Concept Art for Games and Film (with a Foundation Year) BA (Hons)
University of Staffordshire
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Staffordshire University (Stoke Campus)

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Start date

SEP-25

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Duration

4 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Staffordshire University (Stoke Campus)

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SEP-25

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4 Years

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Course info

This degree is designed to prepare you for working within the thrilling and rapidly advancing entertainment industry. Its perfect if you wish to mix the artistic, creative and technical skills required to be a 2D or concept artist in either the games or film industry. Our academics are experts in painting, life drawing, digital sculpting, 3D modelling, animation, lighting and rendering, digital compositing, digital painting, games scripting, motion capture, cinematography and post-production. ...Read more

This degree is designed to prepare you for working within the thrilling and rapidly advancing entertainment industry. Its perfect if you wish to mix the artistic, creative and technical skills required to be a 2D or concept artist in either the games or film industry. Our academics are experts in painting, life drawing, digital sculpting, 3D modelling, animation, lighting and rendering, digital compositing, digital painting, games scripting, motion capture, cinematography and post-production. As members of the games industry body TIGA, we provide access to some of the latest technology in game art development. You will use our purpose-built HD TV studio, green screen studios, post-production suites, state-of-the-art digital cinema cameras, HD cameras, motion capture studio, Unreal games engines, and Wacom graphic tablets.CareersOur graduates have secured employment in roles such as concept artist, illustrator and 2D/3D games artist, including character and environmental artist. Companies include Playground Games, Fireproof Studios, Jagex, Antimatter Games, Testology and Mirror Image Design. Other graduates are working as freelance concept artists within the games and film industries.

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Art & Design
WUSCA ranking:
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69/101
CUG Subject Ranking
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46th
CUG Ranking
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97th
Computer Games and Animation
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 86 = 14% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
14%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
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90%
Average salary
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Computer Games and Animation graduate salary at this uni
£21,000
UK Computer Games and Animation graduate salary
£20,000
What students say
SR
Student Reviewer
28 Feb 25

Great staff. Amazing opportunities and guest lecturers. Could be improved by better timetable schedules. Some lessons have 2 - 3 hour gaps inbetween..Read more

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Keira
28 Feb 25

I don't have a comment on how improvements can be made but I love the variety that is offered to meet new people...Read more

Modules

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Entry requirements

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AE Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

48 Grades / Points required

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A,E Grades / Points required

Extended Project:

A* - E Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H5,H6,H6,H6,H6 Grades / Points required

OCR Cambridge Technical Certificate:

D* - P Grades / Points required

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma:

D*D* - PP Grades / Points required

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate:

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OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma:

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OCR Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma:

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OCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma:

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OCR Cambridge Technical Subsidiary Diploma:

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016):

D* - P Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

D*D* - PP Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016):

D* - P Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

PPP Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

D* - P Grades / Points required

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Pass Access to HE Diploma with 48 UCAS points

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Popular A-level subjects

Computer Games and Animation

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Computing
31%
Mathematics
30%
Art & Design
15%
Media Studies
13%
Physics
12%
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Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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£16,750 per year

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Students from EU

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This is the fee you pay if you live within the European Union. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£16,750 per year

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Students from International

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£16750 Per year

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28 Feb 25
Concept Art for Games and Film BA (Hons)
Great staff. Amazing opportunities and guest lecturers. Could be improved by better timetable schedules. Some lessons have 2 - 3 hour gaps inbetween...
Read more
K
Keira
28 Feb 25
Concept Art for Games and Film (with a Foundation Year) BA (Hons)
I don't have a comment on how improvements can be made but I love the variety that is offered to meet new people....
Read more
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University of Staffordshire
College Road Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DE United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Stoke-on-Trent  0.1 miles away

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