Creative Computing

This is a new course and we’re currently finalising the detailed information for this page. You can still see entry requirements and apply.

This is a Connected Degree
Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course.

Overview
Our Creative Computing with Foundation Year degree course will help you fulfil your dream of doing something creative with computing.

Course highlights
- Get a flexible grounding in creative computing to cement your interests, learning programming skills in diverse creative fields

- Use innovative industry-standard equipment and facilities during your studies – some of which are only available at Portsmouth

- Be taught by subject specialists from various areas of creative technology, including music engineering, computer games programming and internet architecture

Careers and opportunities

Graduate areas

Areas you could work in include:

- Film/TV special effects and post-production

- Visual interface design

- Computer graphics design

- Video game development

- Music production

- Multimedia systems analysis

- Mobile app development

- Web development

- Computer music/sound engineering

- Interface design

- Database management

Graduate roles

You could work in a variety of design, development and administrative roles, including:

- Visual interface designer

- Computer graphics designer

- Video game developer

- Multimedia systems analyst

- Mobile app developer

- Web developer

- Sound engineer

- Interface designer

- Database manager