The Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE): Funding doctoral researchers in companies, offering a uniquely collaborative training programme, giving companies a competitive edge through innovation and advances in product and technology development. The CDE has been awarded £6.3 million initial funding from the EPSRC for 50 people working in animation, visualisation and graphics.

“Given concerns over the professional viability of some graduates, we at Aardman are very happy to be involved with this project. It is an ideal way to produce graduates who are both well qualified and understand the workplace environment, making them much more employable by the industry they want to be part of.”
Jess McKillop, Aardman Animations

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Would you like to do research while working in world-class computer games, computer animation, visual effects or film post-production companies?

We are looking for people with  excellent computer science and programming skills.

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Showcasing recent projects at the NCCA (Bournemouth) and The Computer Science Department Bath

What We Offer

The CDE's purpose is to train the next generation of leaders in the computer games, animation, VFX, visualisation and graphics-related industries.

We are offering a unique doctoral programme that places students (called Research Engineers) directly in companies to work on real projects. Under academic and industrial supervision their work will form the basis of an Engineering or Professional Doctorate.

CDE is part of the Association of Engineering Doctorates in the UK.

For more details see information for applicants or information for companies

Contact us at cde@cs.bath.ac.uk

 

Academic Partners

University of Bath

The Department of Computer Science is the country's leading provider of fully-supported placements. 75% of the work submitted for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in the Department of Computer Science was outstanding and it is ranked 4th in the UK. Its Media Technology Research Centre researches in animation, visual descriptions and interpretations and digital effects and image compositing.

Bournemouth University

Since 1989 the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) at Bournemouth University has pioneered innovative programmes in computer visualisation and animation. Its research in these areas has been rated as of world-leading quality in the RAE. The NCCA brings together art and science by educating practitioners to link creative and technical processes in their work. It was recently awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for services to animation education.

 

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