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Training the next generation of digital media professionals
SAE Institute is known globally for its dedication to excellence in creative education. The SAE Institute Serbia continues this tradition by offering industry-relevant, hands-on learning experiences that meet the highest quality standards.
Whether you aspire to be a music producer, audio engineer, game developer, filmmaker, or multimedia artist, SAE Institute Serbia offers programs in Audio Production, Digital Film Production, Web Development, and Game Animation to cater to your interests and career aspirations. These course offerings enable you to explore and specialise in your preferred creative field.
A team of experienced professionals mentoring the next generation of creative minds will guide students. SAE campus has state-of-the-art facilities, providing students access to the latest industry tools and technologies. Students receive real-world insights and practical knowledge beyond textbooks. It offers cutting-edge studios and industry-standard software to ensure students can access the best resources for enhancing their creativity.
Leap a fulfilling and rewarding career in the creative industry. Discover your potential, develop your talent, and venture out on a journey of artistic expression and professional success. Be a part of the creative revolution at SAE Institute Serbia.
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The BA/BSc (Hons) Audio Production program is an internationally-recognised degree. Whatever your ambitions, be they Audio Production, Music Production, Sound for Film, Live Sound, Mixing, Mastering, or Game Audio, making them a reality starts here.
From modelling to 3D animation and motion capture, you’ll learn the critical hands-on elements and processes needed to tell a story and release your ideas from the page.
SAE Belgrade offers a globally-recognised BA/BSc (Hons) degree. Students will create a portfolio that includes short videos, advertising, music videos, feature productions and documentaries in a two-year fast-track degree program that corresponds to a full three-year Bachelor syllabus.
At SAE Belgrade, the Game Art Animation program is based on learning applied production techniques. It is founded on a strong understanding of the CGI and VFX production pipeline. The students are encouraged to develop analytical perception, creative thinking and problem solving approach as well as their organisational and management skills.
During the course, the lecturer introduces you to the world of digital art, and at the same time shows how Zbrush software can be used in the VFX industry, whether it’s for movies, commercials, video games or similar.
The course is intended for anyone who wants to learn, upgrade or systematize their digital drawing and painting skills, with a focus on character design and visual identity creation for film and games, as well as illustration and comics.
Learn what “game object” should be used for the hero to skip the stone, what are the “colliders”, how to write these complicated scripts, how to manage virtual physics and many more.
This course offers a kind of methodical introduction to the world of game development!
After Effects is software used for film post production, in the video game industry, for television production, as well as for creating attractive content for social networks and the like. This course is ideal if you want to learn After Effects from scratch, regardless of whether you are a total beginner, or you already have experience within the Adobe program .
The Graphic Design course is intended for anyone who wants to thoroughly master the basic tools for work, i.e. three programs: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. The programs are part of the Adobe Creative Suite package, which represents a complete design solution for design and preparation for printing.
The BA/BSc (Hons) Audio Production program is an internationally-recognised degree. Whatever your ambitions, be they Audio Production, Music Production, Sound for Film, Live Sound, Mixing, Mastering, or Game Audio, making them a reality starts here.
Learn how to design video game sound from one of the most successful video game music composers and designers in the region, Nikola Nikita Jeremic. Some of the titles he has worked on include Destiny 2, Warhammer 40K Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, Pagan Online, Music Inspired By Witcher Wild Hunt album, Starpoint Gemini series, Hellpoint, Phageborn and others.
The Digital Video Production course will introduce you to video production techniques used in television and online video production. The course covers ideation, pre-production, filming and post-production and is designed for students who want to improve their video production skills. In addition, you will acquire skills for the entire chain of video production, from script writing to the final formats for posting on the Web / Television.
Learn how to produce electronic music from one of the most successful producers of electronic music in the region, Marko Milićević – Gramophonedzie. He is best known for his 2010 hit “Why don’t you”, which reached number twelve on the UK Singles Chart, and won the “Best Adria Act” award at the MTV EMA in the same year.
If you want to learn how to make an attractive video for social networks or for your YouTube channel, or if you want to work professionally in creating videos for digital marketing campaigns – this is your chance to learn it all.
The photography course is for all photography lovers who want to improve their knowledge of photography.
The course covers topics from the basics of photography to studio photography, the use of flash and lighting fixtures, working in studio conditions and in the field, creating HDR and mastering photo processing techniques in Photoshop.
From back-end skeleton structures to front-end interactive design, you’ll learn key aspects of Web development, programming and design. At the same time, you will apply and develop your skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and UX/UI through hands-on training combined with one-on -one support.
The course covers practical web design techniques, the basics of web development and modern web languages (HTML and CSS) and opens up the world of web design and programming.
Learn what UX UI designers do, how they think, what tools they use, and how they constantly thrive in the interesting and exciting IT industry. The UX UI design course is based on a practical approach, and during the program you go through all phases of concept, prototype, and UI design testing.
Programming in PHP is one of the most sought after skills today.
By teaching you server-side programmers this course will turn you into a serious PHP / MySQL developer that is able to create dynamic mobile and web sites, works with databases and real CMS, and in general is able to create any type of complex web site or service that works with databases, as well as to use, modify and program themes and plugins for one of the most popular CMSs – WordPress.
Interest in blockchain technology has increased tremendously over the past few years. The goal of this course is to introduce web developers to the basics of these technologies with practical examples so that they can further develop their skills and knowledge and create innovative decentralized online products.
Asset creation On-campus
Think Tank’s mentorship is designed to help artists that have previous training and/or experience brush up on their skills and produce a viable demo reel. Each student is assigned a personal, state-of-the-art workstation. During your time on campus, you will have access to 4-months of guidance from an industry professional to create and polish your demo reel.
Vancouver, Canada
12 Months
February | June | October
International Students: $50,800 CAD
Canadian Students: $38,400 CAD
asset creation Online
Asset Creation is a term used in the CG industry for the creation of all bits and pieces, both big and small, used in Film and Games. This Asset Creation program is designed to train working artists in the CG Industry for the roles of Props & Environments for Film, Characters & Creatures for Film, Environments for Games as well as Characters & Creatures for Games.
Online
16 Months
February | June | October
$15,840 CAD
If you pay for all 4 terms upfront, you will receive 5% off.
Mentorship
Think Tank’s mentorship is designed to help artists that have previous training and/or experience brush up on their skills and produce a viable demo reel. Each student is assigned a personal, state-of-the-art workstation. During your time on campus, you will have access to 4-months of guidance from an industry professional to create and polish your demo reel.
Vancouver, Canada
4 Months
February | June | October
International Students: $16,500 CAD
Canadian Students: $12,500 CAD
BA/BSC (Hons) Game Art Animation
BA/BSC (Hons) Visual Effects and Animation
BA/BSC (Hons) Audio Production
BA/BSC (Hons) Digital Film Production
BA/BSC (Hons) Audio Production
BA/BSC (Hons) Digital Film Production
MENTORS
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Mina Djukic
A lecturer at SAE Institute, Department for Digital Film Making. She graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, the University of Belgrade, and was a producer, director, assistant director and writer for several movies, such as “Neposlušni” (2014), “Gotovo mitski” (2003) and “Poslednji kaskader” (2012). She is a co-owner at “Kiselo Dete” production house, and her first entire feature film Disobedient had its world premiere at the Sundance Festival official selection in 2014.

Marko Mitranic
An experienced Full-Stack Developer interested in UX and Design. An alumnus of SAE Institute Belgrade, Marko has more than five years of industry experience. As part of the Web Design and Development department, he lectures on advanced web practice Bachelor studies. From web design, gaming, VR, and blockchains to system architecture and design patterns, Marko has worked in a wide array of Full-Stack positions spanning multiple industries.

Smiljka Javanovic
As a musicologist and theorist of art and media, Smiljka earned a PhD at Belgrade University with a research thesis titled Issues of theoretical appropriation: Carnival and Masquerade in Culture, Arts and Theory. Her field of expertise is the cultural readings of art and media, particularly identity and gender representation, contemporary music, music theory and history, and popular arts.

Filip Vlatkovic
He has mixed sound for award-winning director Zelimir Zilnik’s short film features in New York Ripfest and worked with acts such as Neverne Bebe, EKV Revisited, Sasa Lokner, Slaptrap and Azil 5. Filip is an active advocate of both old-fashioned and highly innovative engineering techniques. Filip holds a Master’s degree in Sound design and recording from the Academy of Arts, Novi Sad University. During his studies, his work concentrated both on music and film, later moving mostly to record production and mixing. After graduation, he earned an official Pro Tools operator title during his stay in New York City, where he continued recording and performing in a singer-songwriter solo outfit.

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