BSc (Hons) Virtual Production at Teesside University

This degree teaches immersive world creation for film, TV, animation and games using real-time game engines, LED walls, motion capture and cinematography. Students work in a studio environment mirroring professional pipelines and produce a showreel and final project.

Duration: 3 years (4 with work placement); part-time 6 years  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers asset creation, games art fundamentals, the virtual production pipeline, cinematography and digital compositing. Year 2 includes facial and performance capture, Moviola and virtual art department world building, and the final year includes an AVFX Project, Creative Industry Briefs and Virtual Production Stagecraft.

Career pathways

Roles include virtual production artist, Unreal environment artist, motion capture specialist, real-time compositor and previs/postvis/techvis artist across film, TV, animation, VFX, XR and games.

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