Use your technical skillset to bring epic creative projects to life. 

Do you love games, films and animation and have a passion for coding, finding creative solutions and being part of a team? Then the Bachelor in Programming for Games and VFX is for you. 

Programmers are the foundation of any interactive project - they are the people who innovate solutions, and they facilitate Design and Art in realising their vision. Programmers are highly sought after in industry with great employment opportunities across animation, games and visual effects (VFX). 

Designed with industry experts from Creative Assembly and PlayStation London Studio, this cutting-edge course will enable you to develop and refine your skills, with individual specialisms. You’ll have rich and varied opportunities to develop experience in teamwork, as well as the soft and technical skills that developers look for in Programmers. 

Upon graduating, you will also have the transferable skills to work across different real-time and graphics production environments, such as virtual reality (VR) and virtual production, VFX and animation. 

Taught by industry professionals, we have a high level of industry project mentoring from external developers throughout our courses, connecting our students to current development practice. This coupled with our studio-based practice and high spec equipment will give you the best foundation to become a Programmer. 

Why choose this course:

• We're ranked 1st in the UK, and 2nd globally for Production Excellence in Immersive Media, 2nd in the UK and 5th globally for Production Excellence, 10th in the UK for Games Design and Development, and placed among the top 10 Creative Schools in the UK by The Rookies.
• Based in London - home to some of the best animation, video games and VFX studios in the world 
• Partnership with Epic Games - we are the first Unreal Engine Authorized Training Center in the UK and an Unreal Engine Academic Partner. Our certified tutors also run short courses for studios to train their staff in Unreal Engine 
• We’re a Houdini certified school - learn from the experts and benefit from exclusive access to Houdini webinars and presentations 
• Industry briefs and feedback - work on industry-standard briefs, experience real-life scenarios and receive feedback on your work from external developers to learn about current development practice 
• Successful alumni - you’ll join our community of thousands of Escapees, many of whom have gone on to work at some of the world’s top animation, games and visual effects studios including Rare, Rockstar, Ubisoft, DNEG and Framestore. 47 Escapees worked on Avengers: Endgame, 26 on The Mandalorian, 23 on Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 and 16 on Stranger Things
• Industry-standard facilities - study in a studio environment that mirrors current industry practice, using high-spec equipment and professional software such as Unreal Engine and Houdini 
• Professional input - industry partners have helped design this degree to make sure it is relevant to employers and up to date 
• All-round technical skills - learn software, skills and techniques for both games and visual effects and learn how the pipelines cross over 
• Soft skills - learn soft skills such as teamwork, organisation and giving and receiving feedback to prepare you for work in the real world.

Career opportunities:

You’ll graduate with a degree and a killer portfolio put together with advice from tutors and industry professionals. Ready to apply to your first job in the industry! 

This degree is designed to give you the best foundation to become a Programmer across animation, games and VFX, with the transferrable skills to work and support teams across different real-time and graphics production environments, such as virtual reality and virtual production.