The SAE Institute (SAE, formerly also known as the School of Audio Engineering and the SAE Technology College) is a private college founded in 1976 by sound engineer, record producer and businessman Tom Misner. The first school was opened 1977 in Sydney, Australia.
SAE Institute offers courses in audio engineering, 3D animation, multimedia, graphic design, game design, digital filmmaking, and music production. It currently has campuses and facilities, including licensed franchise operations, in 54 cities in 30 countries.
History
SAE was established by Tom Misner in 1976 in Sydney, Australia, converting a small advertising studio into a classroom. Over the next six years, campuses in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth were established. In the mid-1980s, SAE began opening colleges outside of Australia, including locations in London, Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna, Berlin, Auckland, and Glasgow. In the 1990s, SAE opened a European head office in Amsterdam, and locations were opened in Paris, Hamburg, Sweden, Zürich, Hobart, Cologne, Stockholm, and Milano. SAE also began expanding into Asia in the 1990s, opening locations in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. In the late 1990s, SAE formed the SAE Entertainment Company and launched full university degree programs with the co-operation of Southern Cross University and Middlesex University. In 1999, SAE began opening facilities in the United States, and over the following decade opened locations in Nashville, Miami, San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles , and Chicago. In 2000, SAE began licensing franchise schools in India, opening four that year. In 2000s, locations were opened in Liverpool, Madrid, Brussels, Belgium, Bangkok,Leipzig, Barcelona, Dubai, Amman, Cape Town, Istanbul, and Serbia. License agreements were signed for new schools in Qatar, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In the 2000s SAE also acquired QANTM, an Australian production, media and training company, and relocated its head office to Littlemore Park, Oxford and its headquarters to Byron Bay, Australia.
In 2010, the SAE Institute was sold to Navitas, a publicly traded educational services company. Over the next few years, new locations were opened in Romania, Jakarta, and Moskhato. Naivtas began taking over the licensed branches in the US in 2011, and laid off over 40 US employees in 2014.
SAE Online
SAE Online, formerly SAE Graduate college, is an unaccredited, distance learning, proprietary, for-profit European school that offers post graduate courses from Masters degrees to PhDs in Creative Media Industries, as well as several other professional skills courses (short courses). The university has no campus or professors.
Energy Groove Radio
Freddy El Turk launched Energy Groove Radio in 2009 from its hometown, Sydney. In 2011 SAE Institute and Energy Groove formed a successful partnership allowing students studying at SAE to become directly involved in the day-to-day running of a live broadcasting radio station. 2012 Energy Groove and Emirates Airlines collaborated on an exciting music venture. Emirates now plays Energy Groove radio across its entire fleet of over 220 planes.
The station now has a presence in 5 countries across three continents, broadcasting live from SAE Institute Sydney, Oxford, Munich, Paris, and Milan.
Partnerships with other institutions
SAE, which is unaccredited in the United Kingdom, offers degrees through its partnerships with Middlesex University and Southern Cross University. Since 2013, SAE Germany, which is not accredited in Germany, offers a Master of Arts in Professional Media Creation through a partnership with the Institut für Computermusik und Elektronische Medien (Institute for Computer Music and Electronic Media) of Folkwang University of the Arts.
SAE Institute is accredited by Middlesex University in London. Students enrolled in a validated programme will receive a Middlesex award on successful completion of their studies. All BA and BS programmes are validated by Middlesex University. The relationship with Middlesex University has evolved and strengthened over the last 18 years, with Accredited Status being granted by Middlesex University in 2010 and the completion of a “Special Associate College†Agreement in 2011.
SAE Institute has undergone a review for educational oversight by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
SAE Institute became an associate member of GuildHE in July 2013, one of the two recognised representative bodies for higher education in the UK.
Sponsorship
SAE sponsors the national unsigned music competition Top of the Ox, recently won by singer-songwriter Ian Edwards, in association with Oxford based record label Crash Records and other organisations.
Notable guest lecturers
- Alastair Nicholson (formerly of Ninja Tune)
- Alan Shacklock - guitarist from British Rock band Babe Ruth
- Bob Katz - highly respected award-winning audio mastering engineer, author of Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science
Notable alumni
- Kriesi
- Mark Paterson - Oscar and BAFTA winner for the 2012 film Les Misérables
- David Donaldson - 2005 Grammy Award winner for the film Ray
Notable work
- Fixed, a 2014 short comedy film directed by Codey Wilson and Burleigh Smith at SAE Perth, Western Australia.
References
Further reading
- Alexander, Robert Charles (2003). The Misner Factor: The Official History of SAE Institute. SAE Publications. ISBN 0-9545163-0-3. Review: [1]
External links
- Official web site
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