Master of Animation, Games and Interactivity
Master of Animation, Games and Interactivity
A career that moves with you Specialists in animation, games, and interactive media find creative and technical roles in studios around the globe. Boost your career with a globally-respected qualification Graduates of RMIT’s animation, games, interactive media and multimedia programs are equipped with practical and theory-based knowledge, and have extensive…
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A career that moves with you
Specialists in animation, games, and interactive media find creative and technical roles in studios around the globe.
Boost your career with a globally-respected qualification
Graduates of RMIT’s animation, games, interactive media and multimedia programs are equipped with practical and theory-based knowledge, and have extensive professional networks to take their skills anywhere in the world.
World-class facilities
RMIT boasts brand new animation and games design studios, and a dedicated postgraduate study space. RMIT’s media precinct is also home to industry-standard technology and sustainable studios.
Grow your network
Studying at RMIT allows you to network with fellow creatives and collaborators, and access industry events and opportunities. Students work alongside ACMI X, exhibit their work at the Melbourne International Animation Festival, and have opportunities to collaborate with academic staff, industry practitioners, and RMIT research centres.
Advance your career
Completing a master’s degree broadens your career options across the world. With globally transferable skills in animation, games, and interactive media, graduates have taken on roles as creative producers and practitioners in a diverse array of creative industries.
Develop expertise through studio practice
In contemporary studio spaces, through reflective practice, you’ll build high-level conceptual and practical skills, and develop a directorial vision of narrative, visual, and interactive media.
What you will study
Equip yourself with professional and creative skills to shape your career in your chosen area.
You enter this course via a series of topics that build on your ideas of character development, narrative development, and game play design, before consolidating your skills in professional research projects and your industry portfolio.
Build your skills in:
narrative development in animation and games
professional pre-production
research methods
advanced animation and game design
building a professional portfolio
Develop your directorial vision as you learn concepts and techniques of narrative, visual, and interactive media in a studio setting.
This course builds on more than 20 years of RMIT’s success in postgraduate teaching and research, focusing on the advanced theoretical and practical aspects of professional production in animation, games, and interactive media.
As you acquire skills in these areas, you will develop a directorial vision and in-depth understanding of narrative, visual, and interactive media through studio projects and collaborations that focus on current global trends.
By the end of your studies, you will have completed a number of major studio works in your specialisation, as well as a substantial amount of research.
At RMIT, you’re learning from the best. Our art, design and animation courses regularly rank in the top 10 internationally, and are considered some of the best in Australia.
Career
The Master of Animation, Games and Interactivity gives you globally-transferable skills that open career opportunities across the world.
Animation, games and interactive media industries are constantly evolving, often driven by radical technological change.
This specialist degree has been designed to keep pace with this speed of change, and prepare you with the practical skills and theoretical foundations to adapt to and lead change in your chosen industry.
You’ll be equipped to respond to changes in the animation, games, and interactive media fields, with a focus on core principles that can be updated and redefined.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
