电影学院是与上海电影集团合作举办的专业学院，它既有上影厂的电影品牌、影视资源、专业制作和教学实习优势，又有同济大学的名校品牌、学术研究、教学管理和多学科资源优势，形成强强联手、资源同享、优势互补、共同发展的格局。电影学院院长由上海电影集团总裁任仲伦担任。
上海是中国电影发祥地，电影在上海已有100年的历史，它的丰厚积淀为孕育和培养电影人才提供了得天独厚的条件。同济大学电影学院植根于上海这片沃土，发挥自身资源优势，借鉴国内外电影教育经验，确立鲜明独特的办学理念：艺术与技术紧密结合，教学与实践相通并重，以市场运作提升效益，为电影改革多出人才。学院的定位是：立足上海，服务全国，领先行业，接轨世界。
与同济大学严谨求实的学风相一致，电影学院将形成艺术教学的特色;夯实学生文化底蕴，把握电影科技潮流，吸收民族艺术传统，追求现代创新思维。学院人才培养模式是：国际化、民族化、本土化。培养具有复合型知识和技能的电影艺术人才，注重培养电影技术专家和电影企业家。电影学院目前开设的本科专业有：表演(含影视表演、舞蹈表演与教育、影视配音3个方向)专业和广播电视编导(电影制作)专业。
电影学院在上影集团、上海译制片厂、辽宁芭蕾舞团建有实习基地，一批著名影人和著名学者、文艺理论专家应邀担任电影学院领导、艺术顾问、兼职教授。电影学院有一批导师依托学校艺术学和戏剧戏曲学硕士点招收硕士研究生。
The Film School is a professional school established jointly by Tongji University and Shanghai Film Group Corporation. On one hand, it is benefited by the reputation, resources of film and television, advantage in professional filmmaking and apprenticeship from Shanghai Film Studio. On the other hand, it shares Tongji’s prestige in education and advantage in academic research, educational management and multi-major resources. Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Tongji University work hand-in-hand, share resources and advantages, complement each other perfectly and develop side by side. The president of Shanghai Film Group Cooperation, Ren Zhonglun, serves as the dean of the Film School.
Shanghai is the origin of Chinese films. Film has a history of more than a century in Shanghai. The rich historical accumulation has provided it with enormous benefits in cultivating and training film talents. Rooted in Shanghai, the Film School of Tongji University gives full play to its advantage in resources and learns from Chinese and foreign film education experiences. It has established a distinctive way of running the school: achieving the perfect combination of art and technology, maintaining the balance between teaching and practice, promoting economic benefit by market operation, and producing more talents for the reform of film industry. Basing ourselves in Shanghai, we aim at serving for the whole nation, taking the lead in the film industry and reaching international standard, which is how we position ourselves.
We’ll form our own feature in art education according to Tongji University’s style of study: being precise and practical. We will lay emphasis on students’ cultural accomplishments, grasp the latest film technology, absorb traditions in folk art, and pursue a modern and innovative way of thinking. We teach our students in the following three modes: internationalization, nationalization, and localization. Producing film talents with comprehensive knowledge and skills, especially specialists of film technology and entrepreneurs in film, is our ultimate goal. The majors we have established so far encompass acting (which includes three orientations: acting for film and television, dance and education, and dubbing for film and television,) and direction and production for radio and television (film production.).
We have established apprenticeship programs in association with Shanghai Film Group Cooperation, Shanghai Film Translation and Production Studio, and Ballet Troupe of Liaoning. A large number of famous filmmakers, scholars, and experts of artistic theory are invited to be the administrators, artistic advisers and part-time professors of the Film School. Many supervisors recruit master degree candidates in the master’s program of the art major and the Chinese opera major.