University of Texas at Austin Department of Radio-Television-Film
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| Established | 1965 |
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| Chairperson | Paul Stekler |
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Academic staff
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53 |
| Undergraduates | 970 |
| Postgraduates | 36 MA, 54 MFA |
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| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Website | rtf.utexas.edu |
The Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin located in Austin, Texas, is one of the five departments comprising the Moody College of Communication. The department was founded in 1965 and has become one of the nation's premiere film schools, consistently ranking in the top 5 for graduate programs and the top 10 for undergraduate studies. The department has a very selective admissions policy, accepting fewer than 25% of applicants in its undergraduate program, and fewer than 15% of applicants in its graduate programs.
The film school offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in a variety of disciplines, as well as offering the nation's top MFA and Ph.D. level programs at the graduate level.
The pre-history of the film school dates back to 1921, when the University of Texas launched the first experimental radio broadcast in the state of Texas, offering its first degree program in broadcasting in 1939. By the 1960s, the university planned to consolidate all of its communication studies under one roof and in 1965 founded the Moody College of Communication with three departments including Journalism, Public Relations, a newly formed department of Radio-Television-Film. In 1968, the school began construction its new three building home in the northwest corner of the campus, which was completed in 1974.
In 2007, the Belo Foundation announced a $15 million donation to build a new communication's facility north of the existing complex, with the official groundbreaking taking place in May 2010. The Texas Student Media building has officially renamed the William Randolph Hearst Building, after a significant donation from the Hearst Corporation. The FCC licensed student television station K29HW-D received an 80,000 dollar digital transmitter retrofit to comply with the mandated digital television transition in 2009.
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