Why study a digital arts foundation year?

Explore your creativity and develop the core skills and knowledge to progress directly on to one of Solent's highly-regarded digital arts, animation, or CGI and VFX degrees.

Course overview

Taught by highly experienced industry professionals, the Digital Arts Foundation Year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress onto one of our related industry-focused undergraduate degrees.

Youll cover essential subject areas and work on exciting practical projects designed to help you learn key digital design skills. Youll also be supported in developing key transferable skills for your degree-level studies.

To aid your studies, youll have full access to Solents industry-standard facilities, including specialist labs and high-end dual computers equipped with industry software such as 3ds Max, Maya, Substance, Photoshop, Unreal Editor and Unity.

You'll be taught by passionate staff who are experts in their fields, with a wealth of real-world experience and knowledge. They'll be on hand to help you throughout your foundation year and then onto your chosen undergraduate degree.

Who this course is for

Solents Digital Arts Foundation Year is intended for students without the required UCAS points for direct entry. This could be mature students returning to education, students without the required qualifications, or students looking to change career path after completing further education qualifications.

Our foundation years are designed to offer a broad range of academic skills alongside a taste of the wider industry before you start your chosen specialist undergraduate degree. Some degrees also include a year in industry, meaning you can gain valuable first-hand work experience with a year-long full-time work placement between the second and third years of your degree.