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CGI and Visual Effects with Placement and Digital Arts Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Southampton, Solent University

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Southampton, Solent University
UCAS CODE: CGV4

Course options

  • Qualification

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

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    5 Years

Course summary

During the foundation year, youll cover key subject areas such as game art, game design, animation, CGI, VFX and code, and work on exciting practical projects designed to help you learn key digital design skills. Youll also be supported to develop key transferable skills in preparation for your degree level studies.The CGI and Visual Effects degree helps to develop artists for a competitive, high-tech industry that offers challenging and creative careers. The degree brings the latest cutting-edge techniques and industry standard software into the curriculum as well as offering you the flexibility to apply your learning in almost any field.Building upon industry-relevant digital skills, classical art training, creative problem solving and ideas generation, this course offers an industry-oriented exploration of all the core 2D and 3D disciplines embodied across a range of exciting careers. You may come to us with no 3D or compositing experience, or you may have been producing your own models or animations before, either way we will work with you individually to develop your CGI and visual effects skills to meet industry expectations in your chosen direction.Being aware of industry practices and in contact with industry artists is vital for developing your future career. We support you to build an industry network during your degree to help you find that first entry-level position through good social media practice, guest speakers at our weekly forums, annual events such as CGFX, Viz. Arch Viz, and our Graduate Show, as well as a range of trips. Alongside this you will have access to Solents many incredible facilities and will attend regular weekly feedback sessions using our industry Rushes pipeline in a recognised course ranked as one of the top schools in the world by The Rookies.Our annual guest speaker event, CGFX, draws in some of the industry's top experts, allowing students to network and ask questions during the Q&A. Previous companies that have attended the event include Rockstar, Aardman, Glowmade, Outpost VFX, Funko Animation, and Framestore.Our course is designed to help you evolve from being a learner to a practitioner with strong creative and technical awareness. You will explore many different areas of CGI and visual effects to help you build a wide skill base before focusing on a more specialist area with exactly the skills your chosen industry requires.The placement year will allow you to put what what you've learned in your first and second years into practice in the workplace, while gaining valuable real-world work experience before you graduate.This course is part of the South Coast Institute of Technology (IoT), a partnership of colleges, universities and industry-leading employers to create new career opportunities in the technology sector. IoT courses like this one are precisely tailored to the needs of employers in the maritime, engineering and digital industries – industries which are hungry for talented new engineers, technologists, technicians and creatives like you.5 years with foundation and industry years

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

£ 15,050per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

Southampton, Solent University

Southampton, Solent University

  • University League Table

    102nd

  • Campus address

    Southampton Solent University, East Park Terrace, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 0YN, England

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Subject rankings

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    Art & Design

    80th out of 84 1

    80th out of 91 7

    101st out of 117 4

    71st out of 95 10

  • Entry standards

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    106 45%

    79th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    54.0 54%

    76th

    11

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.12 78%

    53rd

    2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 206
    108 52%

    82nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    66.0 66%

    47th

    3

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.29 82%

    11th

    12

  • Entry standards

    / Max 227
    125 55%

    74th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    73.0 73%

    90th

    21

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.05 76%

    44th

    13

  • Entry standards

    / Max 198
    123 62%

    75th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    57.0 57%

    52nd

    13

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.22 80%

    12th

    52

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