Description

Whether you wish to broaden the realm of your academic intellectual capacity, or fast track your career, Leeds Metropolitan University has a multitude of offerings. Innovation North - Faculty of Information & Technology provides you with a wide range of Broadcast, Multimedia, Games & Animation, Computing & Information, and Music, Sound & Performance courses including MA, MSc, PG Dip, PG Cert and professionals qualifications.((

Our postgraduate and professional programs are popular with students and employers alike, because we are flexible for your needs. We aim to make it easier for you to manage study, work, and family commitments. That's why our libraries are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week at the Civic Quarter and Headingley Campus, and why we offer flexible learning options such as the IPOS.

Through your undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Leeds Met, you will have the chance the study extra-curricular subjects, access our sporting, cultural and educational partner organisations, and volunteer in the region and across the world.

Highlights

Throughout our broad creative & digital technology courses, your experience will be enriched by industry guest lectures, workshops, placements and partnership opportunities, together with practical and product-based projects offer industry insights.

Broadcast, Multimedia, Games & Animation students will have access to extensive Mac and PC labs and professional video, audio and photographic equipment, including panoramic 'blue screen' studios. Using the latest technology you will explore professional delivery and production techniques for multimedia, games and animation, video, radio, motion capture and photography. Teaching is carried out by practicing creative technologists, whose visual research and practical experimentation ensure you remain at the forefront of technological developments in the constantly evolving visual and interactive media arena.

Computing & Information Technology students will be challenged and supported to develop a diverse set of computing skills and capabilities in subjects including green computing, ethical hacking, computer security, database systems and web development. Engagement in research and commercial activity ensures teaching is aligned with workplace developments, technology tools and techniques. Industry-related projects and activities will foster your professionalism, problem solving and enterprise skills.

Computing students will have access to labs allowing you to install and configure systems, use an extensive range of software applications, build network switches and learn how to configure routers and mobile networks.

Our vibrant and stimulating suite of Music, Sound & Performance courses and qualifications, prepare you for a wide variety of careers in the music and sound recording production sector. Industry connections support will enrich your student experience, whilst optional sandwich years on undergraduate courses offer placement opportunities between your first and second year of study. The postgraduate programmes encourage collaborative 'real world' projects, evidencing your skills through employment or relevant industry work.

Throughout your studies, Music students will have access to extensive facilities including impressive sound recording studios, computer music workstation labs together with live rehearsal spaces and post-production areas for enhancing sound effects and soundtracks.

Degree Level

Masters Degree

Minimum Education

Bachelors

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

8,250 - 9,900 (EU: 3,500 - 5,000) per year

Program Fees Include:

Leeds Met offers one of the most competitive fee packages in the UK HE sector. A degree from Leeds Met is a significant investment in your future and we keep fees as low as possible whilst providing a high quality education. The overseas fee includes free English language support, and an excellent range of fee discounts and scholarships are available.

Most postgraduate degrees take only one year to complete in the UK which means that you can save money on tuition fees and living costs. The cost of living in Leeds is one of the lowest in the UK.

Students from the European Union can apply for a loan to pay their tuition fees. You repay the loan when your studies are complete and you are earning above a certain amount, (conditions apply).

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Dormitory
• Home-stays
• Independent living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Scholarships are Available

Our excellent scholarship package funds 100% or 50% of one year's tuition fees. New overseas fee paying students who will study an undergraduate or postgraduate full-time taught course at Leeds Metropolitan University can apply. Recent successful applicants include students from Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam, Trinidad & Tobago, Ghana and Kenya. Discounts for Tuition Fees You are guaranteed a 10% fee discount when you pay one year's tuition fees in full by 31 August 2010, (31 December 2010 for those commencing their studies in January 2011). The early payment discount is available for those pay the overseas rate of fee and cannot be claimed in conjunction with the alumni discount. A 10% discount is also available to Leeds Met graduates and graduates of partner colleges within the Regional University Network (RUN) who choose to complete further study at Leeds Met. Conditions apply.

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Written Application

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Year Founded

1824