The IEFC - Institut d'Estudis Fotografics de Catalunya is a non-profit Cultural Association. Since its foundation in the year 1972, the primary aim has been the promotion and popularization of Photography, in all of its aspects, with the philosophy of a public service entity.
One of the most important tasks is and has been the teaching of Photography carried out in the School of Photography, whose training offering contains different types of courses:
Induction Courses addressed to people interested in the basic knowledge of analogical and digital Photography.
General Photography Course which, with a 4-year program, offers a wide and strong training for the future photographer both in the professional and creative level.
Specialization Courses which widen the technical, scientific, historical, creative and professional knowledge.
This training is completed with teacher-training courses, recycling courses for professionals, children´s courses, courses for young people, and popularization seminars.
During the academic year 2008-09, instruction is given to 682 students, out of who 553 are taking the General Photography Course while 96 students are taking the Induction Courses. For the development of this work, it has been necessary to configure an experienced and professional group of professors, a methodology that combines the theory and practical application of photography over chemical and digital devices, a constant research and updating of programs and contents, reduced groups that allow a personalized tracking of the student, and spaces, facilities and technical equipments that allow the student to have an individual and efficient learning.
All of this has turned the School into a referent of the teaching of Photography in our country in the last 30 years. More than 11,000 students has been in the classrooms, being many of them servicing the society in the photographic scope, in the professional and artistic, academic, cultural, business and services areas nowadays.