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Empowering students to excel in an atypical, creative, and innovative environment
Howest University is a world-renowned institute of higher education that prides itself on excellence. With a rich history of adapting to the ever-changing world, Howest University offers a dynamic, forward-thinking learning environment that encourages innovation, creativity, and professionalism.
As a student-centred institution, Howest University provides a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including a Bachelor of Digital Design & Development and a Bachelor of Digital Arts & Entertainment in 3D Animation. These programs cover various fields in design, digital arts, creative technologies, and entertainment, ensuring students receive a holistic education.
The faculty at Howest University comprises industry experts and scholars with extensive knowledge and experience. Through interactive and collaborative learning environments, students are provided with practical skills and abilities to excel in their chosen careers.
Howest University prepares its students for the future through innovation, entrepreneurship, and global engagement. Discover like-minded individuals, dedicated faculty, and industry partners who will support and inspire you every step of the way.
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Learn the magic of the VFX behind your favourite films by studying for a Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Arts and Entertainment (VFX) with DAE! From explosions to clothing, VFX is an integral part of the filmmaking process and is in demand like never before!
This course will teach you the skills necessary to pursue a career in VFX, from compositing to rotoscoping. Through studying with DAE, you will build the skills required to take on work at many of the top studios in the world!
Love animation and have always wanted to learn how your favourite animated films/shows are made? DAE’s 3D Animation program teaches you the creative process of how to bring your ideas to life on the big screen! From visual storytelling animating in 2D to the latest tools in 3D animation, this program will guide you on how to turn your ideas into an industry-level production.
Have you been awestruck by the graphics in a video game? In DAE’s Game Graphic Production program, you will learn how to create assets and models at the quality of the latest triple-A title. From the initial concept through to the design and structure of a model to see it immersed within a game engine, this program will train you to be a game artist with the skills to work in some of the top game studios in the world!
Do you want to see your idea for a game come to life? Through DAE’s Independent Game Production program, you can learn the skills required to turn your ideas into reality. Through learning the complexities of game design, utilizing a game engine, and the value of content creation tools, you will develop the skillset and the portfolio required to oversee the development of your game, from start to finish.
Through this program, you will also have the opportunity to join DAE’s incubation program, DAE Studios, and start your journey to becoming an independent game developer.
In this specialization, you will immerse yourself in the full production process of AAA games. You become an all-in developer, who learns to conjure with game graphics and gameplay programming. In addition, the student learns breathtaking real-time productions such as games, AR, and VR simulations. Art and game design are controlled by code that leads to a sensational gaming experience.
All aspects of a game are made possible through the efforts of a game developer.
Interactive Sound Production is a major within the Bachelor of Digital Arts and Entertainment that focuses on teaching the technical skills needed to create the sound design of games.
You learn how to be a versatile member of game development teams and to understand and execute various tasks (programming, knowledge of audio-visual language, mathematics, physics, 2D & 3D, game engines, level editing, procedures, and pipelines).
The emphasis of this major is to understand and communicate the requirements for sound design in a game. You will learn how to create audio professionally and be trained to correctly deliver your audio creations to game studios.
Digital design and development (Devine) is a unique 3-year bachelor’s programme at KASK Conservatory School of Arts of HOGENT and Howest in Kortrijk (Belgium).
At Devine, you will be trained to use your design, development, and UX skills to create near- and far-future online experiences. The curriculum of Devine is based on these 3 up-to-date industry-proven skills.
This programme is available in Dutch and English.
This is a 3-year, 180 ECTS program taught for many years in Dutch. During that time, they already had an English-taught semester aimed at international exchange students. Out of that has grown the full Bachelor program that will debut in English in September of this year. In terms of admission requirements and tuition fees, it’s the same as for DAE, Devine, and Cyber Security.
In the Cyber Security Professional major, you study specific problems in the field of security and learn how to arm yourself against them. As a cyber security specialist, you will be trained in the latest technologies and techniques in the field of cyber security, cybercrime and cyber warfare. Cybersecurity specialists provide more security and privacy in the digital world.
The Bachelor of Creative Technologies & Artificial Intelligence is all about building and deploying full-blown AI solutions.
Asset creation On-campus
Think Tank’s mentorship is designed to help artists that have previous training and/or experience brush up on their skills and produce a viable demo reel. Each student is assigned a personal, state-of-the-art workstation. During your time on campus, you will have access to 4-months of guidance from an industry professional to create and polish your demo reel.
Vancouver, Canada
12 Months
February | June | October
International Students: $50,800 CAD
Canadian Students: $38,400 CAD
asset creation Online
Asset Creation is a term used in the CG industry for the creation of all bits and pieces, both big and small, used in Film and Games. This Asset Creation program is designed to train working artists in the CG Industry for the roles of Props & Environments for Film, Characters & Creatures for Film, Environments for Games as well as Characters & Creatures for Games.
Online
16 Months
February | June | October
$15,840 CAD
If you pay for all 4 terms upfront, you will receive 5% off.
Mentorship
Think Tank’s mentorship is designed to help artists that have previous training and/or experience brush up on their skills and produce a viable demo reel. Each student is assigned a personal, state-of-the-art workstation. During your time on campus, you will have access to 4-months of guidance from an industry professional to create and polish your demo reel.
Vancouver, Canada
4 Months
February | June | October
International Students: $16,500 CAD
Canadian Students: $12,500 CAD
Learn the magic of the VFX behind your favorite films through studying a Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Arts and Entertainment (VFX) with DAE! From explosions to clothing, VFX is an important part of the filmmaking process and one that is in demand like never before!
In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to pursue a career in VFX, from compositing to rotoscoping, through studying with DAE, you will build the skills necessary to take on work at many of the top studios in the world!
Kortrijk, Belgium
3 years
September
Belgian and EEA students: €1,249.90 EUR
International Students: €7,249.90 EUR
Love animation and have always wanted to learn how your favorite animated films/shows are made? DAE’s 3D Animation program teaches you the creative process of how to bring your ideas to life on the big screen!
From visual storytelling, animating in 2D to the latest tools in 3D animation, this program will guide you on how to turn your ideas into an industry-level production.
Kortrijk, Belgium
3 years
September
Belgian and EEA students: €1,249.90 EUR
International Students: €7,249.90 EUR
Have you been awe-struck by the graphics in a video game? In DAE’s Game Graphic Production program, you will learn how to create the assets and models at the quality of the latest triple-A title. From the initial concept, through to the design and structure of a model, to seeing it immersed within a game engine, this program will train you to be a game artist with the skills to work in some of the top game studios in the world!
Kortrijk, Belgium
3 years
September
Belgian and EEA students: €1,249.90 EUR
International Students: €7,249.90 EUR
Do you want to see your idea for a game come to life? Through DAE’s Independent Game Production program, you can learn the skills required to turn your ideas into reality. Through learning the complexities of game design, utilizing a game engine, and the value of content creation tools, you will develop the skillset and the portfolio required to oversee the development of your game, from start to finish.
Through this program, you will also have the opportunity to join DAE’s incubation program, DAE Studios, and start your journey to becoming an independent game developer.
Kortrijk, Belgium
3 years
September
Belgian and EEA students: €1,249.90 EUR
International Students: €7,249.90 EUR
In this specialization, you will immerse yourself in the full production process of AAA games. You become an all-in developer, who learns to conjure with game graphics and gameplay programming. In addition, the student learns breathtaking real-time productions such as games, AR, and VR simulations. Art and game design are controlled by code that leads to a sensational gaming experience.
All aspects of a game are made possible through the efforts of a game developer.
Kortrijk, Belgium
3 years
September
Belgian and EEA students: €1,249.90 EUR
International Students: €7,249.90 EUR
Sound can play as important a role in games, and film, as the visual you see on your screen. Sound inspires an emotional reaction from the audience, sets the tone for a scene, and often leaves a profound impact on the viewer long after they’ve finished the game.
Through DAE’s Sound Design program, you will learn the skills necessary to pursue a career in sound design in Games. Through a practical curriculum, this program combines the most current skills and techniques in sound design, from SFX to voice recording, with a strong foundation in game development (including knowledge of c++) and the key principles of game design and production to ensure you enter the games industry with a strong skill set.
Kortrijk, Belgium
3 years
September
Belgian and EEA students: €1,249.90 EUR
International Students: €7,249.90 EUR
ALUMNI
Notable graduates, future talent

Brian Cox
Course: Bachelor’s Degree in Entertainment Arts
Career: UI Programmer @ Ubisoft

Sofie Debloudts
Course: Bachelor’s Degree in Entertainment Arts
Career: Studio Gobo (working on Disney Infinity, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Disney Infinity 3.0

Sam Verschraegen
Course: Bachelor’s Degree in Entertainment Arts
Career: Senior Animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks


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application process
How to apply to this college?
- Read course pages and select the course you’d like to study.
- The application fee for DAE is 5 EUR and is fully refundable after your final registration.
- Applications for the autumn semester begin on February 10th of each year.
- Application deadlines for the academic year 2021-2022 are the 30th of June for International students (or anyone who requires a visa) and August 15th for EU citizens (who don’t require a visa)
- The average processing time of your application is two to three weeks.






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