Creative Technologies
Creative technologies is a degree that sits at the intersection of digital making, design and creative practice. It is concerned with how digital tools, interactive systems, immersive media and emerging technologies are used to create experiences, products and environments. Games, virtual and augmented reality, interactive installations, digital art, sound design, web and app development, and the creative use of artificial intelligence all fall within its scope.
It is a discipline for people who want to make things with technology and who are interested in both the technical and the creative dimensions of that work.
At Bangor University, the three-year full-time programme develops your skills across a range of creative and technical areas, including programming, digital media design, interactive systems, user experience and creative project development. The degree encourages experimentation and innovation, developing your ability to work across disciplines and to bring technical capability to bear on creative problems. You will build a portfolio of work throughout the course, which is the primary currency in the creative technology industries.
The programme includes a foundation year for students who need additional preparation, a sandwich year, a year abroad and a work placement, giving you a wide range of opportunities to develop professional experience and international perspectives.
Bangor's location in north Wales, with its distinctive landscape and culture, provides an interesting context for creative work that engages with place, heritage and community alongside more commercial applications.
Graduates work in games development, interactive media, digital design, virtual and augmented reality, user experience design, creative coding, digital arts and the technology sector more broadly. Many develop portfolio careers across different creative and technical roles. Postgraduate study in creative technologies, interactive media, games design or computer science is a natural continuation for those who want to develop specialist expertise.