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Description
VFX are used in live Action Movies to modify real scenes or recreate elements which cannot be recorded, to integrate fiction characters in real action productions, eliminate unwanted elements or add effects such as fire, smoke, rain… The VFX industry is in high demmand for professionals and as enjoyed substantial growth due to a high consumer demmand and to new plaforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple Tv or HBO… VFX are needed in nearly all productions for cinema, tv, series, videogames, adversiting and other type of productions. During your studies you will lear through the use of professional sofwware tools such as Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Blender amongst others, to work as an artist generating and integrating digital elements in live action productions or in videogames or animated movies..
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Career opportunities
Pursuing a Degree in Visual Effects you will be able to work as:
- Digital compositor
- Paint / Prep artist
- Roto / Matchmove artist
- Digital matte painting artist
- VFX Production Coordinator
- VFX Simulation artist
- Character FX Artist
- VFX development artist
Companies where our students work
Some of the leading companies where U-tad students and professors have worked include: MPC (The Lion King, Dumbo), Double Negative (Avengers Endgame), Framestore (Dumbo, The Jungle Book), El Ranchito (Game of Thrones), Blur Studios (Love, Death, and Robots), Ilion Animation Studios (Wonder Park), ILM (Star Wars), Sony Imageworks (Spiderman Into the Spiderverse) and Weta Digital (Lord of the Rings), among others.
Partner companies
Students' projects and awards
Your project: your best presentation to companies
You will learn by doing. Starting your first year, you will work on projects, learning and applying your knowledge and teamwork, both of which will be vital for your future employability. Your projects will prove your worth to companies and act as a letter of recommendation.
Talent Awards
Awards are the greatest recognition of consistent effort and a job well done, whether as a team or individually.
In recent years our students have won more than 70 awards in all fields. Check them out!
Our students have worked on Oscar, Bafta, Goya and other international award winning productions such as Spiderma; Into the Spiderverse, Klaus and Buñuel en el Laberinto de las Tortugas.
Students' feedback
90% of our students study with us on the recommendation of friends or acquaintances who have already experienced U-tad and have become top industry professionals.
The best thing about U-tad is the people around you, aside from the amazing courses and education, especially in subjects like VFX, compo, motion graphics, matte painting, etc.
I currently work for El Ranchito VFX. I've been with this company for about 3 years now, and I've worked on seasons 7 and 8 of 'Game Of Thrones’, 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom', 'John Wick 3', etc. What I like most about my job is that you face a new challenge every day, getting to see the final result and, above all, everything you learn in the process. It's very satisfying.
The best thing about U-tad is the people around you, aside from the amazing courses and education, especially in subjects like VFX, compo, motion graphics, matte painting, etc.
I currently work for El Ranchito VFX. I've been with this company for about 3 years now, and I've worked on seasons 7 and 8 of 'Game Of Thrones’, 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom', 'John Wick 3', etc. What I like most about my job is that you face a new challenge every day, getting to see the final result and, above all, everything you learn in the process. It's very satisfying.
International mobility
At U-tad, you will be able to study a portion of your degree at a top partner university through the Erasmus Program.
To reduce any limitations, we have expanded our exchange offer through bilateral agreements with universities in America, Asia, and Oceania, and Europe.
- SVA (EEUU)
- Griffith (Australia)
- ArtFX (Francia)
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (China)
- Falmouth University (UK)
- Haute École Albert Jacquard (Bélgica)
- Universidad de Monterrey (México)
The world is yours. Go out, learn, and soak up other cultures!
Faculty
Study plan
| Course name | ECTS | Type | Duration |
| Narrative and Elements of Visual Composition | 6 | B | 1st quarter |
| Mathematics and physics for visual effects | 6 | B | 1st quarter |
| Principles of 3D graphics | 6 | B | 1st quarter |
| Geometric Representation Systems | 6 | B | 1st quarter |
| Theory and Science of Color and Light | 6 | B | ANNUAL |
| Creative Thinking | 3 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Photography | 6 | B | 2nd quarter |
| Fundamentals of computer architecture | 3 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| 3D Modeling | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Fundamentals of Graphic Design and Motion Graphics | 6 | B | 2nd quarter |
| Script | 3 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Project I: | 3 | OB | 2nd quarter |
Graphic legend: Basic Training (B) | Compulsory (OB) | Electives (OP) | Compulsory Minor Subject (OBM) | External Internships (PE) | Final Degree Project (TFG)
| Course name | ECTS | Type | Duration |
| 3D Preview | 6 | B | 1st quarter |
| Texturing & Shading | 6 | B | 1st quarter |
| History of cinema and VFX | 3 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Digital editing | 6 | B | 1st quarter |
| Introduction to digital composition | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Introduction to Programming | 6 | OB | ANNUAL |
| Lighting & render I | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| VFX Production and Pipelines | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Rigging and Animation for VFX | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Composition I | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Project II: | 3 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Course name | ECTS | Type | Duration |
| FX and Simulation I | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Scripting for Composition | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Composition II | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Matte Painting | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Lighting & Render II | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Scripting for 3D visual effects | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| FX and Simulation II | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Composition III | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Matchmove and rotomation | 3 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Digital Society | 3 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Project III: | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Course name | ECTS | Type | Duration |
| Creating 3D Environments | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Visual effects supervision | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| FX and Simulation III | 6 | OB | 1st quarter |
| Final Degree Project | 6 | TFG | ANNUAL |
| Work Environment | 6 | OP | ANNUAL |
| Project IV: | 6 | OB | ANNUAL |
| Character FX | 6 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Virtual production | 3 | OB | 2nd quarter |
| Technical composition | 6 | OP | 2nd quarter |
| Procedural 3D creation | 6 | OP | 2nd quarter |
| Training for employment | 6 | OP | 2nd quarter |
| Internships | 6 | OP | 2nd quarter |
| Business creation and development | 3 | OB | 2nd quarter |
- Location: U-tad Campus
- Hours: Monday – Friday
- ECTS: 240
- Language: Spanish or English
- Modality: In campus
- Centre Attached to: Camilo José Cela University
- Year of implementation: 2022-2023
- Spots for new students in the Degree: 30
- Branch of knowledge: Humanities
Minimum number of ECTS per type of registration and course:
| Minimum | Maximum | |
| Full-time 1st course | 60 | 60 |
| Full-time rest of courses | 30 | 75 |
| Part-time 1st course | 25 | 30 |
| Part-time rest of courses | 18 | 45 |