What are the institutions that study photography?

You can participate in the training and examination of senior photographers yourself. After the training, you can go to a big studio to be a photographer. Generally, there are basically no schools like you said, only some photography training schools that anyone can go to. Just the so-called school. If you are just a fan, you can read books and read forums. If you want to be a photographer for a long time, then I suggest you do some research. I studied film and television photography in the Art College, and I just got a senior photographer's license some time ago. This is not a school exam, most people can take it, but generally I have to take part in the training. It is recommended to go to training. A lot of lighting knowledge is generally difficult to learn in forums and books because there is no equipment. If you train, there are special studios and models for you to light yourself up.