Los Angeles
Empowering creativity
in the heart of LA
The Herberger Institute in Los Angeles embeds us in one of the world’s most important centers of cultural and creative industries.
Our LA-based initiatives include industry connections, degree programs, research and labs, events, partnerships and more. By being in LA, we provide our students with unique opportunities to engage directly with leading cultural and creative professionals and institutions.
The ASU Difference
We are measured not by whom we exclude, but by whom we include and how they succeed
- Excerpt from ASU Charter
A hub for creative industries and learning
The Creative Economy Hub™ connects creative industries with ASU to advance opportunities for students, faculty, alumni and our partners through meaningful exchange around knowledge, human capital development and community building.
Custom-designed spaces in the heart of LA
The ASU California Center Broadway and Grand locations are home to several Herberger Institute programs. Arizona State University renovated the historic Herald Examiner building on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles and custom designed it with emerging technology curriculum in mind, including two studios, one with a large green screen that allows for virtual reality productions, virtual sets and a control room. The ASU California Center Grand location in Los Angeles is nestled in the center of the fashion, entertainment, jewelry and financial districts. The award-winning campus, designed by architect Clive Wilkinson, features a stunning design studio with computer labs and innovative study spaces. Learn more and sign up for a tour.
Explore our Degree programs in LA
Fashion
ASU FIDM, the fashion school in the Herberger Institute, offers a four-year BA degree in fashion from its Los Angeles location with concentrations and tracks in fashion design, apparel technical design, fashion business management and fashion studies and two-year AA degrees in apparel technical design, fashion styling and merchandising.
Film
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School offers undergraduate degrees in film and media production and in filmmaking practices at its LA location. The school also offers a graduate degree in narrative and media, a joint program the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Want more information about our degree programs in LA?
Email HerbergerAdmissionsCA@asu.edu or schedule a 30-minute virtual session with our admission and recruitment team.
Read what our alumni have to say
It definitely was a highlight of my time at ASU. It was so fun to get to explore LA and also tour the ASU California Center. We also were stopped on the street on that trip to be in an American Vogue photoshoot with Ayo Edebiri, which was such a surreal experience. The photo did make it into the magazine.
Lauryn Burr, ASU FIDM alum
Research and resources
Events and programming
Summer camps for high school and community college students
Fashion summer camp
