Programming for Games and VFX (Integrated Masters) - MSci (Hons)
Escape Studios
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If you love games, films and animation, have a passion for coding, finding creative solutions and being part of a team, then Programming for Games and VFX is for you. Programmers are the foundation of any interactive project, they are the people who innovate solutions, they facilitate Design and Art in realising their vision, Programmers are highly sought after in industry with great employment opportunities across animation, games and visual effects (VFX). Designed with our industry partners, ...Read more

If you love games, films and animation, have a passion for coding, finding creative solutions and being part of a team, then Programming for Games and VFX is for you. Programmers are the foundation of any interactive project, they are the people who innovate solutions, they facilitate Design and Art in realising their vision, Programmers are highly sought after in industry with great employment opportunities across animation, games and visual effects (VFX). Designed with our industry partners, this cutting-edge course will enable you to develop and refine your skills, with individual specialisms. You’ll have rich and varied opportunities to develop experience in teamwork, as well as the soft and technical skills that developers look for in Programmers. Upon graduating, you will also have the transferable skills to work and support teams across different real-time and graphics production environments, such as virtual reality (VR) and virtual production, VFX and animation. Taught by industry professionals, we have a high level of industry project mentoring from external developers throughout our courses, connecting our students to current development practice. This coupled with our studio-based practice and high spec equipment will give you the best foundation to become a Programmer.


Why choose this course

+ Based in London - home to some of the best animation, video games and VFX studios in the world + Partnership with


Epic Games

- the first


Unreal Engine Authorized Training Center in the UK

and an


Unreal Engine Academic Partner

. Our certified tutors also run short courses for studios who want their staff to be trained in


Unreal Engine

+ We’re a


Houdini certified school

+ Industry briefs and feedback - work on industry-standard briefs, experience real-life scenarios and receive feedback on your work from external developers to learn about current development practice + Successful alumni - you’ll join our community of thousands of Escapees, many of whom have gone on to work at some of the world’s top studios including


Rare, Rockstar, Ubisoft, DNEG

and


Framestore

. 47 Escapees worked on


Avengers: Endgame

, 26 on


The Mandalorian

, 23 on


Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3

and 16 on


Stranger Things

+ Study in a studio environment that mirrors current industry practice, using high-spec equipment and professional software such as Unreal Engine and Houdini + Professional input - industry partners have helped design this degree to make sure it is relevant to employers and up to date + All-round technical skills - learn software, skills and techniques for both games and visual effects and learn how the pipelines cross over.

Entry requirements

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A level:

CDD - BBB Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

80 - 120 Grades / Points required

GCSE/National 4/National 5:

English Language at grade 4 or C and Maths at grade 4 or C Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

27 - 30 Grades / Points required

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

MMM - DMM Grades / Points required

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£9,535 per year

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£9,535 per year

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Students from England

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£9,535 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,535 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,535 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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Students from Channel Islands

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£17,995 per year

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Escape Studios
6 Mitre Passage London Greenwich SE10 0ER United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Holborn  0.1 miles away Nearest train station: Holborn  0.1 miles away
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