Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Animation and Visual Effects

Manchester Metropolitan University

UK,England

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36 Months

Duration

CAD 21,500/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Sep 2025

Apply Date

UK, England

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1992

Total Students: 38,000 +

Int. Students: 3,000 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

All Saints Building, All Saints, Manchester M15 6BH

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Animation and Visual Effects

Program Overview

Designed for anyone with a passion for computer-generated content, our BSc (Hons) Computer Animation and Visual Effects degree will help you learn and hone the skills needed to launch a career in an incredibly exciting industry.

We take a learning by doing approach on this course. Alongside our expert guidance and support, you’ll also benefit from a learning environment that is designed to emulate professional studio working practice. You’ll have access to our high-end hardware, render farm, as well as a green screen room, lighting rigs and motion capture equipment. In other words, you’ll have everything you need to learn how to create your own assets for integration with virtual environments and live-action footage to produce complex visual effects. Your only limitation is your imagination and will to learn.

Regardless of whether you have prior experience in a related field, this course is designed for anyone with enthusiasm for learning the intricacies of computer-generated content. Focusing on three core threads of 3D, FX and compositing, you’ll learn about creating, rigging and animating 3D assets, developing advanced particle effects, as well as compositing and integration methods for post-production to bring the final shot together. And most importantly, at all stages you’ll have the creative freedom to develop your own ideas and concepts right through to the finished work.

With links to some of the world’s largest VFX and animation houses through our graduates and academic staff, you’ll be perfectly placed to jump into industry, whether you desire to move into high-end film, television or games.

Our computer animation and visual effects degree also provides the option of spending an extra year expanding your horizons by working on a placement in industry.

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