1. Faculty

FIEA faculty don't just know games, they are veterans of game development. They've worked on some of today's biggest games and have shipped more than 40 video-game and film titles.

2. Latest Tools

Maya, XBOX Devkits, Renderware, Torque, Photoshop, Flash, Perforce... At FIEA you'll get to work with many of the industry's most in-demand tools.

3. Partnerships

FIEA has partnered with EA to help develop the most comprehensive, industry-focused curriculum available. This partnership means you'll always be learning the latest industry techniques as well as have access to the studio that's created games like Madden Football, Superman and Nascar.

4. Master Your Domain

Unlike some other gaming schools, FIEA offers a fully accredited Master's of Interactive Entertainment. So you not only get a cutting-edge education but also a degree that's recognized and a valuable marketplace commodity.

5. UCF

As part of UCF's Center For Emerging Media, FIEA is supported by the full resources of the nation's fifth-largest university. UCF is also a leader in modeling and simulation, optics and photonics, engineering and computer science, education and other disciplines.

6. Admissions and Placement

FIEA has a full-time admissions coordinator whose sole job is to help you apply and be successful at FIEA. And our faculty and staff have dozens of industry contacts to help you attract interviews and offers. The result? A 95% placement rate and a $52,609 average starting salary for all FIEA grads. Go here for more info.

7. Teaching Teamwork

Today's AAA games take anywhere from 25 to 200 people to create. One of the things that separates FIEA from any other gaming education is that you'll learn how to work in a team. From the day you enter, you'll be put on a team with other artists, programmers and producers and be required to display the communication, commitment and compromise necessary to bring a game to fruition.

8. Creative Space

FIEA is located in a 114,000 square-foot building in downtown Orlando that's unlike any other campus you've seen. It's designed to mimic the production environments of the most successful gaming companies. It's decorated with plasma screens, curved walls and bright colors. Concept rooms with wall-to-wall whiteboards and tacky surfaces for storyboarding. A cohort room with 25-foot-high ceilings and a library with gaming consoles, plasma tvs, research stations and plenty of couches.

9. Individual Attention

FIEA faculty don't just teach, they mentor. And they can do that because we keep our class size very low. Our 6:1 student to faculty ratio means you'll get all the individual attention you need.

10. Orlando Life

Warm weather, low taxes, beaches, theme parks and great neighborhoods. Orlando is known for a lot of things, but it's also the third-largest film production area in the country and is the nation's leader in modeling, simulation and training.