About Computing For Digital Media Bsc (hons) in University of Sussex
Study in Brighton, a city at the forefront of the UK’s creative and digital industries.
You combine a professional education in computing with specialised study of the technology for creating and communicating multimedia content:
- video
- audio
- animated 3D graphics
- visual effects.
You’ll study in our £12-million Future Technologies Labs, which include a student-focused hub, teaching labs with suites of high-spec computers, and project workspaces. In our cutting-edge television studio you also learn to produce live broadcasts and do post-production editing.
Your future career
IT skills are highly valued in many sectors. Your degree also provides skills in flexibility, critical thinking, problem solving and attention to detail.
Our graduates find employment in a diverse range of fields, including:
- advertising, marketing and PR
- banking
- telecommunications and media production.
You benefit from our links with industry, which are as diverse as American Express, Demos (the think-tank) and the V&A Museum. Our curriculum is informed by sector experts who sit on an advisory board, ensuring that what we teach is what industry needs.
Leading companies such as Creative Assembly, IBM, Microsoft and Thales have visited recently to talk to our students.
Academic qualification equivalents
- 80% from ISC Indian School certificate of Education (CISCE) or 80% from SSC All India Senior School Certificate Examination (CBSE)
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS : 6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component
- TOEFL : 88 overall, including at least 20 in Listening, 19 in Reading, 21 in Speaking, 23 in Writing.
- PTE : 62 overall, including at least 56 in all four skills.
University of Sussex Highlights
| University Type |
Public |
| Campus Setting |
Urban |
| Establishment |
1960 |
| International Students |
24% |
| Post Graduation Employment Rate |
94% |
| Mode of Program |
Full time; Distance Learning |
| Academic Calendar |
Semester Based |
| UG Tuition Fee (2018-19) |
15,500 - 30,450 GBP (Overseas Students) |
| Master’s Tuition Fee (2018-19) |
15,500 - 19,200 GBP (Overseas Students) |
University of Sussex Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
The Cost of Attendance at the University of Sussex per year for overseas students is tabulated below:
| Expenses |
Amount per annum (GBP) |
| Undergraduate Tuition (2018-19) |
Standard lower rate and foundation year:15,500 Standard higher rate: 19,200 BMBS in Medicine: 30,450 |
| Master’s Tuition (2018-19) |
Standard lower rate and foundation year: 15,500 Standard higher rate: 19,200 |
| Accommodation (On - Campus) |
4,940 - 8,340 |
| Accommodation (Off-Campus) |
5616 - 7284 |
| Books and supplies |
1,144 |
| Food |
2,340 - 2,604 |
| Laundry |
360 |
| Personal expenditure and miscellaneous |
500 - 3,000 |
