September, 2025
From January, 2025 to June, 2025
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We've designed the Diploma
in Advanced VFX (Virtual Production) with a comprehensive curriculum to
prepare you to enter the entertainment and creative arts industry confident and
job-ready. Leveraging KPU's hands-on approach to learning, this two-year,
full-time program delivers you the core practical and artistic skills employers
look for and introduces you to industry software, such as Unreal, Nuke, Houdini
and other leading-edge software. This diploma program focuses on the
fundamentals of visual effects and the integration of virtual production
workflows and pipelines. You'll study a range of specializations in VFX, such
as modelling, sculpting, texturing and surfacing, lighting, compositing and
more. The advanced curriculum of this diploma program attracts a range of
students, including industry professionals and mature students who have a
proven background in a creative or technical field. The program is intended to
empower artists with the creative and technical skills needed to enter the
demanding VFX, games and film industries.
Career Path
Graduates of the Diploma in
Advanced VFX (Virtual Production) have the knowledge, skills
and confidence to work for animation and visual effects studios, film
companies, game development companies, or to pursue their own goals through
self-publishing. Graduates are qualified to as an FX artist, compositor, modeller,
lighter, texture artist, matchmove artist or 3D generalist.
Kwantlen Polytechnic University will accept, for the purposes of meeting the English proficiency requirement, English taken in 12-year education, or English is designated as the primary and official language and the principle language of instruction. If you do not meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme with the university or submit
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