media, and technology. Rooted in experiential learning, Full Sail offers campus and online programs designed to help students learn practical and technical skills to maximize their creativity.
Over the years, graduates of Full Sail University have made their names working on award-winning films and albums, acclaimed video games and live productions both in the United States and beyond. Notable alumni include Gary Rizzo, Oscar Award winner in the sound mixing category; Sebastian Krys, 12 time Latin Grammy winner and six-time Grammy winner; and Phil Tan, three-time Grammy winner.
The Full Sail campus has recording studios, spacious film soundstages, a motion capture studio, game studios, and a professional performing arts venue. All of this is housed in a 210+ acre multimedia complex.
There are also several art and design studios where students can study figure drawing, sculpting, photography, 2D and 3D animation, and more.
Although Full Sail doesn’t offer on-campus housing, they have a housing resources department, which has established relationships with apartment complexes located within walking distance.
The Full Sail University international student community is composed of students from more than 67 countries such as China, Japan, India, Mexico, Canada, and South Korea to name just a few.
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- 24,451Number of FTE Students(1)
- 31 : 69Student Ratio of Females to Males(1)
- 3%Percentage of International Students(1)
- 40.9No. of students per staff(1)
Subjects taught at Full Sail University
Social sciences
- Communication & Media Studies
Business & economics
- Business & Management
Engineering & technology
- General Engineering
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Education
- Education
Arts & humanities
- Art, Performing Arts & Design
- Languages, Literature & Linguistics
Computer science
- Computer Science