Manchester Metropolitan University
Based in a city renowned for innovation our new School of Digital Arts offers courses that span film, animation, UX, design, photography, sound design, gaming, Al and more.
Grounded in the present but with the space and opportunity to explore the future, our courses will enable you to investigate what it means to be a creative media practitioner now and in the future - studying at the intersection of storytelling, technology and innovation.
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Our brand new building has been designed specially for us and has the capability to adapt to technological changes, enabling you to explore and innovate for the future.
Alongside spaces to collaborate, our specialist facilities include a UX Suite, film studios, green screens, edit suites, sound, music & production studios, a cinema and a gallery.
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It’s game over for this year’s See Yourself in SODA competition and it’s time to announce our finalists. This year, we invited schools, colleges, universities and emerging creatives to submit …
New digital school up for Leading Technology/Digital Innovator prize
This September and October, postgraduate Art, Design, Media, Fashion and Performance students will be exhibiting their work in the Holden Gallery, Benzie Building and SODA on the Manchester Metropolitan University …
Photography staff and students past and present from the School of Digital Arts (SODA) and Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan are hosting the Paper Geographies exhibition this week …
Modal: New School of Digital Arts gallery launches with game engine culture exhibition International artists explore how our relationship to images, sounds, and interactivity is transformed by technologies. A new …
New £35m School supports Manchester’s ambition to become one of world’s leading digital cities. Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle has formally opened Manchester Metropolitan University’s pioneering School of Digital Arts …
With industry partnerships at the heart of SODA and academic staff working at the forefront of their disciplines, our innovative courses are informed by the real world. This, combined with a specially designed building that is home to cutting-edge facilities, means we are able to offer a new generation of digital natives the experiences they need to flourish in exciting, fast-paced and ever-evolving digital landscapes.
Jill Griffiths, Interim Head of the School of Digital Arts
At SODA we work closely with a range of leading industry partners, who help inform our curriculum. This enables our courses to provide you with the industry-ready skills and experiences you’ll need to launch a career in the creative media, arts and digital tech industries.
We're passionate about inspiring the next generation about the opportunities available to them. Working with colleges and schools we offer a range of digital and physical workshops, events and activities throughout the year.
Working with SODA opens up opportunities for creative individuals and industry in the region and beyond to benefit from our research expertise, facilities and deep connections across the creative, digital and technology disciplines.
We are a school of digital making, thinking and producing. Of coding, connecting and creating, where new talent finds new skills and reaches new audiences.
We are a school of future storytelling. Of creative content, made in Manchester, experienced across the world.
Where new technology inspires new ideas, and even new realities. Where imagination is an occupation.