Our background

Escape Studios is one of the UK’s leading animation, games and VFX schools, supplying the industry with studio-ready talent since 2002. Our courses are designed and delivered with industry experts within a welcoming, close-knit and successful community.

Our world-class industry partners include Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, The Mill, DNEG, Creative Assembly, Cinesite, Blue Zoo and MPC. Through our partnership with Epic Games, we were the UK’s first Unreal Authorized Training Center and are an Unreal Engine Academic Partner.

Approved and endorsed internationally as a Rookies and Houdini certified school, we are an award-winning institution with both our students and alumni (Escapee) taking the creative industry by storm with their projects. Based in London, we’re close to some of the world’s biggest studios. Our campus is in the heart of London’s Design District on the Greenwich Peninsula, with amazing views of the River Thames and Canary Wharf.

Escape Studios Showreel

Our courses

Designed, developed and delivered with industry. We offer undergraduate degrees, postgraduate masters and short courses that specialise in animation, games, visual effects (VFX), concept art and motion graphics.

We work with a range of world-class industry partners, including the likes of Blue Zoo, Creative Assembly, DNEG, Industrial Light & Magic and MPC. They’re central to the way we’re run; from the curriculum we teach and how it’s delivered, to special events, scholarships and industry feedback on student work.

Our industry-experienced tutors are experts in their fields, including certified trainers for Unreal Engine, Autodesk and Houdini. They’ve worked at studios such as Walt Disney, EA and Framestore, on credits including Doctor Strange and Bond: Spectre.

Shaping studio-ready graduates

Throughout your studies, our industry-expert tutors prep our students for life after graduating through career-building opportunities such as The VFX Festival, our annual Student Showcase, mock interviews, one-to-one coaching, CV workshops, showreel clinics and industry challenges.

Our Escapees have gone on to work in BAFTA and Oscar nominated projects such as Avengers: Infinity War, Avatar: The Way of Water, Stranger Things, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Assassin’s Creed and Uncharted 2.

Did you know we’re currently in the top 6% in the UK for graduate employability? (Graduate Outcomes 2020/21 Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Student life

Student life at Escape Studios is supportive, fun and memorable! With the help of our Student Experience team, Studio Assistants and the Escape Student Association (ESA), there are plenty of creative events and societies where you can explore your passion, deepen your community and get to know North Greenwich! At Escape, you can expect events such as:

• Our ‘An Evening With...’ series - hear from industry professionals about the behind-the-scenes of their latest projects
• Seasonal parties such as our Halloween bash, Christmas party and end of year summer party
• The annual Student Showcase where our final-year students show off their final project to industry professionals, staff and other students
• The VFX Festival where people from all over within the creative industries get together
• And of course, the graduation ceremony held in London!

Our accommodation

While we don’t have our own accommodation, there are plenty of external options on the Accommodation and Commuting page on our website. We’re also partnered with University of London Housing Services who are dedicated to helping students find the perfect place to stay in during your studies.

Our accommodation

While we don’t have our own accommodation, there are plenty of external options on the Accommodation and Commuting page on our website. We’re also partnered with University of London Housing Services who are dedicated to helping students find the perfect place to stay in during your studies.

Events

We host plenty of events throughout the year to give students a taste of what studying at Escape Studios is like.

Open Days

Open days are a great way for you to find out more about our courses, dive into the discipline that interests you the most, meet your future tutors and ask all your burning questions!

Taster Days

Taster days are more hands-on, to get to know what student life will be like. You’ll be in classroom sessions designed to teach you all about your chosen discipline and the industry software you’ll be learning and mastering.

Campus Tours

Can’t make an open day or taster day? No worries! Our campus tours are a great way for you to learn about Escape Studios with your own private tour with an applicant advisor.

Meet the Masters

Our meet the masters is a regular webinar series, where you can meet people who’ve mastered their craft in the creative industries. You’ll get to hear their journey to their chosen career in a special one-hour webinar.

Saturday Club

Aimed towards 13–16-year-olds, Saturday Club is a publicly funded programme which aims to involve younger children in creative subjects. This is a great way to raise awareness of creative subjects and careers they can go into.