Supinfocom (école SUPérieure d'INFOrmatique de COMmunication, roughly University of Communication Science) is a computer graphics university with campuses in
Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
,
Arles
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France
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) and
Pune
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India
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).
History
Founded in 1988 in
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, the school offers a five-year course leading to a diploma of digital direction (certified Level I). A second campus in
Arles
Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...
opened in 2000, while a third one opened in 2008 in
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
In November 2007, the school was ranked #1 worldwide by the American magazine "3D World" with criteria such as the distribution of student films and prizes in festivals around the world.
Curriculum
The curriculum includes:
* Two years of preparatory courses (design and applied art,
perspective, film analysis, video, color,
2D animation
Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until computer animation.
Proce ...
, art history, sculpture, communication, English);
* Three years of specialization in computer graphics (3D software, screenplay, storyboards, animation, compositing, 3D production, sound, editing).
The final year of study is devoted to the team-based production of a short film in CG.
Until the class of 2007 entered, there were only two years of specialization courses; there are now three.
See also
*
:Supinfocom alumni
External links
Official site of Supinfocom ValenciennesOfficial site of DSK Supinfocom Pune
Art schools in France
Engineering universities and colleges in France
Animation schools in France
Animation schools in India
Engineering colleges in Pune
Digital media education
3D computer graphics
Education in Valenciennes
Universities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Buildings and structures in Arles
Universities in Hauts-de-France
Educational institutions established in 1988
1988 establishments in France
2008 establishments in Maharashtra
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