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Visual Effects Art

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-Time
  • September 2027
  • Undergraduate
City Campus
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Course summary

Join our Visual Effects course in Nottingham and develop the creative and technical skills to produce high-quality VFX for film, television and digital media.

You’ll focus on creating photorealistic imagery, learning how to design, build and integrate visual effects into live action and animated projects. You’ll explore areas such as compositing, digital environments and creature design, combining artistic practice with industry-standard workflows.

The course is delivered through practical workshops and projects, helping you build a portfolio that reflects current production methods. You’ll work across film, TV and related media, gaining experience of how VFX is used in professional contexts.

Key features:

  • Create photorealistic VFX using industry-standard tools and techniques

  • Develop skills in compositing, environment design and digital imagery

  • Work on practical projects aligned to film, TV and media production

  • Build a professional showreel and portfolio

You’ll be based in our Design & Digital Arts Building, with access to specialist facilities including green screen studios, motion capture spaces and virtual production environments.

You’ll graduate prepared for roles such as compositor, environment artist, matte painter or VFX artist across film, television, games and digital media.

Modules

Course Modules

[Year one]
Principles of Screen Arts (40 credit points)
Animation and VFX Studies (40 credit points)
Introducing VFX Compositing (40 credit points)
Introducing 3D Digital Art (20 credit points)
[Year two]
Progressing VFX Compositing (40 credit points) or;
Progressing 3D Digital Art (40 credit points)
Visual Effects Art Studio (40 credit points)
CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points)
Optional module. You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:
Storyboarding
Character Ideation
Motion Graphics
Digital Matte Painting
Performance for Motion Capture
Open-source 3D Art
Virtual Production
Prop Making
[Year three]
Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*
We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]
Visual Effects Art Project (60 credit points)
Screen Arts Collaboration (40 credit points)
Visual Effects Professional Futures (20 credit points)

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/art-and-design/ug/ba-hons-visual-effects-art?year=2027#module-information

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • City Campus

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
W204
Institution code:
N91
Campus name:
City Campus
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W204
Institution code:
N91
Campus name:
City Campus

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

104 - 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent)

T Level

We will consider T Levels for entry to this course, either as stand-alone qualifications or in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications, in accordance with the specified course tariff points.

UCAS Tariff
104-112

104 - 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent)

Access to HE Diploma

Pass your Access course with 60 credits overall with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

104 - 112 UCAS Tariff points from your BTEC Level 3 National Diploma and up to two other qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

DMM from a BTEC Extended Diploma

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

104 - 112 UCAS Tariff points from your BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate and up to three other qualifications (one of which must be A-Level equivalent).

A lower offer may be made based on a range of factors, including your background (such as where you live and the school or college you attended), your experiences and individual circumstances (you may have been in care, for example). This is called a contextual offer and we get data from UCAS to make these decisions. NTU offers a student experience like no other, and this approach helps us to find students who have the potential to succeed here, but may have faced barriers that can make it more difficult to access university.

We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations. Please contact Nottingham Trent University Admissions team for further information.

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

NTU makes contextual offers for this course to give everyone a fair chance to access their chosen degree.

Contextual offers are lower than our standard entry criteria or may be an unconditional offer for courses that require a portfolio. We also take individual circumstances into account when we receive results and may accept grades lower than our published criteria.

We use a range of data from UCAS to make our offers and more information on our approach is available at the link below.

Learn more on the Nottingham Trent University website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Tuition fees for 2027 entry are yet to be confirmed. As a guide and to enable you to plan your finances, the fees for Home undergraduate students for 2026 are £9790 .The current expectation is that the University may increase this for future and subsequent years of study in line with inflation and as specified by the Government.

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