Teesside University

Visual Effects and Motion Graphics BA (Hons) course

Teesside UniversityMiddlesbrough, UK

Course overview

If you have a passion for visual effects and motion graphics, then this is the course for you. Combine your technical and creative skills to produce live-action and digital 2D and 3D content into sequences for film and TV.

Key highlights

  • Combines technical and creative skills in visual effects and motion graphics
  • Produces live-action and digital 2D and 3D content
  • Creates finished sequences for film and TV
  • Optional work placement year available

Entry requirements

  • UCAS tariff points: 96-112 — 96-112 points points plus a portfolio if your Level 3 qualifications do not include a creative subject such as art, design, drawing, animation or games art/design.

Scholarships

  • Creative Assembly Scholarship

    You may be eligible for £9,000 if you study games design and are facing financial difficulty, and / or identify as a woman, and / or are from a minority ethnic background.

    Up to £9,000
  • Global Excellence Scholarships

    The Global Excellence Scholarship value is £2,000 for your first full academic year of study (all successful applicants on a foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate programmes).

    Up to £2,000
  • Hill Scholarship

    You may be eligible for £6,000 if you study accounting and finance, and you have been educated at a Tees Valley school or college for at least three years.

    Up to £6,000
  • Santander Brighter Futures

    You may be eligible for £1,000 if you study an undergraduate or postgraduate course.

    Up to £1,000
  • Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship

    There are up to 30 Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships available, of £7,000 each, allocated as a fee waiver in the first year of study.

    Up to £7,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Visual effects artist
  • Motion graphics designer
  • Compositor
  • 3D artist
  • Matchmove artist
  • Motion designer

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £17,000 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Teesside University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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