Top 33 Masters Programs in Computer Arts 2019

The NYU Game Center is dedicated to the exploration of games as a cultural form and game design as a creative practice. Our approach to the study of games is based on a simple idea: games matter.

We train the next generation of game designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and critics, to advance the field of games by creating a context for advanced scholarship and groundbreaking work.

The NYU Game Center MFA is an intensive creative environment. As a student, at any given moment you will be creating one or more game projects, from small prototypes to a large-scale thesis. At the same time, you will also be involved in analysis and discussion, from critiquing the work of other students to in-depth research on an original topic. And there will also be plenty of game playing too- our game library contains thousands of digital and non-digital games. Play, creation, and analysis complement and inform each other to create a unique educational experience.... [-]

Every year there are more companies concerning the 2D / 3D animation that want to welcome our trainees, trained for a successful and immediate incorporation into the labor market sector. Also each year more working professionals want to join our teaching team and contribute their bit to our educational project.

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Provide students with the knowledge and skills stimulate own animated film to achieve specialization as animators with a solid and effective technique. Similarly, a vision of the office of animation as art and / or industry is given, using traditional animation tools and their adaptation to new digital technologies.... [-]

-- One year Master's course


-- Starting date: October 20th, 2014


-- Academic training + internship

The Master in Visual and Web Design provides overall competence in both Visual Design and Web Design.

It is intended for students who are interested in two masters of the same area, to provide them with the possibility to attend a Master course with a double specialization.

This kind, of course, foresees a higher number of lessons per week and a strong commitment during project works, but it’s also an interesting chance to specialize in two different subjects.

Duration


The Visual and Web Design Master's course lasts for one year (from October to December, with a summer break in August).There will be a minimum of 30 hours of lessons per week. Attendance is compulsory and full time.... [-]

DIGITAL DIRECTOR DIPLOMA IN 5 YEARS (Master’s degree equivalent)

VFX, 3D Animation and CG Specializations

The first two years are designed to provide a solid foundation for students before embarking on filmmaking. The first year is a preparation artistic class. The courses are divided into short interventions around basic themes and concrete projects to help the students become familiar with the different concepts.

Artistic & Cultural Development - Maturity of Work

Goals

The master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degree program in computer art is an artistic research and development program situated in the context of technology. The program is dedicated to a wide range of practices in art media where the computer plays a primary role. These art media may include computer-generated images, 3D computer animation, physical computing, creative computer programming, computer gaming, computer music, visual effects, multi-channel installation, and sonic art.

Students are expected to develop a strong record of professional practice in a variety of contexts, including exhibition, screenings, public intervention, installation, performance, workshops, gaming events, and viral media, among other forms of public engagement.... [-]

In Master of 3D Animation and VFX you will discover that the line between real images and artificially generated content is increasingly thin, both traditional film and film animation.

The Masters in 3D animation and VFX you become content developer and 3D VFX both technical and artistic level.

The methodology of the Master in 3D Animation and VFX allows you to learn and master the mechanical work processes and professional production, guiding you both projects based film and 3D animation advertising.

You will generate scenarios and give them life, the integrarás in real movies and from this work will cross the profession from the point of view more art to the most technical, and all developing your own personal style.... [-]

Are you passionate about the network and want to direct your career towards web design? The Master Web Design offers you the training you need to work as a web designer in a studio or an advertising agency. The Master is formed by the courses of Basic Web Design (tools), Advanced Web Design (projects) and Web Design with WordPress.

Throughout the Master Web Design you will learn how to plan, develop and implement websites. Web Design has become today one of the fastest growing professions and quality training can open the doors to the labor market. The Master is made up of three parts that correspond to 3 courses: Basic Web Design, Advanced Web Design and Web Design with WordPress. In the first part you will learn the fundamental concepts of web design and you will learn to use the HTML CSS and HTML 5 language with the tools of Dreamweaver and Animate. In the second part of the Master you will delve into essential topics such as color, typography, usability, html, CSS styles, domain, hosting, ftp, javascript resources, PHP, mobile devices, responsive web design, Bootstrap, flexible boxes with display: flex. These skills together with the use of basic tools will allow you to develop your own websites. In the third part of the Master you will learn to use WordPress, the most used content manager in the world and a very useful tool for designing web and online stores.... [-]

The visual effects sector opens a wide range of professional profiles dedicated to the design, generation and production of digitally generated images that will be created and / or integrated into all types of audiovisual productions.

The Master in Visual Effects for Film of the ESCAC offers the student an integral, creative and technical training, providing the solid bases, both practical and formal, to be inserted in the visual effects industry. We take advantage of the environment of the film school to put this knowledge into practice in a real production system in constant interaction with the other departments of the sector.

University graduates in Audiovisual Communication, Fine Arts or other university-level degrees related to the audiovisual field. Computer Engineers, Multimedia, Videogames, ... who want to complement their curriculum with a complete formation of visual effects for cinema.... [-]

The attributes of moving image are becoming difficult to define. The lines between live-action, animation, and computer-generated imagery are getting blurred. The course in Animation and Visual Effects encourages innovation in the field of manipulated moving image and finding one’s voice in either personal, artistic or industry environments

Animation and Visual Effects specialization at Srishti at the Masters level nurture creativity and personal expression accompanied by skills strategic to a growing creative industry. It provides a framework for practitioners from diverse fields to enter the world of animation and visual effects and expand its boundaries through their unique perspectives and experiences. This course encourages students to explore and develop personal styles, artistic visions, and voices through their filmmaking practices. It also seeks to provide a broad understanding of animation filmmaking based on independent practice, the industry, and experimentation in the Indian context. Students can choose to work with diverse techniques (2D and/or 3D, traditional, experimental, stop-motion etc.) to develop their abilities as storytellers, visual artists, and directors. The curriculum includes fundamental inputs in animation techniques, film language, storytelling, image-making processes and skill enhancement. It also offers opportunities for experimentation, innovation, and creative collaborations.... [-]

THE COURSE IS HELD IN ITALIAN LANGUAGEStudying Animation Design at IED means learning the art of telling stories through animation, imagining, creating and building characters and environments, to make them live in new scenarios.

The demand for Animation Designers is increasingly growing: from advertising to TV series, from feature to short films, from docufiction to games, cross and transmedia productions and special effects for film and TV productions. The Master in Animation Design trains animation professionals ready to work in new scenarios, providing technical skills and competitive professional tools to propose, write and realize cutting-edge projects: short films, series, cross-media projects.... [-]

Learn industry techniques to create fantastic worlds, design racing cars, create legendary heroes and villains or prepare sports competitions, as well as bring them to life to include them in a video game.

It is aimed at both professionals in the field and people who want to build a career in the field of Animation and/or Production CGI. This training is for Graduates as well as non-graduates since it is a completely autonomous and empirical training in a new professional field. With this training, the person obtains the professional category of CG Artist that can work on Film, Shorts, Advertising, Video Games, etc. There are no prerequisites, you start at level 0 and it is intended for all audiences.... [-]

Have you thought about the amount of visual impacts that you receive daily from the web environment through their multiple devices?

We continually inform, seek, share, relate, interact, analyze, discard, ... information provided on the Internet. So important is the reliability of the information, as the way in which it is presented and adapted to each of the devices.

The market is essential to have professionals capable of understanding the constant transformation of the environment, understand the user to send you information and message.

Throughout the course, the student will be able to better understand and meet the needs , technology and real possibilities of each client or project to give an effective response to their objectives, as well as being able to offer graphic creative contributions that make make it a unique and innovative piece.... [-]

The main objective of the Master in creation and development of digital projects is to offer advanced training and specialized nature that will prepare students competitively to provide innovative solutions and new value propositions to a market that, from a technological point of view It is exponentially active and is booming.

The digital designer is now at the center of different families and professional sectors such as Audiovisual Communication, the Graphic creation Graphic Arts Advertising Public Relations and interactions design sectors, and showing increasing synergies often encompassed within the industry calls experiences and increasingly geared towards digital media as well point the various sectoral studies and local and state reports.... [-]

Pascal Luban, game designer and creative director (Ubisoft, Activision, Sony, DICE), is the reference professional who is in charge of educational validation of this training.

This Master wants to be very concrete. It is built around the student video game project. These will have to design, develop, publish and market their game. If it knows the success, they can even generate revenue. And if that is not the case, the fact of seeing his name associated with a published game is a great business card.

Program:

The video game industry is constantly booming, and not coincidentally. Technological advances facilitate the development of more and better experiences, with multiple platforms-consoles, computers, mobile devices, etc.-occupying different niches that reach more people.

This Master prepares you to enter the labor market in a competitive way in the multiple roles required by videogame creation studios. Through the two specializations offered, Art and Programming, you will acquire a global perspective in the production of digital products for entertainment.