Everything You Need To Know

Admission Requirements

To apply, you must have your high school diploma or equivalent. We also welcome applicants with post-secondary experience.

Program Length

11-month (46 weeks) Diploma program with over 1300 total hours, 650 of which are hands-on studio time

Class Sizes

A maximum enrollment of 64 students, creating truly small class sizes with unprecedented access to faculty and facilities.

Curriculum

We have been crafting our curriculum for decades to provide you with the right skills to turn your passion into a rewarding career. We are constantly refining our curriculum to give you the skills required to make truly astounding audio productions and to surpass the expectations of the most modern employers.

Projects

Our real-world projects are developed in conjunction with employers and are designed to develop skills that are highly sought after in the audio industry. Write, compose, create and produce while being guided, critiqued and mentored by your instructors. By the time you’ve graduated, you’ll have a high-quality and professional employment-ready audio portfolio & demo reel showcasing your skills. 

Program Start

The program starts every September and completes the following July.

Reputation & Completion Rates

• Over 39 years of experience with a well-respected global reputation.
• Life-long career support and guidance.
• The highest program completion rate, over 85%, and industry job placement (71%) rates in Canada.

Designed For Learning

Each of our classrooms is a working studio environment with comfortable theatre-style seating. Classroom tools are the ones used throughout OIART’s facilities so that you learn on what you use.

With over 650 hours of hands-on time, unlike other programs, we don’t require the students to purchase computers, hardware or software. All student projects and labs are done on-site in our creative spaces. 

On-Site Facilities

Eight fully equipped studio spaces are used as classrooms and labs in London, ON

Tuition Fees

You pay $35,450, and that’s it. There are NO extra costs for lab fees, textbooks, parking passes or student activity fees.

Tuition includes:

1. Professional Studio Headphones
2. A 1TB SSD Drive
3. Custom-fit hearing protection.

How Classes Work

For every hour in class, there is an hour in your labs with hands-on practice to solidify every concept you learn about.

Your Instructors

Part of providing you with a real-world education is exposing you to leading experts in the industry. OIART provides the perfect balance of full-time on-site instructors to mentor and guide you with working guest lecturers to give you real-world knowledge, insight and perspective.