MSc Immersive Technologies (Virtual and Augmented Reality)

Program Overview

This Master's degree in Immersive Technologies equips students with technological expertise and critical knowledge to develop engaging virtual and augmented reality experiences. Through collaboration with industry partners and leading academics, students gain the skills to innovate in this rapidly growing sector and become the next generation of leaders in immersive industry startups. The program emphasizes practical application and offers a substantial creative project to showcase students' abilities.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Immersive Technologies are transforming how we consume, interact, and experience digital information and media. Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) are now being used across numerous and diverse industries, from games and entertainment; theatre and live events; museums and heritage; marketing, advertising, and tourism; architecture, product development, and design; through to simulation and healthcare. This degree will enable you to translate your knowledge and skills to make engaging immersive content and interactive experiences for diverse audiences. We will equip you with the technical knowledge and skills to succeed in this exciting and rapidly growing sector. Throughout the programme you will learn from world-leading academics and work with industry partners. This programme is designed to equip you with:

• technological skills and knowledge to work with virtual reality and augmented reality;
• breadth and depth of the critical and rigorous theory and the practical skills in immersive technologies that underpin extended reality experiences;
• ability and knowledge to consider the processes of content creation, delivery, and consumption holistically, as a continuum in order to provide engaging immersive experiences for a range of audiences while meeting technological constraints and addressing commercial needs;
• skills in responsible innovation and entrepreneurship to become the next generation of leaders in immersive industry startups.

Outline:

This master's degree consists of the following units:

• Introduction to Immersive Technologies and Arts (20 credits)
• Virtual Environment Design (20 credits)
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Immersive World (20 credits)
• Immersive Interaction and Audio Design (20 credits)
• Immersive Games Design and Production (20 credits)
• Augmenting the Real World (20 credits).
To complete your studies you will carry out a 60-credit creative and immersive project, with the aim to give you a substantial opportunity to integrate material from all taught units and demonstrate the breadth and depth of your learning on the MSc.

Teaching:

This programme is linked with MA Immersive Arts (Virtual and Augmented Reality)

Careers:

Graduates from this master's will be capable of developing and deploying immersive applications in a variety of sectors, applying their knowledge to real-world industry challenges, and will be able to innovate and work successfully in interdisciplinary teams. As diverse sectors pivot to embrace immersive technologies, the demand for graduates with skills in this area has skyrocketed and are becoming integral to a wide range of occupations across the globe. Students will graduate with a portfolio of work that shows what they are able to do and will have a network of professional contacts to draw on. The MSc programme has been co-designed with industrial partners to meet a growing skills-gap demand and is closely associated with excellent cutting-edge research and facilities within the University in immersive technologies and creative practices, for instance MyWorld. This ensures the teaching is research-led and gives students insights about how the sector will evolve in the future, along with emphasising an applied and practice-based education.

(MSc) UK: full-time £15,100 per year (MSc) UK: part-time (two years) £7,550 per year (MSc) UK: part-time (three years) £5,033 per year (MSc) Overseas: full-time £32,900 per year (PG Diploma) UK: full-time £12,080 per year (PG Diploma) UK: part-time (two years) £6,040 per year (PG Diploma) Overseas: full-time £26,320 per year (PG Certificate) UK: part-time (one year) £3,020 per year (PG Certificate) Overseas: part-time (one year) £6,580 per year For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.