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Computer Animation and Visual Effects at Bournemouth University at Talbot

The Computer Animation & Visual Effects course, delivered by the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA), will assist students to become skilled in the technical aspects of computer animation and to graduate with the range and depth of technical knowledge necessary to become future Technical Directors, Artists or Research and Development Engineers within the computer animation and games sectors.

Through a combination of theory and practical projects, both individual and collaborative, students will gain the experience and skills needed to work alongside computer animators to resolve technical problems either by configuring existing software tools or designing new tools.

Students will be able to:

  • Develop a creative and innovative approach to the analysis and solution of problems
  • Apply technical, mathematical and algorithmic skills to develop tools to aid in the production of animation and games artefacts
  • Apply software to develop techniques in C++ to test new algorithms, write shaders to support rendering and develop scripts and tools to create new effects
  • Attend visiting speaker talks from industry specialists, including some of our successful alumni. Graduates have worked on many award winning films such as Jojo Rabbit, Avengers: Endgame, The Irishman, The Lion King, Star Wars Rise of Skywalker, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Dunkirk
  • Collaborate with students across the NCCA Master’s courses in Digital Effects and 3D Computer Animation during the Group Project providing a realistic setting to discover what it’s like working with other creative people and working to a strict timescale
  • Undertake a Masters project in preparation for the degree show in London attended by top industry recruiters 
  • Access industry standard facilities including animation laboratories, equipped with industry-standard software including Maya and Houdini
  • Attend BU's BFX Festival, the UK's largest visual effects, computer games & animation festival featuring a fantastic line-up of speakers, masterclasses, exhibitions, screenings and networking events

BU is ranked 4th in the top 25 animation schools and colleges in the world, 3rd in Europe and 1st in the UK (Animation Career Review 2020).

Level Masters
Discipline Computer Science and IT
Duration 12 months
Intakes Sep
Application Fees GBP 0
Tuition Fees GBP 15750
Campus Talbot
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Admission Requirements
Language proficiency (minimum)
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL 79
PTE 58
Duolingo Not Required / Waiver
Exam proficiency (minimum)
SAT Not Required / Waiver
ACT Not Required / Waiver
GRE Not Required / Waiver
GMAT Not Required / Waiver
Requirements

Minimum GPA - 60.0%

Rankings
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Times Higher Education --
ARWU 789
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Shanghai Ranking

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published in June 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities (CWCU), Graduate School of Education (formerly the Institute of Higher Education) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and updated on an annual basis

Webometrics Ranking

The "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities" is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain. CSIC is among the first basic research organizations in Europe. The CSIC consisted in 2006 of 126 centers and institutes distributed throughout Spain.

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