MA Visual Effects in London United Kingdom | University of the Arts London

University of the Arts London | London United Kingdom
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Qualification
Masters Degree (Taught)
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP 23,610
(c. USD31,698.31)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
15 months

The MA Visual Effects (VFX) program is a hands-on course designed to enhance your digital skills in computing, animation, lighting, and post-production. This program concludes with a team-based final project, equipping you for diverse roles in the visual effects sector. Offered at London College of Communication, this MA treats VFX as a specialized discipline within the expansive field of animated visual media.

Students examine both theoretical frameworks and historical influences that shape audience perceptions of realism in visual media. The curriculum covers diverse technical and creative methodologies for VFX animation.

Through practical assignments, you'll work with various VFX technologies to create short animations. Hands-on workshops in studio lighting and camera techniques establish fundamental skills for creating convincing digital 3D visual effects.

Duration: 1 year 3 months full-time (45 weeks structured across four terms)


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Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

An applicant will normally be considered for admission if they have achieved an educational level equivalent to an honours degree in either animation illustration visual communication graphic design or closely related subject and present a portfolio of movingimage work However we do not exclude candidates who have graduated from other less strongly aligned disciplines

This educational level may be demonstrated by

Honours degree named above
Possession of equivalent qualifications
Prior experiential learning the outcome of which can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required
Or a combination of formal qualifications and experiential learning which taken together can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required

IELTS 6.5 or equivalent is requires with a minimum of 5.5 in each of the four skills

TOEFL IBT - valid for 2 years - Score Required - 90 - Listening - 17, Reading - 18, Writing - 17, Speaking - 20.
TOEFL iBT Home Edition is NOT accepted.

Tuition GBP 23,610

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