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Creative Computing BSc (Hons)

Be part of the Future. Take your digital creativity and making to a whole new level and equip yourself with the skills needed for a career in the creative tech and digital arts industries.

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Key course information

Course Duration

Course Options

Creative Professional Development Diploma

Typical Offer

104-120 UCAS Tariff Points

How to Apply

Request a prospectus

Annual Fees

Home (full-time) £10,050

Overseas (full-time) £28,500

UCAS code

C100 (3 Year)

Institution code: N39

Course Start

September 2027

Two creative specialists. One future-defining partnership.

Students starting an undergraduate degree at Norwich University of the Arts from September 2027 will graduate with a degree jointly awarded by Norwich and the Royal College of Art. Find out more about the partnership.

Our BSc (Hons) Creative Computing has been developed in response to increasing employer demand for graduates with creative programming and physical making skills. You will develop projects to industry briefs and gain an understanding of the potential for, and theory of, computer-based technology and physical computing skills in a wide range of digital creative and design sectors.

Through practical project work, you’ll develop core computational skills and become adept with a range of industry-standard creative platforms and tools. For example, applying coding and creative skills to creative web and app work, or using electronics theory to develop custom circuit boards, in all cases, embedding tried and tested principles of user-centred design.

You will explore the exciting crossover between physical and digital from interactive art installation to audio-visualisation, to cutting-edge Extended Reality experiences, to custom apps that control custom hardware, to the role of Machine Learning in tech. As with all Norwich University of the Arts courses, your learning experience will be hands-on.

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Our partnership with the Royal College of Art

From September 2027, we’re offering our students at Norwich the world’s only current opportunity to study for an undergraduate degree that’s jointly awarded by Norwich University of the Arts and the Royal College of Art (RCA).

For 12 consecutive years, the RCA has been ranked as the world’s number one art and design university, by the respected QS ranking. A transformative and equitable space for free-thinking and collaboration, it’s the world’s largest community of postgraduate-only art and design students.

Every year RCA alumni are recognised as leaders in their disciplines, shaping our culture and world.

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Why study with us

Benefit from well-resourced digital and physical creative teaching facilities including state-of-the-art equipment.

Develop programming and design skills for creative web and app work, focussing on aesthetics, interaction, animation and usability.

Explore advanced algorithms to further develop your programming skills and produce aesthetically complex outcomes inspired by natural forms.

Develop core making skills through project work with physical computing, electronics and fabrication.

Incorporate AI and Machine Learning to add an exciting new dimension to your project work and build commercially sought-after skills.

Develop advanced product development skills that are truly transferrable.

Develop team working skills and create amazing outcomes by collaborating with students from other disciplines.

Engage with a range of contemporary topics such as AI ethics, digital sustainability, digital culture and tech for good.

Course Details

Core Units

Creative Learning (40 credits)

This first unit focuses on developing a solid base of technical and creative skills that will serve as a springboard for your learning across the rest of the course. You will explore computing foundations and the fundamentals of coding in the context of the creative web. Starting with the computational thinking that underpins algorithmic structures, your coding skills will develop through a series of practical projects that simulate industry briefs. You will learn about programming styles, data structures and algorithms, as well as industry best practices. You will explore programming principles and mathematics applicable to 2D solutions, exploring how to resolve problems common to 2D environments. Learning by responding to a series of creative challenges, your technical knowledge will develop alongside your creative approach.

40 credits

Explore and Experiment (80 credits)

In this unit, you will explore and experiment with a range of creative computing and technology applications to further develop your programming skills, as well as introducing you to a greater range of creative possibilities. For example, you will develop contemporary electronics and physical computing skills, enabling you to design and create a custom controller. From 2D programming you will progress to working with 3D, on the way expanding your knowledge of relevant principles and processes. You will develop knowledge of more sophisticated creative programming techniques, such as using advanced algorithms to simulate natural phenomena. You will also engage with a range of contemporary topics such as AI ethics, sustainability for the tech sector and toxic digital culture, and develop your academic writing skills.

80 credits

Core Projects

Wayfinding Week

The first week of each academic year is called Wayfinding week. It’s an opportunity get your bearings, establish new connections and, after your first year at Norwich, re-establish old ones. Your course team will talk you through the year ahead and explain the expectations for the year. We’ll help you navigate new encounters and identify areas to focus on as you progress through your course.

Make it Manifest(o)

An important element of Wayfinding Week is taking part in our annual ‘Make it Manifest(o)’ project. Your course team will introduce the project in which we’ll ask you to consider your hopes and vision of the year ahead at Norwich and work with students in other year groups to bring your ideas to life. The project culminates in a celebratory display of work across the campus. The project will help you to develop your critical creativity through different approaches, concepts, and mediums. You’ll encounter diverse perspectives and build friendships and networks within our university community.

Interchange Week

Interchange weeks are opportunities to step away from your disciplinary studies and engage in projects, workshops, visits and talks that extend your knowledge and understanding of the world. Whether you learn a new skill or take part in a global challenge project with students from other courses, you will come away with new insights to take back to your course. Interchange is part of the schedule for all Norwich students with sessions held across and beyond the campus led by university staff, visiting lecturers and students.

Core units

Global Contexts (80 credits)

As you progress to Year 2, you will consolidate and apply the core technical knowledge and creative methodologies developed in the previous year as you encounter more advanced topics. You will progress to full-stack web development which will equip you with the skills to create more sophisticated web applications, utilising externally hosted services. You will further develop your 3D programming skills within the context of Extended Reality (XR), including the exciting area of Augmented Reality. You will develop more sophisticated physical prototyping skills and become capable of producing more advanced creative tech outcomes, for example incorporating custom circuit boards. You will further develop your analytical and critical skills through focussed academic writing. You will also develop your awareness of industry practices and career opportunities.

Directions (40 credits)

This unit focusses on how collaborative work can help you channel and enhance your creative thinking, exposing you to new processes and approaches. Students work in multidisciplinary groups, typically responding to an industry brief, and produce significant outcomes suited to inclusion in an employer-facing portfolio. You’ll be introduced to a range of theoretical and practical approaches to managing collaboration, both in lectures and workshops, developing a practical command of suitable tools and platforms as well as applying this knowledge to evaluate your group’s performance.

Diploma Year (optional)

Level 5 Diploma (120 credits)

Students have the opportunity to spend a year after the second of their degree (or the third year if studying for a degree with an Integrated Foundation Year) enhancing their employability options through a Level 5 Diploma in Creative Professional Development. This course is designed to provide opportunities to gain industry insight, developing employability skills through a series of supported experiences, expanding professional networks and building confidence in the workplace.

Find out more about our Level 5 Diploma in Creative Professional Development.

Final Year

Research and Preparation (40 credits)

This is the first and shorter of the two units that make up your final year of undergraduate study. The primary focus of this unit is the research report, a deep investigation into an area of interest to you and of relevance to the subjects of creative programming and physical tech. Through a structured research process, you will develop and document cutting edge knowledge that will provide you with a greater contextual understanding of your subject as well as inform future practical projects. You will also be introduced to a series of more advanced practical topics such as Machine Learning and physical technology, such as prototyping a driverless car. and emerging technologies, for example exploring the cutting-edge possibilities of Mixed Reality.

Resolution and Career Development (80 credits)

The final unit allows you to research, conceptualise and create self-determined final-year projects, building on the skills and knowledge you have gathered throughout the programme. You’ll significantly advance your technical and creative skill set through the synthesis and application of previously developed processes, learn how to better manage workflows, identifying and achieving appropriate success metrics. You’ll be able to participate in competitions, attend conferences, and meet visiting professionals. You’ll have the opportunity to display your final year work as part of our degree show, Grad Fest, showcasing your projects to a network of industry professionals and prospective employers. Additionally, you will be supported in developing a career pack consisting of elements such as a CV and portfolio website, all critical to helping you move forward at the end of your course.

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Learning and teaching

This course is taught through a mixture of learning and teaching methods including:

Learning and Teaching at Norwich

Group briefings

Academic tutorials

Group tutorials

Workshops

Critiques (crits)

Seminars

Lectures

Assessment

Assessment for this course is entirely coursework-based, meaning there are no exams. Your progress will be evaluated through the projects and assignments you complete for each unit. Throughout the year, you’ll receive ongoing feedback to help you refine your work and develop your skills. To support your learning and ensure you achieve the course outcomes, we use a variety of assessment methods, including:

Finished pieces of work

Presentations

Written work

Your research

A reflective journal

Find out more about Assessment at Norwich

Some of the people you’ll be working with

Meet all staff

Mark Wickham

Director of Digital Arts Computing and Games

Jamie Gledhill

Course Leader, Creative Computing and Technology

Diana Vallverdu

Lecturer

Lindsey Crush

Subject Librarian

Our Facilities

Look around our city-centre campus, and you will find studios, media labs, and creative spaces in 13 buildings that sit among the cafés, bars, independent galleries and shops of Norwich’s cultural quarter.

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Creative Tech Lab

The Creative Tech Lab is a space where students can experiment with a broad range of emerging technologies.

Immersive Visualisation and Simulation Lab (IVSL)

The lVSL is a state-of-the-art Research Lab and Studio designed to explore, develop, and commercialise next-generation immersive media and virtual production technologies.

Media Labs

The Monastery Media Lab is a fully refurbished Victorian school building which provides industry standard digital facilities, lecturing and presentation studios for the University’s Faculty of Arts and Media.

Media Resource Centre

As in a traditional library, students are able to loan out a range of specialist Production, Photographic, and Audio Visual equipment, and take part in workshops and demos to learn tips and tricks.

UV Printing

The Mimaki UJF-6042 Mkii UV printer in the Norwich University Digital Design Studio allows you to print directly to objects such as aluminium, acrylic, woods, and completely cylindrical objects such as bottles.

Here to help you succeed

The UK’s creative sector is thriving, contributing £111.7 billion annually to the economy and offering over 2 million jobs.

Employability and career development are integral to every unit of our courses, ensuring students are well-prepared for the industry. Our students go on to secure exciting roles, launch successful businesses, and make a lasting impact in many sectors worldwide.

From day one, you’ll also get specialist career advice from our Business and Employability Team to help support you as you plan your career.

Typical career paths

Employability and entrepreneurship sessions will allow you to develop excellent transferrable skills in teamwork, project management, communication and problem-solving; and you will have opportunities to work with digital creative businesses in the University’s network.

In your final year you’ll produce a research report on a relevant area of theory, industry or practice, realise a significant portfolio project of your own choosing and develop a career plan that will help launch you from graduation into industry.

As a graduate of the course, you’ll be a technology-led creative professional, with top-level creative design and coding skills, ready to embark on a graduate career in creative development, immersive experiences, digital media, physical computing, emerging technology, applied machine learning and much more. This course will also give you the skills and confidence to take roles and opportunities at the forefront of disciplines yet to be defined.

Creative developer

Design engineer

Digital/creative tech artist

Web/mobile app developer

XR developer

Creative technologist

Creative electronics specialist

Installation designer/developer

“92% of our graduates are in employment or further education within six months of graduating”

Graduate Outcomes 2021

Entry requirements

Norwich University of the Arts welcomes applicants of all ages from all backgrounds.

If the qualification that you are studying is not shown, do not worry as we are able to accept other pre-entry qualifications as well as combinations of different qualifications.

A/AS Levels (GCE)

GCE A/AS Levels 3 A-level qualifications at grades BCC (104 UCAS Tariff points) or above. Where candidates are not taking 3 A-levels, Norwich University of the Arts will consider combinations of A-level/AS-level and other Level 3 qualifications.

BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF or RQF)

Distinction, Merit, Merit in an art, design or media related subject

BTEC Diploma (QCF or RQF)

Distinction*, Distinction* in an art, design or media related subject

T Levels

A T Level in any subject with overall grade A* to C (Pass)

UAL Extended Diploma

UAL Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

UAL Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Access to Higher Education Diploma (Art and Design)

International Baccalaureate Diploma

A minimum of 26 points

International

We accept qualifications from all over the world

To find our country-specific entry requirements, please visit our international entry requirements page.

English Language qualifications

Most international students are required to hold an English language qualification. Applicants must have an IELTS score of 6.0 overall and no less than 5.5 in each component. We do accept alternative English Language qualifications. Learn more about our English entry requirements.

You can email us on international@norwichuni.ac.uk if you’d like to discuss your application individually.

Additional requirements for this course

GCSE in English and Maths at Grade 4/Grade C or above.

If you do not have a Science or Mathematics-based A-level, you should have at least Grade B/Grade 5 at GCSE Mathematics.

We do accept alternative international qualifications if they meet the required equivalency. Our International Admissions team will assess this upon receiving your application.

We can accept your suitable English Language qualification as also meeting the GCSE English requirement. View our full list of accepted English Language qualifications.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees for the 2027/28 academic year

Undergraduate course (three year): £10,050 per year

Level 5 Diploma Year (optional): £10,050 year

The level of fee that you will be asked to pay depends on whether you’re classed as a UK (home) or international student. Check your fee status.

Fees for subsequent years

Tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with inflation, subject to government regulations. The inflation rate used is expected to be the Retail Price Index excluding mortgage payments (RPIX), as forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility. Tuition fees are reviewed annually by the University, and we would confirm any change to you in advance of each academic year.

Find our more about fees and funding

Funding your study

Depending on your circumstances, you may qualify for a bursary, scholarship or loan to help fund your study and enhance your learning experience.

Tuition fees that for the 2027/28 academic year

Undergraduate course (three year): £28,500

Level 5 Diploma year (optional): £19,380

For Overseas students starting in 2027 inflation will be applied to your fees in later years. We will confirm this in advance to you of each academic year, and we will limit the increase to no more than the Office for Students’ recommended inflationary measure.

If you defer your course start date or have to extend your studies beyond the normal duration of the course the University reserves the right to charge you fees at a higher rate and/or in accordance with any legislative changes during the additional period of study.

Find our more about international fees and funding

Please take a look at our International students page for information about fees, scholarships for international students, visas and much more.

Additional costs

Your course fees cover the cost of studies, and include loads of benefits, such as the use of our library, support from our expert employability team, access to workshops and free use of the IT equipment across our campuses. There are also other costs which you may need to consider.

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How to apply

All applications for undergraduate courses will need to be made via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

You’ll need our university UCAS code (N39) as well as your course code which you’ll find on your course page.

When you register with UCAS you will need include your previous and current qualifications information, personal statement, and reference.

Once we receive your application form through UCAS, we will email confirmation that we have received it and will give you access and instructions for logging into the applicant portal. Our decision will be communicated via UCAS.

Applying for an undergraduate degree

Full-time Undergraduate International applicants can either apply via UCAS or directly by completing the online application form below or emailing the downloadable form to ioadmissions@norwichuni.ac.uk

Online Application Form

International Undergraduate Application Form – (216kb)

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Apply via UCAS

For further support for international applicants applying for an undergraduate degree view our international pages.

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