The Programme: overview
The BA was created to prepare artists and professionals in the field of audiovisual creations, in particular in the branch of cinema, in both live action productions and animations, and in all the traditional, contemporary and future applications including their hybrid products. The dynamic nature of this industry and of new technologies assumes the outlining, even in the short term, of new professional roles, and the BA lays the foundations to keep up with these changes.
Over the BA, students will have the opportunity to gain skills in:
- realising audiovisual productions for cinema and web
- creating animation contents using traditional and experimental design
- designing interactive and transmedia projects
Department: Design and Applied Arts
Area: Media Design and New Technologies
Title Awarded: First Level Academic Degree*
Credits: 180 CFA
Starting: February 2026 (English) - October 2026
Duration: 3 years
Languages: Italian and English
Campus: Milan and Rome
*Degrees recognised by the MUR
Specialisations: your academic career
It focuses on the topic of audiovisual productions for cinema, web, tv series, music videos as well as for social networks communication, providing students with the design tools to deal with the ideation, pre-production and post-production phases.
The student acquires the tools for the production of animation projects, from writing and art direction to stop-motion, 2D and 3D animation techniques.
Thanks to the prestigious partnerships established by NABA’s Media Design and New Technologies Area, which confirm the excellence of its teaching methodology and the constant updating of its Faculty, the Academy is a Centre of Excellence of Toon Boom, has achieved the Gold status as Unreal Academic Partner for 2025, and is certified as a GitHub Campus. NABA is also the first Academy of Fine Arts accredited as a Rookies Certified School and the only Italian Academy recognized as a Houdini Certified School.
Our Faculty
Study and career opportunities
NABA provides students with the opportunity to study abroad as part of their academic experience.
NABA Academic Coordination Office, in charge for the management of the exchange programmes, supports students in taking advantage of the international study opportunities through exchange programmes and promoting educational experiences thanks to a network including numerous prestigious international partner universities.
NABA counts more than 70 cooperation agreements with academies and universities through the Erasmus+ Programme in Europe and others international cooperation agreements with several universities outside Europe.
NABA has developed strong relationships with leading companies that provide internships for NABA students, including: The Walt Disney Company Italia, Zodiak Active, Fabrica Art & Media, Green Tomato, Next Media Lab, Cicciotun, Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno, Studio Azzurro, Mediaset, Cinerent, Running Tv International, Magnolia, 3Zero2TV, Spyder J. Film, You_are, Italian International Film, Cattleya.
The BA cooperates or has cooperated with: Next Media Lab, Cicciotun, Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno, Studio Azzurro, Mediaset, H3G, Rai 2, Trussardi, Officina Italia, MIR Cinematografica, Fondazione Cinema per Roma, Alice nella città, Milanomusica, Centri Porsche di Milano, Action Aid, About a film, Artissima, Alessi, Arexpo, Festival dei Popoli, Lumen Films, Indiana Production, Mercurio Cinematografica, Groenlandia.
Continue your academic career:
- Master of Arts in Creative Media Production
- Master of Arts in Digital and Live Performance
- Master in Screenwriting for Series
Kick-off your career. Among the career opportunities:
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