Used in everything from games and movies to autonomous driving, computer graphics, vision and imaging is a stimulating and relevant niche of computer science.
Designed to create talented, knowledgeable and creative practitioners, the MSc in Computer Graphics, Vision and Imaging will allow you to pursue a range of related careers and become career-ready for the world of computer graphics, special effects and many other areas. This MSc is led by experts renowned in computer graphics, geometry processing, computer vision, and virtual environments. You will receive a solid foundation in machine vision, image processing, computer graphics, and machine learning, with optional modules to specialise in areas like robot vision, virtual environments, or biomedical imaging. The course includes an individual project, allowing you to apply your skills to a focused area of interest. Access to exciting facilities, including 3D scanners and prototypes, 5G motion capture, and virtual reality tools, further enhances your learning experience, preparing you for a range of careers in medical imaging, graphics, and vision.
This course is ideal for you if you wish to develop the skills necessary for a career in computer graphics, 3D acquisition and fabrication, medical imaging, robotics, special effects in games and film, computer vision, image and video generation and representation, or related applications.
The course prepares you to enter a visual computing-related industry and roles in any other sector requiring a solid engineering background. Graduates will have acquired the skills to deliver scalable solutions to complex problems involving the generation and the machine-understanding of visual data.
Your comprehensive understanding of graphics, imaging, and vision will make you an invaluable asset to teams across a wide range of industries, including interactive applications like 3D computer games, visual effects, generative AI, VR simulation for healthcare or education and image understanding for autonomous driving, and 3D modelling. Collaborating with top supervisors on your research project and dissertation offers the chance to hone skills in independent research, critically evaluate your results, and uncover new insights or models. This experience will prepare you for leading roles in research and development and open doors to further doctoral studies.
Graduate Outcomes survey data shows that alumni have gone on to successful roles in the gaming and movie industries, as well as for large technology firms, healthcare and education providers, burgeoning companies in virtual reality, and the wider metaverse. Destination companies include Google, Huawei and Snap inc.
Other graduates have pursued research positions or PhDs.
(Graduate Outcomes survey carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of graduates in the 2018–2024 cohorts.)