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Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design

Sheridan's Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design (FAAD) is Canada's largest art school.

Internationally recognized for our outstanding programs, we train performers, animators, filmmakers, designers and artists like you to realize the full potential of their talents.

Our renowned faculty members come from the industry, which means you receive a professionally relevant education that also makes you highly employable in your field. FAAD also gives you the chance to learn the latest technologies and offers opportunities to collaborate with students from other disciplines and faculties for a balanced education.

As a FAAD graduate, you leave with a rare combination of artistic talent, professionalism, and technical sophistication. You’ll be poised for success – and prepared to make your creativity a force for change.

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5,774 full-time students

38 programs

30+ alumni nominated for Emmys

20+ alumni nominated for Oscars

Student work

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Visual effects animation of a man being thrown backwards from a fiery explosion — Dai Zhongyan, Visual Effects

Work by Art History students hanging in a gallery — Jordan Clawsey, Art & Art History (2016)

*Migration* (2015), gouache on paper, 50 x 180 inches

Computer-animated scene: a young girl wearing a pilot's hat and goggles on her head, floating in the clouds and looking at a star that's right in front of her. — Madeline Munoz Sosa, Computer Animation, January 2019

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Career Development

Celebrating 50 years of storytelling

Apr 16, 2021

The media landscape may look a lot different than it did when Sheridan first started teaching journalism in 1970, but one thing hasn’t changed: everybody loves a good story.

Arts & Design

Sheridan alumni celebrated as industry’s best with nominations for Canadian Screen Awards

Mar 31, 2021

Sheridan graduates from across the Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design are being celebrated for their wide-ranging contributions to excellence in the media industry, garnering 43 nominations for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards.

Equity & Inclusion

Beyond Black History Month

Mar 23, 2021

Akil McKenzie channels his talent and passion into ending racial injustice

Arts & Design

Sheridan’s Michael Rubinoff shines spotlight on Broadway hits with Hot Docs series

Feb 24, 2021

Michael Rubinoff, Producing Artistic Director of Sheridan’s Canadian Music Theatre Project, is sharing his musical expertise in a lecture series streamed through Hot Docs.

Latest news

Sheridan alumni celebrated as industry’s best with nominations for Canadian Screen AwardsMar 31, 2021 | Arts & Design
Sheridan’s Michael Rubinoff shines spotlight on Broadway hits with Hot Docs seriesFeb 24, 2021 | Arts & Design
Sheridan collaboration helps puts food on the table and a song in the hearts of older adults in community housingFeb 24, 2021 | Community

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