Bsc (hons) Computer Animation And Visual Effects in Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Bsc (hons) Computer Animation And Visual Effects in Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview

Focusing on the technical aspects of content creation, you’ll develop all the skills you’ll need to launch a career in computer animation and visual effects.

We take a learning by doing approach on this course. So, as well as expert guidance and support, you’ll have access to a fully equipped computer animation suite, with dedicated green screen room, lighting rigs and motion capture equipment. In other words, you’ll have everything you need to learn how to create your own assets for integration with virtual environments and live-action footage to produce complex visual effects.

And most importantly, at all stages you’ll have the creative freedom to develop your own ideas and concepts right through to the finished article.

Teamwork is at the heart of this industry and you’ll have plenty of opportunity for team-based study to help prepare you for the world of work. You’ll be perfectly poised to enter this rapidly expanding and exciting digital sector. Our Computer Animation and Visual Effects degree also provides the option of spending an extra year expanding your horizons by working on a placement in industry.

Features and Benefits

• Study a degree designed together with industry, equipping you with the range of skills and strengths that employers demand.
• Take the four-year placement route and you’ll spend your third year in industry, boosting your employment prospects as a graduate.
• Experience what it's like to work as part of a professional team finding solutions to complex problems via group projects.
• Get involved with extracurricular work to further apply your skills, such as hackathons, gaming events and the Students’ Union computing society.
• Our excellent facilities include teaching laboratories equipped with high-specification PCs with specialist, industry-standard software and advanced graphics workstations.
• We have a games lab equipped with gaming chairs, keyboards and mice used for our eSports events, an animation lab with a green-screen area and a user experience lab with an eye-tracking system.
• Our dedicated drop-in lab provides an informal social working space with daily support sessions from our programme support tutors.

Career prospects

Careers in computer animation and visual effects include CG Generalists, animators, lighting or texturing artists and technical director roles such as riggers and compositors. In addition, the skills you learn on this degree are highly valued by a range of employers and opportunities may exist in areas such as games, film, advertising, medical science, engineering and education.

Our graduates have stepped into roles in a variety of sectors and specialisms, from new media, games design and programming, to visual effects studios and creative agencies such as Framestore, DNEG and Space Digital.

Manchester is a major hub for the digital technology industry. The close proximity of MediaCity and a large number of both established companies and innovative tech start-ups means that the opportunities for technological collaboration are huge. Situated in the 'Oxford Road Corridor' innovation district of Manchester, the University and the Department of Computing and Mathematics are perfectly placed to work with key players in the digital technology and new media sectors.

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Tuition Fees in UK (1st Year Average)	MS: £17276 | MBA: £17276 | BE/Btech: £16632 | BBA: £15130 | BSc: £16632 | MFin: £19000 | MA: £15560 | MIM: £18241 | MEM: £16950 | MArch: £14271 | BHM: £12662 | MIS: £15344 | MEng: £12876 | MBBS: £28865| MPharm: £15452
Average Accomodation & Food Costs in UK	£850 to £1,050 a month
Entrance Exams in UK	TOEFL: 88 | IELTS: 6.5 | PTE: 59 | GMAT: 590
Work and Study in UK	Permitted for 20 hours/week with a valid study permit.
Post Study Work Permit in UK	2 Year after graduation depending on the course.
Cost of Student Visa in UK	£348
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