Course Overview

The UK's animation and visual effects (VFX) industry leads the world in producing blockbuster visuals for entertainment media, reinventing their technical and creative capabilities. With indie talent thriving on the South Coast, there's no better place to start your visual effects career than at Portsmouth.

Our Computer Animation and Visual Effects degree course will help you build skills in critical areas such as concept drawing, 3D animation, physics-based simulation, and compositing, with guidance from a team of industry experts across the entertainment and advertising sectors. Using our spectacular facilities, software and equipment, you'll enhance your artistic and technical expertise and improve your research skills in the technology you'll work with. This is vital to your development as an all-around artist.

You can also specialise and develop your professional portfolio through placement opportunities, client projects and the modules you'll choose from the second year.

Transform yourself into an exceptional VFX artist, producer, animator, and stagecraft at Portsmouth – ready to take the creative and communication industries by storm.

General Eligibility

Typical offers

• A Levels – ABB–BBC

• UCAS points – 112–128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent

• T levels – Merit

• BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM–DMM

• International Baccalaureate – 25

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.