Virtual Production
Master of Culture and Arts
This master’s degree programme equips you with hands-on experience in planning and executing virtual productions.
The programme is for you if you want to extend your skills in film, TV, games, XR, or live events.
Next application periods
Joint application, 7–21 January 2026
Tuition fees & scholarshpis
Master’s degrees 13 500 euros / academic year for students from outside the EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
Part-time studies
Kouvola
Degree titles
- Master of Culture and Arts
Keen to expand your skills to virtual production?
Virtual production has revolutionized audio-visual productions by offering tools to blend the physical and digital worlds in real time. Graduates of the Master’s Degree Programme in Virtual Production will be skilled in planning and executing virtual productions to achieve believable and creative cinematography.
Through hands-on experience with green screens, LED volume workflows, performance capture, and both virtual and physical cameras, students will gain an understanding of managing virtual production pipelines, from pre-visualization to final output.
In addition to technical and creative expertise, graduates will develop a comprehensive understanding of the entire production, including pre-production, budgeting, scheduling, asset management, and team coordination.
Depending on the students’ interests and prior experience, they will be able to support or manage virtual productions in roles such as virtual production coordinator, supervisor, on-set operator, real-time environment artist, or production lead in an international setting.
This comprehensive approach ensures that are able to deepen your expertise depending on your previous background to become virtual production expert.
- Virtual Production
- Digital Production
- Performance Capture
- Virtual Environments
- Game Engines
- Digital Cinematography
- Media Production
Study contents
The degree programme (60 ECTS credits) consists of core and complementary competences (30 ECTS) and a master’s thesis (30 ECTS). Theoretical studies are scheduled for the first year. The master’s thesis can be written according to individual plans within the duration of studies, starting in the first year.
The core competence (25 ECTS) consists of two study modules: Mastering virtual production and Virtual production project.
The first module includes three courses, and the second module includes two courses.
Mastering virtual production:
- Virtual production techniques, 5 ECTS
- LED volume workflows
- virtual location creation options
- virtual cameras
- real-time rendering
- gaussian splatting
- motion capture
- XR and extended backgrounds
- Producing a virtual production project, 5 ECTS
- strategies for effective collaboration between different departments
- budgeting
- scheduling
- workflow management
- Cinematography and mise-en-scène in virtual production, 5 ECTS
- lighting techniques and lens selection in VP
- framing when working with LED walls and virtual environments
- integrating virtual sets with physical ones
Virtual production project:
- Pre-production in virtual production, 5 ECTS
- concept development
- previs
- script breakdowns
- virtual location scouting
- setting up virtual assets and environments
- data management in virtual production
- On-set virtual production and post-production workflows, 5 ECTS
- hands-on experience with LED volumes and green screen workflows
- live camera tracking
- troubleshooting technical challenges
- adapting traditional filmmaking techniques to a virtual production pipeline
- post-production workflows
For the complementary competence course (5 ECTS), you can choose from the multidisciplinary Master School offerings available to all YAMK (master’s degree) students. This allows you to complement your career path with courses that best serve your professional goals.
Master’s thesis (30 ECTS) is carried out as research or development work related to working life or the professional field. The topic of the thesis may arise from personal work experience, working life needs, Xamk’s work-related projects, or RDI (Research, Development, and Innovation) projects.
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Virtual Production is conducted as part-time studies
Implementation of studies
The studies combine independent self-studies online with hands-on studio days held 2–3 days (Thursday–Saturday) per month during the first year of studies.
The campus days are dedicated to hands-on production workshops at the Virtual Production Studio at the Kouvola Campus.
Instruction and teaching materials are in English. Students are expected to have their own devices and necessary software for completing assignments, while virtual production equipment is available for use on campus.
The studies are designed to be completed in three semesters. The programme format supports studying alongside employment. However, balancing studies with work requires careful time management and consideration of personal commitments.
Development-oriented approach to work
Xamk has strong partnership relationships with the private, public and third sector. In terms of studies and practical training, privately owned companies, particularly in Kymenlaakso region, are considered the most important partners, but Xamk also cooperates with public sector organizations and constantly aims to expand its network of cooperation.
The degree programme is multidisciplinary, providing you with the opportunity to meet professionals from various fields during your studies. Together with your teachers, they aim to encourage critical thinking and improve your argumentation skills. As a result, you do not only gain new perspectives to your own field, but also contribute to the development of other fields.
The networks created with experts during the studies are also a considerable advantage for you after graduation. This is something that students graduating from Xamk Master School consider one of the most important aspects of the education.
The Master’s programme at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences – Xamk, offers an authentically international study environment with students and staff members coming from over 30 countries.
At Master School, you learn to retrieve and process field-specific research data and apply it to your own work. Learning is research-based, development-oriented and aimed at promoting innovation.
You can also carry out research work and other assignments as part of Xamk’s research, development and innovation (RDI) projects.
RDI specialists are an essential part of Xamk Master School, building bridges with the world of work. Among Finnish universities of applied sciences, Xamk stands out as the largest in the field of RDI activities. The total number of ongoing projects per year is nearly 300.
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