Join a Creative + Connected Community
ECU is Canada’s #1 art and design university, known for creative excellence that extends from your academic and studio experience into opportunities outside the classroom and after graduation.
Your first year is about more than classes, it’s about connection, community and creative growth.
You’ll join a diverse group of peers and start building friendships, networks and experiences that will shape your time at ECU.
From your first week to your final project, you’ll have opportunities to share your work, get inspired and dive into the creative world through:
- Orientation Week introduces you to campus, instructors and fellow students
- Exhibitions, artist talks, panels and workshops throughout the year
- Access to campus studios, shops and learning spaces
- Participation in the Foundation Show, a celebrated exhibition of first-year student work
In Others’ Words
“My time at Emily Carr University was great. In Foundation you’re exposed to every single possible medium you’ve ever wanted. In first year, I was in 3D design, print-making, sculpture…”
Patrick Christie, BDes, Industrial Design
Opportunities After Graduation
Emily Carr University graduates go on to shape the future of art and design. Whether launching creative careers, building studios, or pursuing graduate school, our alumni find opportunities across industries, institutions and independent practice, locally and internationally.
Career paths include:
- Visual arts, design and media production
- Animation, film, sound and digital experience design
- Arts education, curation and cultural programming
- Tech, game and user experience design
- Entrepreneurship and independent studio practice
- Public art, publishing and creative writing
- Environmental, social and community-based design
- Graduate studies in art, design or interdisciplinary fields