Digital Arts (Hons) University of Malta

Overview

This Digital Arts (Hons) single-honours programme from  University of Malta develops a learning structure in which historical traditions and new practices confront and influence each other within a contextual, cultural and theoretical framework. 

If you aspire to become professional artists within the areas of Graphic Design, Digital Games, Web Development, Animation, Illustration and Photography, then this course is aimed for students like you. The course provides you with a holistic artistic education, with specialisation in Graphic Design and Animation (both of which involve photography and illustration). 

Through a combination of practical and theoretical modules, the course encourages the development of critical and original approaches to contemporary creative production and enables students to actively investigate the influence of new digital technologies in relation to creativity and visual communication.

Career opportunities

• The course prepares you for careers in the graphic design, the publishing and the digital games industries, the moving image and animation fields, as well as in more generalised areas which increasingly draw upon the creation of new media talent such as those of the audio-visual, gaming, mobile services, social software and IT.

• As a graduate with a BFA Honours in Digital Arts at the required level, you will be eligible to read for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Digital Arts and the MA in Digital Arts (by Research) offered by the Department of Digital Arts, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences and also the Master of Science (MSc) in Digital Games offered by the Institute of Digital Games at the University of Malta.