Location: Escape Studios, 6 Mitre Passage, London TR10 9FE, UK
Website: https://www.escapestudios.ac.uk
Overview
Escape Studios is one of the UK’s leading animation, games and VFX schools, supplying the industry with studio-ready talent. Our courses are designed and delivered with industry experts within a welcoming, close-knit and successful community.
Our world-class industry partners include Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, DNEG, Milk VFX, Creative Assembly, Cinesite and Blue Zoo. Through our partnership with Epic Games, we were the UK’s first Unreal Authorized Training Center and are an Unreal Engine Academic Partner.
Approved and endorsed internationally as a Rookies, Toon Boom Harmony and Houdini certified school, we offer a range of undergraduate, postgraduate and short courses. Our Escapees have worked on award-winning TV series Stranger Things and Obi-Wan Kenobi, along with Oscar and BAFTA nominated films such as Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Batman, Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick and bestselling games Assassin’s Creed, Uncharted 2 and Forza Horizon.
Population: Less than 1000
Campus Type: City
Quick Facts
- Escape Studios is ranked 1st in the world for Production Excellence in Immersive Media, 1st in the UK for Game Design & Development and is among the Top 5 UK Creative Schools in the Rookies Ranking.
- Escape Studios was the first Unreal Authorized Training Center in the UK.
- Our courses are built by and accredited by the industry partners, which include Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, DNEG, Milk VFX or Creative Assembly.
- Escapees (as we refer to our graduates) have worked on award-winning TV series (Stranger Things or Obi-Wan Kenobi), Oscar and BAFTA-winning films (Dune, No Time to Die, Interstellar, Ex Machina), and bestselling games (Assassin’s Creed, Uncharted 2 or Forza)
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Undergraduate Information
US Entry Requirements
High School Diploma with minimum GPA 3.0, with:
- SAT 550 in each band, or
- ACT 25 in each band
OR
2 AP (Advanced Placement) with minimum grades 3.3
- BSc (Hons) Programming for Games and VFX
- BA (Hons) Concept Art and Experience Design
- BA (Hons) Motion Graphics
- BSc (Hons) Character Creation for Animation, Games & VFX
- BSc (Hons) Video Games Design
- BSc (Hons) Technical Art for Games & VFX
- BA (Hons) The Art of Video Games
- BA (Hons) The Art of Computer Animation (2D)
- BA (Hons) The Art of Computer Animation (3D)
- BA (Hons) The Art of Visual Effects
Graduate Information
US Entry Requirements
4-year Bachelor’s degree with minimum GPA of 2.6/4
- MA UI/UX for Games and Interactive Media
- MSc Programming for Games and VFX
- MSc Technical Art for Games and VFX
- MSc Game Design
- MA Motion Graphics
- MA Concept Art and Experience Design
- MA Character & Creature Creation
- MA 3D Animation
- MA Game Art
- MA Visual Effects Production (Compositing/3D)
