Academy of Art University

The Academy of Art University was established in San Francisco in 1929. The University prepares aspiring artists and designers for careers in the fields of art and design by delivering excellent undergraduate and professional degree and certificate programs.

San Francisco, CA

Academy of Entertainment
and Technology

The Academy of Entertainment and Technology, a satellite campus of Santa Monica College, offers courses in Animation, Game Development, Post-Production and Visual Effects. Day and evening courses available.

Santa Monica, CA

Count-As-One

Georg Duemlein offers Houdini lectures in German and English. This school teaches ways in which the practices of proceduralism can be integrated into the work of digital artists.

Münster, Germany

Drexel University

Digital Media at Drexel University is where students seeking to learn the skills of animation, 3D modeling, web design, gaming and interactive media come together to realize their dreams in the context of a major research university.

Philadelphia, PA

Filmakademie

Houdini is important at the Filmakademie. The Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction focuses in animated shorts, visual effects, realtime animation and concepts and designs for animated formats as well as the training of technical directors.

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Fxphd.com

FXphd is an online school focusing on real world FX production techniques. Each course at Fxphd is run by a practicing vfx or editing professional. Fxphd offers a course in Houdini Production Techniques: The topic is debris: a staple of fx work. The course covers traditional and procedural modeling techniques, instancing, shading, rendering and compositing. More Houdini courses are coming online soon.

Victoria, Australia

Gnomon School of Visual Effects

Gnomon School of Visual Effects teaches Houdini's powerful step-by-step procedural approach to achieving a faster production workflow.

Hollywood, CA

St. Clair College

St. Clair College offers a 3 year traditional and computer animation diploma which uses Houdini in the 3rd year to teach procedural animation skills as well as different approaches to problem solving. An intensive 1 year certificate program focusing on Houdini and Effects will be offered soon.

Windsor, ON

SVA Computer Art

The School of Visual Arts is the premier college for the visual arts in New York. The BFA Computer Art department offers comprehensive instruction in computer animation, motion graphics, compositing and visual effects. SideFX Houdini is an elective offered in the SVA undergraduate program.

New York, NY

TD-College

TD-College is an online school which focuses on training Technical Directors. TD-College's curriculum has been designed by industry veterans and is based on years of experience as TD's in the high-end visual effects and animation industry.

Burbank, CA

University of Texas at Dallas

Houdini plays an important role in Visual Effects and Compositing within ATEC. In our ATEC 4370 Special Effects course beginning Houdini users design and create their own effects shots. ATEC students also used Houdini to create a 3D Visualization, constructing procedural systems to grow digital trees and control landscaping.

Richardson, TX

Vancouver Institute of
Media Arts

VanArts offers a one year industry-driven diploma program in Visual Effects for Film, TV & Games. We are pleased to include SideFX Houdini within our comprehensive curriculum.

Vancouver, Canada

Vizy Acky

Vizy Acky is a dedicated school for learning Houdini with classes available online. Most students are working professionals working around the world. The vol210 Procedural Modeling class is the most complete introduction to Houdini anywhere. Students interact via chat, forum and email.

Addison, TX