New York University's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts, the leading film school in the United States, brings its Graduate Film Production programme to Singapore. This is the first time NYU is offering a degree outside of New York. The Singapore campus expects to enrol some 250 students ultimately.

Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore Campus will offer an MFA in Film Production, a three year course integrating both theory and practice, and aimed at developing potential for filmmaking.

"Asia has a burgeoning community of artists with a rich history of artistic expression, and Singapore is situated geographically in the middle of it all," says Mary Schmidt Campbell, Dean, Tisch School of the Arts and Vice Provost for the Arts, NYU. "Moreover, the island nation of Singapore, with the help of the country's Economic Development Board, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Media Development Authority and National Arts Council is on the road to becoming an important regional and global media centre. The decision to open a campus in Singapore is a response to these factors, in part, and to the demand for quality film training in the region."