Academy of Interactive Entertainment

Academy of Interactive Entertainment

Established	1996
Location	Australia
Language	English
Website	aie.edu.au theaie.us

The Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) is an Australian video games and 3D animation school. Founded in 1996, it was one of the world's first institutions to offer qualifications in these industries. The AIE provides courses covering CGI, animation, video game asset creation and games programming. Campuses are located in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Seattle Washington and Lafayette, Louisiana and an online campus.

Courses

3D Animation^[1]

• Certificate II in Creative Industries (Media) (3D Animation Foundations)
• Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media (3D Animation and Visual FX)
• Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development (Game Art and Animations)

Game Design^[1]

• Certificate III in Media (Game Design Foundations)
• Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development (Game Design & Production)

Game Programming^[1]

• Certificate II in Information Technology (Game Programming Foundations)
• Certificate II in IDMT (Game Programming Foundations)
• Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development (Game Programming)
• Bachelor's degree of Games and Virtual Worlds (Programming)

Awards

2015

• Short animated film Lovebites collected awards and screenings at Dubai, Melbourne International Film Festival and many others.^[2]

2013

• Tropfest 22 Finalist and Winner of the Cadetship Award for student film, "Still Life"

2012

• Australian Training Awards – Small Registered Training Organisation of the Year (Finalist)
• ACT Training Awards – Small Registered Training Organisation of the Year (Winner)

2007

• Australian National Training Authority “Small Training Provider of the Year” (Winner)
• ACT Training Excellence Awards - Small Registered Training Organisation of the Year

2006

• ACT Training Excellence Awards - Small Registered Training Organisation of the Year (Finalist)

2005

• ACT Small Training Organisation of the Year Award.
• Australian National Training Authority “Small Training Provider of the Year” (Finalist)

2004

• ACT Training Excellence Awards – “Small Registered Training Organisation of the year” (Finalist)

2003

• Australian National Training Authority “National Training Initiative Award” 2003 (Finalist)
• ACT Training Excellence Awards “ACT Training Initiative Award”
• ACT Training Excellence Awards – “Small Registered Training Organisation of the year” (Finalist)

2002

• ACT Training Excellence Awards – “ACT Small Registered Training Organisation of the Year”

References

1. "courses". aie.edu.au. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2. "Aaron "Agaki" Bautista talks about the film Lovebites". aie.edu.au. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

External links

• Website for Academy of Interactive Entertainment

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