Computer Animation & Visual Effects (with Foundation Year option) at Bournemouth University
Computer Animation & Visual Effects (with Foundation Year option) (BA (Hons), W617) at Bournemouth University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bournemouth.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check bournemouth.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
20% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 5%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- W617 · W6 film and photography
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearSubject at this uni
85%
still studying
UK 83%
15%
left higher education
UK 13%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
270 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course85%86%
Learning opportunities81%82%
Assessment and feedback84%85%
Academic support85%89%
Organisation and management70%74%
Learning resources83%82%
Student voice69%79%
125 final-year students · 71% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£26k3 years£26k5 years£30.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
61% working11% working and studying7% studying10% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
45%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 55%
50%
say their work is meaningful
UK 62%
15%
use what they learned
UK 40%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals25%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Sales occupations10%
- Information Technology Professionals5%
- Administrative occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 70 graduates · 52% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5BB
Subjects
computer animation and visual effects computing
Campus
- Campus
- Bournemouth University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Computer games and animation at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Computer Science with Game Design BSc (Hons) | 120 - 136 points | 96–111 |
| Arts University Bournemouth | Games Art and Design BA (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | 128–143 |
| Arts University Plymouth | Game Arts & Animation BA (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | 112–127 |
| Bath Spa University | Games Development BA (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 112–127 |
| Abertay University | Computer Arts BA (Hons) | BCC | 160–175 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Computer Animation and Visual Effects BSc (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Games Design and Development FdA | 64 points | — |
| Bedford College Group | Games Development HND | 32 points | — |
| ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music) | Games Development BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | 3D Animation BA (Hons) | — | — |
| Bournemouth University | Computer Animation & Visual Effects (with Foundation Year option) this course | — | under 96 |
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