Computer Animation and Visual Effects (Hons) University of Portsmouth

Overview

Throughout the Computer Animation and Visual Effects (Hons) degree course from University of Portsmouth you'll enhance your artistic and technical expertise and improve your research skills in the technology you'll work with, which is vital to your development as an all-round artist.

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

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

Career opportunities:

The computer animation and VFX industry continues to grow as volume demand increases and increasingly complex effects require innovations in technologies and workflows. The sector’s unique fusion of art (in its traditional and modern forms and techniques) and science (via the advanced hardware and software used) offers fascinating career, research, and education enhancement opportunities for graduates.

London is home to six of the world's largest award-winning visual effects companies, many of whom we have strong industry connections with, and independent effects studios are emerging in the southeast of England. Our Master's degrees in Creative Technologies and Computer Animation are natural progressions for graduates who wish to research more into the science behind their skills.

Graduate roles

Many of our graduates have worked in roles such as:

• Serial riggers

• Animators

• Motion capture technicians

• Stagecrafter

• Freelance artists

Graduate destinations

Many of our graduates have worked at either the University of Portsmouth or multi-award-winning special effects companies behind some of the biggest film and television franchises in the world. These include:

• Industrial Light & Magic (The Mandalorian, The Irishman, Black Panther)

• Moving Picture Company (1917, The Lion King) 

• Double Negative (DNEG) (Tenet, Chernobyl, Blade Runner 2049, Black Mirror, Ex Machina)

• Milk VFX (Ex Machina, Doctor Who, Sherlock)

• Framestore (Blade Runner 2049, The Midnight Sky, Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Marvel)

Our in-faculty Creative Careers team has extensive recruitment experience and knows the creative sector well, making it easier for students to find placements within the creative industries.

They can guide you through every step of the application process, including:

• Searching for the ideal job through their database of vacancies

• Giving tips on how to write an interesting CV that will catch employers' attention, no matter the role

• Organising mock interviews, so you can hone your technique and familiarise yourself with the recruitment environment

• Writing your startup business proposal – if you're going down the self-employment route

The team will continue to give you support throughout your placement year.