MA Immersive Media at Arts University Plymouth

Programme overview

An MA translating creative ideas and digital skills into immersive content and public media, with professional digital workflows taught in the immersive dome theatre at Real Ideas' Market Hall in Plymouth. It also covers VR, AR and mixed reality through animation, game environments, surround sound, 3D visualisation and 360-degree video.

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time | Study mode: full-time; part-time | Intake: 2026 and 2027 entry | Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Three 60-credit units over one year (two years part-time), developing an individual or collaborative research project and original content for public and institutional spaces, including a 360-degree dome. Three units: Practice-Led Research Methods, Creative & Critical Development and Independent Final Project, with critiques, seminars, research intensives, site visits and lectures shared with MA students in other disciplines.

Career pathways

Career opportunities include Games Designers, Media Artists, Immersive or Augmented Experience Designers, Heritage Education Designers, Immersive Media Designers for Tourism, Product Developers and Science Educators.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normally an undergraduate degree at 2:2 or above; applicants without the standard requirements are encouraged to make contact. Portfolio requested after application and an interview where the strength of creative practice and experience is considered. International applicants: IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component (or equivalent, e.g. PTE Academic 50, WAEC English C4). Recommended application deadline 1 July.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,500 for the whole programme (2026/27). Masters full-time UK fee (1-year course); part-time £5,320 Source

International applicants: GBP 17,500 for the whole programme (2026/27). Masters full-time EU & international fee (1-year course); part-time £9,275 Source

Intake: 2026 and 2027 entry

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://somis.plymouthart.ac.uk/index_app.php?page=app_pre_dashboard.php&crs_code=MAIM1F2728

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