Chung-Ang University’s Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film was established in 1999 through the Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Special Graduate School Support Project, with the goal of integrating imaging engineering and visual arts. As the only professional graduate school in Korea that has continuously carried out all four stages of the BK21 project including the most recent fourth stage in 2022 it has successfully led advanced visual content initiatives to this day. Over the past two decades, the school has achieved remarkable progress, producing 328 doctoral graduates and 1,334 master’s and professional master’s graduates.

Students of the graduate school have been invited to international film festivals such as the Busan and Jeonju International Film Festivals, received awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, and have been selected for the Cannes Film Festival. They have also won at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Collaborations have included feature film projects with CJ E&M and KM Culture, as well as attracting a 12-billion-won investment for the Seoul Future-Oriented Content Convergence Cluster. The school also secured an annual 1-billion-won funding as part of the OTT Content Specialization Graduate School Support Program, 3 billion won through the Cultural Technology Leading Graduate School Project, and has led developments in Korean-style digital cinema compression technology and various AI technologies. These achievements have positioned the school at the forefront of advanced visual content research and education. As a result, it was selected as an “Excellent Leading Educational Institution” in both 2022 and 2023.

Unlike general graduate schools that operate with a minimum number of faculty, this professional graduate school has 20 full-time professors. They offer a wide range of majors and sub-majors, including AI imaging, AI content, arts engineering, film production, film theory, OTT content planning/policy/business, immersive media/animation content, entertainment technology, creative masters, and digital scientific photography. This comprehensive curriculum is designed to meet the demands of an ever-evolving media landscape.