BSc(Hons) Creative Media Technologies
Top-up
This course is open for applications.
Our BSc(Hons) Creative Media Technologies is a one-year top-up degree with a technology-centred creative focus, combining digital media, games, music/audio and emerging technologies. Study in a collaborative creative community and prepare for careers in the fast-growing global creative industries.
About
Why study Creative Media Technologies?
The fast-moving creative industries are a major driver of the UK economy and offer exciting opportunities for tech-focused creative professionals. As this sector continues to grow, there's increasing international demand for graduates who can combine strong technical abilities with creative insight.
Our innovative, practice-led BSc(Hons) Creative Media Technologies final-year course is designed to meet this demand, blending creativity with advanced technology. You'll tailor the course to your interests and career goals, whether that's immersive experiences, digital production, interaction design, or music and audio technology.
You'll build on your existing knowledge as you explore interactive media, games development, audio production, and emerging technologies such as AI in creative workflows. This will give you a strong foundation and the industry-ready skills employers look for.
Why UWE Bristol?
Join a cross-disciplinary creative technologies community within the School of Computing and Creative Technologies that brings together computing, digital media and creative practice.
You'll study a shared professional practice module with students from our top-up degree suite, including BSc(Hons) Information Technology and BSc(Hons) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. This enables you to collaborate with students from a range of creative and technical backgrounds.
You'll also learn from academics with strong industry links and professional experience. Depending on your module choices, you may have opportunities to work on live briefs with external partners and create public-facing projects for real audiences.
Where can it take me?
This one-year top-up degree is aimed at students with a strong interest in technology who have completed a Level 5 qualification. For example, a BTEC HND or a foundation degree in creative technology, digital media, games, or music and audio technology.
The course offers a direct route to achieving a full BSc(Hons) degree, opening career opportunities across the creative technologies industry, from games and web development to audio and music production.
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Entry
Typical offers
You will need to meet the following Level 2 requirements:
- GCSE: Grade C/4 in English and Mathematics, or equivalent.
In addition to the above Level 2 qualifications, you'll need to achieve the published tariff points from your Level 3 studies prior to entry. Below is an indicative list of the main qualification types. However, we will consider any Level 3 qualifications towards meeting our entry requirements.
- Contextual tariff: See our contextual offers page.
- English Language Requirement:
International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with no component below 5.5 OR overall score of 6.0 with no more than one component at 5.5 (or approved equivalent*).
*The University accepts a large number of UK and International qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you'll need in our English language section. Please visit our English language requirements page.
Entry requirements
Applicants are required to have an HND or Foundation Degree (or equivalent) or have successfully completed a course which is equivalent to the first two years of a UK honours degree with 240 UK credit points (120 ECTS credits) in Computer Science, Information Technology, the Creative Technologies (Media, Games, Music) and Sound Production, or equivalent.
Please list the units that you're taking or have taken in your application.
For further information
- Email: Admissions@uwe.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 83333
Structure
Content
The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.
You'll study:
- Creative Technologies Project
- Professional and Academic Skills.
Plus, two optional modules from:
- AI for Creative Media Technologies and Production
- Music Portfolio
- Interaction Design
- Design Enterprise Studio
- Commercial Games Development.
The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we'll inform you.
Learning and Teaching
Our BSc(Hons) Creative Media Technologies combines practical, project-based learning with academic and professional development. You'll learn through studio-based workshops and lab sessions, lectures and seminars, collaborative group and research projects, and independent study and guided research.
A major part of the course is your Creative Technology Project, where you'll undertake a substantial, self-directed piece of work aligned to your interests. This allows you to explore emerging technologies, experiment creatively and produce a high-quality portfolio project.
Alongside this, you'll develop essential professional skills in communication, teamwork, ethical practice and career planning, preparing you for both employment and further study.
See our glossary of Learning and Teaching terms.
Study time
This is a full-time course and you'll attend scheduled classes while engaging in independent study and project work. You'll also be required to spend additional time on self-directed learning, applying theory to practice, and preparing for assessments.
Assessment
Assessment is designed to reflect real-world creative and technical practice.
You'll be assessed through a combination of practical project work and portfolios, coursework and written assignments, presentations and pitches, reflective reports and group work.
Your final project forms a key part of your assessment, showcasing your ability to plan, develop and deliver a complex creative technology solution.
Learn more about assessments at UWE Bristol.
Fees
Full time course
Supplementary fee information
Additional costs
This refers to items you may need during your studies that aren't covered by the standard tuition fee. These could be for example, materials, textbooks, travel, clothing, software or printing.
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Study facilities
You'll have access to a range of specialist facilities, supporting all areas of creative media technology. These include digital media and computing labs, games development and interactive design spaces, audio and music production studios, and collaborative creative workspaces.
You'll also use industry-standard creative software suites including Adobe Creative Cloud, and VR/AR, motion capture and 3D scanning facilities.
Plus, you'll get to connect with businesses within the University's enterprise zone, Future Space.
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Careers / Further study
The UK's creative industries - particularly where creativity meets technology - continue to grow rapidly, creating demand for graduates with both technical expertise and creative thinking.
BSc(Hons) Creative Media Technologies enables you to top up your Foundation Degree or equivalent qualification in a creative technology field and turn into an Honours degree. It's designed to enhance your employability by combining technical skills with professional practice and industry awareness.
Many modules include elements of real-world working, such as client briefs, collaborative studio projects and public showcases, such as the Design Enterprise Studio and Commercial Games Development modules. You'll also take a core Professional Skills module that builds the transferable skills essential for success in the creative technologies industry.
By the time you graduate, you'll have a strong, industry-ready portfolio and experience of collaborative, cross-disciplinary working and an understanding of emerging technologies.
You could choose from a wide range of roles across the creative technology sector. These areas include UX/UI design and user research, coding, graphic design, games or web development, audio and music production, animation, product and service design.
Previous graduates from our suite of top-up degrees have gone on to work with employers such as IBM, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft, Aardman, Babcock, Naughty Dog, Bristol Games Hub, Ubisoft, Capgemini Invent, Dyson, Zappar, Amdaris, and the UK government.
Whether you want to join an established organisation, work freelance or launch your own venture, this course gives you the professional skills, portfolio and tools to build a career in creative media technologies.
Our award-winning Careers Service helps you develop your employment potential through career coaching, a vacancy service for internships, placements, jobs, global opportunities, volunteering and community activity plus support for entrepreneurial activity, and access to employer events.
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