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When I was deciding where to go to college, I remember feeling excited but also fearful about choosing the right school. As a creative person, I wanted to attend a college that would develop my talent as an artist and help me make a career out of my creativity.

Maybe you're feeling the same way right now. I've always loved the arts, so I knew I wanted to go to art school. I was looking for an art school where the faculty was responsive to student needs and where I wouldn't get lost in the shuffle. I also wanted to meet other students involved in the arts. Finally, I wanted to be in a city with lots of things going on - but not a city so big it could swallow me up.

That's a lot to ask for. But, I got lucky. I found the perfect art school for me - and the perfect school for anybody with a desire to be an artist, performer, screenwriter, or multimedia artist.

A Place Where Artists Can Grow
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University of the Arts

 , or UArts, is in Center City Philadelphia, on the Avenue of the Arts, the most exciting area west of the Left Bank of Paris. By embracing all the arts, UArts is a truly unique university. Founded more than 125 years ago, it's the nation's first and only university dedicated to the visual, performing, communication, and media arts. Comprised of the College of Art and Design, College of Performing Arts, and the College of Media and Communication, UArts offers intensive concentration within a major field as well as creative, challenging possibilities for exploration and growth. There's something exciting happening every minute of every day!

UArts has over 2,100 students who are creators, doers, and makers, pursuing their dreams of becoming professional designers, dancers, musicians, writers, or actors in one of the school's 25 degree programs.

Faculty Members Who Are Practicing Professionals
The best part of the UArts experience is working closely with accomplished faculty who are also professional artists, designers, performers, screenwriters, and multimedia designers - people who do more than teach - and who win awards pursuing their creative passion. They provide not just textbook knowledge about their craft, but the type of knowledge gained only though experience. With a student-faculty ratio of 12:1, classes are small and personal.

Whatever your creative interest, you'll feel right at home here. You'll find other individuals who share a passion for the creative process, and for making a lasting impact on society through individual expression.

Our location on the Avenue of the Arts - a neighborhood of theaters, hotels, restaurants, clubs, museums, galleries, and shops - provides students with a vital urban experience at the crossroads of culture and business. You'll love the availability of cultural institutions - all within walking distance, in a city with over 80 colleges and universities located between New York and Washington, D.C.

A Future In the Arts or Communication
As a UArts student, you can also find opportunities to intern at advertising agencies and Web development companies, TV and radio stations, and theater and dance companies. When you graduate from UArts, you'll be ready to achieve success in your chosen field.

There are UArts graduates in film production and screen writing who are making films in New York and Los Angeles right now. Our dance alumni appear everywhere from Broadway to the ballet to regional dance companies. Our designers and animators have gone on to start their own firms or work in major advertising agencies and film production companies. Our multimedia artists often receive job offers before they even graduate. Our musicians perform regularly and record professionally. I'm not kidding - in every field, UArts students are prepared to meet the highest industry challenges.
If you're passionately committed to the arts - be it art and design, the performing arts, or media and communication - I urge you to visit UArts. Come join our community!

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