Overview

During the Digital and Immersive Arts program at Northumbria University, 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.

Key Features

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.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research for Practitioners
Immersive Media
Creating Virtual and Immersive Experiences

Major Project
Academic Language Skills for Conservation of Fine Art

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-06 00:00:00 , International

More details

UK: The standard application deadline is October 10.

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Design Visual Arts Graphic Design View 115 other Masters in Graphic Design in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

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

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

19850 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

9950 GBP / year

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Living costs

Newcastle upon Tyne

United Kingdom

560 - 991 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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