The aims of the SAEOnLine Graduate College are:
- To support and reward professional excellence in postgraduate studies for the creative media industries
- To provide a truly international learning environment through which talented industry professionals can pursue their creative interests to the highest levels
- To foster and reward independence of thought, creative originality, research integrity and vitality, and industry relevance and recognition.
- To develop a community of highly qualified industry professionals that is mutually supportive yet creatively competitive to ensure the future success and strength of creative technologies and applications.
To reach these aims the SAEOnLine Graduate College will:
- Offer programs of study designed specifically for the needs and talents of creative media professionals.
- Deliver those programs through a flexible and accommodating blending of digital media and telecommunications delivery methods.
- Recognise the 'academic value' of professional responsibilities and achievements and work directly with professional applicants to credit them towards higher qualifications.
- Organise and convene specialist conferences at which the latest ideas, technologies and developments can be shared, examined and evaluated.
- Provide individualised and specialised support for each postgraduate student to make the study process convenient and achievable within a professional working routine.