Overview

The Visual Arts and Photography, BA course from Symbiosis International University has been designed to create a holistic approach instead of just a technical one.To provide an in-depth study and understanding of the Basics of Design along with Liberal Arts, Advanced Photography, Industry Internship and finally create a strong Portfolio that will enable the student to step into the professional world of photography.

The BA program provides candidates with a thorough grounding in the fields of commercial, fine art, and documentary photography along with other visual art forms like Visual effects and filmmaking.

The first year is a foundation year with basic visual art courses along with basic courses in Photography, Visual Effects and Filmmaking. The second year of the program is the time when students get to choose one photography genre as a specialization and one non-photography area such as filmmaking, visual effects and visual graphics and painting and sculpture making as another specialization. In the final year students work on their final degree projects along with studying advanced courses in the following areas: Visual Effects, Digital Filmmaking and Visual Communication.

Specializations:

Major Specializations

Commercial Photography
Photojournalism and Social Documentary
Wildlife and Travel Photography

Minor Specialization

Film Techniques and Cinematography
Visual Effects and Visual Graphics

Programme Structure

The visual art program has courses, academic curriculum and an evaluation process which is updated regularly. In order to give over-all and industry related learning, pedagogy of the program is multi-dimensional. With the help of academic council, alumni experts, industry experts, internal faculty and students we structure our teaching methodology.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-08 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Pune, India

Disciplines

Visual Arts Photography View 19 other Bachelors in Visual Arts in India

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Passed Standard XII (10+2) or equivalent from any recognized Board.

12 years Baccalaureate Certificate
GCE/ IGCSE/ GCSE examinations of the approved British Examining Bodies in Hong Kong with passes in 5 subjects at ‘Ordinary Level’ and 2 subjects at ‘Advanced Level’. Candidates intending to join Professional courses are required to have passed the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Mathematics in ADVANCED LEVEL & English at AS LEVEL.
Admissions are in conformity with the guidelines set by the Association of Indian Universities and the Statutory Bodies of India like the Indian Nursing Council, All India Council for Technical Education, Bar Council of India, etc.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

1300 USD / year

≈ 1300 USD / year

Additional Details

Fees for NRI, OCI, PIO - 8600 USD per annum

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