The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design will become a university, to be called the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECUAD), Premier Gordon Campbell and Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell announced today.

Pending amendments to B.C.’s University Act, the new Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECUAD) will focus on providing students with exceptional programs in visual arts, including drawing, painting, photography and digital arts; media arts, including animation, gaming, filmmaking and video and television; and design, which focuses on sustainability and new forms of product and process design.

Amendments to B.C.’s University Act will be required to allow for the designation of the new university.

The BC Government News Release can be found at: http://www.gov.bc.ca/