New York City is the advertising capital of the world, so it should come as no surprise that the advertising program at the School of Visual Arts attracts the finest students and draws faculty from the best of the city’s advertising industry.

The department’s prestige is suggested by the fact that advertising students from the School of Visual Arts dominate the Graphis New Talent Annual year after year.

That’s what we have to offer. What do we ask that you bring to the table? Your talent, your creativity and your daring.

Advertising at SVA is a soup-to-nuts proposition: We ground you in the basics—typography, motion graphics, interaction design, graphic design and a conceptual approach toward problem-solving. We broaden your visual literacy and sharpen your voice.

Just as important, you benefit from our strong ties to the professional world. Many of SVA’s advertising classes are held at faculty members’ agencies, where students can mingle with executives, media planners and copywriters. Our students complete internships during their junior and senior years, providing further opportunities to create industry connections.

We also offer junior and senior advertising majors complimentary membership to The One Club for Creativity, which includes The Art Directors Club and Type Directors Club. This membership provides a wide range of benefits, including members-only events, discounts and professional networking opportunities.

When the time for the big job search arrives, BFA Advertising helps students get the exposure they need to land prime positions. Our graduates have gone on to work at prestigious agencies such as Wieden+Kennedy; DDB; DeVito Verdi; Ogilvy; Goodby, Silverstein & Partners; and Crispin Porter & Bogusky.

Advertising today is a vital, thriving industry, and it’s a different animal than in decades past. The SVA curriculum has been groundbreaking in recognizing the potential of advertising to advance a social agenda and to move beyond its traditional platforms. SVA was the first school to offer a guerilla advertising course, and was also the first to teach the concept of ads with no headlines, broadening the global reach of advertising.