Institut Mitjans Audiovisuals

The Institut Mitjans Audiovisuals (EMAV) is a public vocational training center specialized in audiovisual communication located in Barcelona. It is part of the Consorci d'Educació de Barcelona and has been operating since 1970, being the first public center for image and sound created in Spain. Its educational project combines broad training with a marked specialization, aiming to introduce students to the professional world of the sector.

It offers intermediate and higher vocational training cycles, as well as specialization courses (FP master's) and advanced courses and certifications. Among the intermediate cycles, it offers Video, DJ and Sound and Assistance to Printed Graphic Product with a professional profile of photography assistant, both of an artistic nature. Project-based work with real assignments is its pedagogical principle, and the center maintains international projects with reference centers from other countries. Students undertake internships in companies in the sector and there is the possibility of internships abroad.

Regarding facilities, it has theoretical classrooms with digital whiteboards, computer rooms, image treatment rooms, editing, assembly and post-production rooms, sound recording studio, photography studio, and digital photo retouching lab, multi-camera television studio, radio studio and booth, film and television studios with chroma, multipurpose event room with stage, film and show lighting equipment, and media library, work area, and dining room for students. It also has professional audiovisual equipment, such as digital cinematography cameras, recorders, DSLR equipment, and stabilization systems. Teaching is conducted in Spanish and Catalan, and the center offers dining services, school transport, and extracurricular activities.