Digital and Immersive Arts MA

Northumbria University

United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Northumbria University

United Kingdom , Newcastle upon Tyne

Key Facts

Program Level

Master by Course Work

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Campuses

Newcastle

Northumbria University

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines

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Duration 1 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 19,350 / year(s)

Digital and Immersive Arts MA

About

Why study Digital and Immersive Arts at Northumbria?

Our Digital and Immersive Arts Masters programme equips you with the skills to work as a practitioner in creative and cultural industries at the highest level using virtual and immersive technologies. You will be exposed to the most cutting-edge work in digital and immersive art and technology with the opportunity to work with industry partners such as Advanced Media Production (AMP) Gateshead, housed at PROTO and Northern Dance on live briefs. Working in groups alongside colleagues from these industry partners will enable you to critically analyse creative processes and approaches to technological production.

What can I expect from this course?

Digital and Immersive technologies are now all around us and so this Masters degree course addresses a growing need for expertise in the areas of virtual reality, audio-visual technology, as well as virtual film and performance.

Throughout this Masters degree programme you will develop your skills within core technologies, but will also specialise in diverse areas, such as 3D programming, audio-visuals, gaming, virtual reality, etc. depending on your personal skill sets and interests. Alongside this, our programme provides the critical skills needed to research and evaluate the products of the digital and immersive arts.

Digital and Immersive Arts is characterised by its transdisciplinary nature as it responds to the increasingly complex challenges and opportunities within the industry. Subject areas of arts, animation, film, communication design, graphic design and games design often provide transferrable skills in terms of the digital and immersive arts. However, this Masters course is open to students from all disciplines and undergraduate subject areas and is directly aimed at students who are interested in becoming expert at one more than one discipline.

How will this course prepare me for my career?

You will have the opportunity to collaborate with our course partners from across the creative and creative industries with AMP Gateshead and Northern Dance through live projects, allowing you to build your professional skills, your portfolio, and your network of contacts.

See other similar courses you may be interested in completing for undergraduates : Games Computing BSc

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements 2025/26

Standard Entry

Applicants should normally have:

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in a related discipline such as fine art, media art, animation, performing arts, film production, theatre, interaction design, digital design, communication design, music technology, or computing. Other subject qualifications, equivalent professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience will be considered on an individual basis.

You may be required to submit a digital portfolio.

For advice on preparing your portfolio, please visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/coming-to-northumbria/portfolios-and-auditions

International qualifications:

If you have studied a non UK qualification, you can see how your qualifications compare to the standard entry criteria, by selecting the country that you received the qualification in, from our country pages. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry

English language requirements:

International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).

*The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications

Career

Successful graduates can expect to acquire the skills to embark on future careers in virtual reality, audio-visual performance, immersive gaming, etc. as creative producers, creative technologists and/or digital artists. The main aim of the programme is to equip you with the skills to work as practitioners in creative and cultural industries at the highest level using virtual and immersive technologies.

You will also have access to the Graduate Futures team, which provides online and face to face support with your career planning, applications, interviews, job, and placement search, as well as virtual and on campus events delivered by expert staff and employers keen to recruit Northumbria students.

The Digital and immersive Arts Masters degree at Northumbria has employability embedded, so from day one you will be gaining sought-after skills and behaviours, that will make you much more employable when you graduate. You will gain transferable employability skills though project work and practical problem solving through real-world examples.