Creative Media Arts

Creative media arts sits at the point where art practice and digital technology converge. It is the discipline for those who want to make things that do not fit neatly into traditional categories: films, photographs, interactive installations, immersive environments, and digital works that draw on emerging technologies including augmented reality, virtual reality, projection mapping, three-dimensional modelling, and game engines. The discipline asks fundamental questions about what it means to create and experience art in a digital age, and it develops both the practical skills to realise ambitious projects and the critical vocabulary to understand and articulate what those projects are doing.

At the University of Westminster, this three-year full-time programme is structured around hands-on practice from the start. You will be making work throughout the course, building a portfolio that demonstrates both your technical range and your artistic thinking. The curriculum covers digital filmmaking, photography, interactive media, installation art, and the creative application of technologies that are reshaping what it means to make and exhibit art.

Westminster is well placed for this kind of programme: London is a world centre for creative industries, and the university has connections with galleries, studios, festivals, and production companies across the city. The programme includes a sandwich year in industry and incorporates work placement, both of which give you the opportunity to develop professional experience and build relationships in the creative sector before you graduate.

Graduates of creative media arts programmes work as artists, filmmakers, photographers, digital content creators, interactive experience designers, and arts technicians. They find roles in galleries, museums, advertising, broadcast, games, virtual reality production, and across the wider creative industries. Postgraduate study in fine art, digital arts, or media production is a well-established route for those who wish to develop their practice or academic understanding further.