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Worldbuilding with Creature Design, MA, Leeds Arts University

the United Kingdom

Leeds Arts University

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The award How you will study Study duration Course start Domestic course fees International course fees
MAFull-time1 yearSeptemberGBP 8000 per yearGBP 15400 per year
MAPart-time2 yearsSeptemberGBP 4000 per year 0

About Worldbuilding with Creature Design, MA - at Leeds Arts University

Our MA Worldbuilding with Creature Design course brings together practitioners who want to create immersive worlds for entertainment design, production and research.

The course is the first of its kind in the UK. The creature design aspects open career opportunities in animation, comic, film and game industries as well as work supporting scientific research, such as visualising prehistoric life or paleo reconstruction, evolution and life on other planets, known as speculative biology. The worldbuilding aspects invites students to create richly-detailed cultural, historical and futuristic worlds for careers in the entertainment industry, production and research.

Candidates are encouraged to position their work within a professional context to help inform the visual output and appropriate production method. There may be opportunities for cross-disciplinary influences and peer review.

The course provides the critical and progressive space to explore the processes and contexts to visualise and build immersive, believable and sustainable worlds and creatures.

Developing a body of self-negotiated work, you will be supported by a team with diverse research and practical interests and work closely with industry professionals.

Notes about fees for this course

Note: Overseas students requiring a Tier 4 visa for study must be full time. 

Entry requirements

At enrolment you should normally have achieved:

An undergraduate UK honours degree or international equivalent in a subject related to your proposed course of study or;

A degree-equivalent postgraduate diploma /professional qualification

You will also need:

one reference to support your application from an academic or a creative practitioner

a proposal outlining your intentions for postgraduate study

Applicants who hold a Degree from another discipline or have experiential learning in lieu of a degree that can demonstrate appropriate knowledge and skills may also be considered for entry, subject to an interview and the submission of a satisfactory portfolio related work in support of their application.

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As an international student you may require a valid visa to study at Leeds Arts University. Read more about the requirements in our Guide to the United Kingdom International Student Visa Requirements.