Cambridge,
United Kingdom
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA (Hons) Visual Effects (with Foundation Year) in Chelmsford United Kingdom | Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University
|
Chelmsford United Kingdom
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP
15,900
(c. USD21,293.44)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
Get ready for a professional journey in technical art within the visual effects and gaming sectors. Enhance your abilities to qualify for positions such as technical artist, procedural content developer, and technical director. Our BA (Hons) Visual Effects program equips you with cutting-edge procedural 3D skills, preparing you to collaborate effectively with programmers, developers, and fellow artists.
Through industry-standard procedural content creation tools, you'll master designing and implementing solutions for challenges faced in gaming and visual effects production.
While covering essential VFX and computer graphics fundamentals, our curriculum ensures you stay current with emerging methods and industry developments. We'll guide you in recognizing the complementary expertise required to thrive in creative fields. As a Visual Effects student at ARU, you'll study in Chelmsford, Essex—a region boasting 25 game studios like Midas Interactive, Ghostlight, and Elephant Games, with nearly 200 active gaming companies across the East of England. (Source: ukie.org.uk's games map January 2024)
You'll participate in game jams, professional lectures, conferences, and events including our yearly Gamebridge festival. During Gamebridge, students nationwide engage with industry experts through presentations and portfolio evaluations while exhibiting their projects and connecting with companies such as Frontier and Jagex alongside peers sharing similar passions.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 5.5
Qualification Requirements
5 GCSEs at grade D, or grade 3, or above and evidence of two years post-GCSE study at Level 3.
If you have achieved at least grade E in one A level, or equivalent, you are exempt from the two years post-GCSE study requirement, but you still must meet the GCSE requirements.
Applicants who do not meet the two years post GCSE study at level 3 may be considered based on their satisfactory employment history, which must be a minimum of two years full time employment supported by employer evidence and deemed appropriate by the University for meeting the course of study applied for.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 5.5 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.
If you have achieved at least grade E in one A level, or equivalent, you are exempt from the two years post-GCSE study requirement, but you still must meet the GCSE requirements.
Applicants who do not meet the two years post GCSE study at level 3 may be considered based on their satisfactory employment history, which must be a minimum of two years full time employment supported by employer evidence and deemed appropriate by the University for meeting the course of study applied for.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 5.5 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.
Tuition
GBP
15,900