Design is dangerous.
In the right hands.
PGA Institute is the academic partner behind 20 creative-arts programmes, from a four-month certificate to a master’s.
We write the curriculum, bring in faculty from the industry, run the programme day to day and assess every final project with working professionals. The university awards the degree; we make sure it’s worth having.
20 programmes, certificate to MS.
Every level is taught to the same standard and connects to the next.
How we teach.
Copying how the industry works, inside the degree.
Industry-Responsive Curriculum
Courses revised continuously from three inputs: industry advisers, alumni in their first jobs, and the tools studios are adopting.
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Two-Tier Juries
Every final project defended twice: to faculty at an internal jury, then to working professionals at an external jury.
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Mentorship & Feedback Loop
Faculty mentor students through every stage of the final project, so the work improves before industry sees it.
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Immersive Learning
Learning outside the classroom: studios, broadcasters, galleries, presses, live shoots, workshops, competitions and community work.
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Industry-Based Projects
Coursework built on real briefs from industry partners, judged by the people who wrote them.
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Brand Activations
Students are assigned real brands and graded on pre-launch, launch and post-launch work by the brands’ own managers.
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Creative Arts Fest
An entrepreneurial festival where students set up stalls, sell what they make and host other universities.
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Annual Function & Societies
A showcase run entirely by students, from art direction and set design to theatre, marketing and sponsorship.
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Level Up
A continuous path from a four-month certificate to a master’s, with credits carried forward so you can stop at any rung with a qualification and come back later.
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Professional Instructor Programme
Industry professionals trained to teach and mentor, so students learn from people who do the work.
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What we run for universities.
What a partner university gets: all of it, or the parts it’s missing.
| 01 | Programme Design | Complete creative-arts programmes written end to end: schemes of study, 16-session course outlines, final-project briefs, readings and rubrics. |
| 02 | HEC Alignment | Every programme and course aligned with Higher Education Commission policy, and kept aligned as policy changes. |
| 03 | Faculty | Working practitioners from studios, agencies and production houses, recruited, trained to teach and evaluated every semester. |
| 04 | Assessment & Juries | Final projects developed in stages and defended twice: to faculty at an internal jury, then to working professionals who hold the final 40 marks. |
| 05 | Industry Linkages | Guest speakers, workshops, studio visits, classes inside production houses, live briefs, internships and job placement. |
| 06 | Scholarships | Rs 250M+ secured for creative-arts students, with partner sourcing, fair selection, monitoring and alumni reporting. |
| 07 | Student Life | Orientation, counselling, five student societies, festivals, sports week, the annual magazine and outreach teams. |
| 08 | Alumni | 5,000+ graduates, with chapters abroad, mentoring, referrals, and a steady return to the classroom as teachers and jurors. |
Four months to a master’s.
- 01Certificate4 months
- 02Diploma+ 6 months · 10 months total
- 03Associate Degree+ 1 year · 1 yr 10 mo total
- 04Bachelor’s+ 2 years · 3 yrs 10 mo total
- 05Postgraduate Diploma+ 1 year · 4 yrs 10 mo total
- 06Master’s+ 1 year · 5 yrs 10 mo total
Each step counts the credits you already hold, so a step takes less time than the programme on its own: a 1-year diploma takes about 6 more months after a certificate, a 4-year bachelor’s about 2 more years after an associate degree. Climbing every rung takes about 5 years 10 months, a few months more than a bachelor’s and a master’s taken back to back (about 5½ years). The point isn’t speed: you can stop at any rung with a recognised qualification, work, and come back for the next. How Level Up works.
