For working professionals & students
Short-Term Software Courses
How this is different from a career programme
Short-term software courses
A focused certification in one tool, built for someone who already knows what they need.
- Weeks to a few months, not years
- One software, studied in depth
- A focused certificate, not a placement-track programme
Full career programmes
The complete studio pipeline across multiple tools, with placement assistance and a degree pathway.
- 12–24 months, full pipeline
- Multiple industry-standard tools
- Placement assistance and CLAP/Creator Kit scheme eligibility
Find your course
Filter by the kind of tool you want to learn, or search for it directly.
8 courses
Master the industry-standard 3D application
- hours
- 192 hrs
- months
- 8 months
Suits: Working professionals in an adjacent field (architecture, product design, illustration) who need one specific 3D skill for their current job
You'll make: A modelled and UV-unwrapped hard-surface or character asset
- Autodesk Maya
- Arnold
Master 3ds Max for design and visualisation
- hours
- 144 hrs
- months
- 6 months
Suits: Architecture, interior design and civil engineering students who need visualisation skills their core degree doesn't teach
You'll make: A photoreal still render of a modelled interior or exterior space
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- V-Ray
- Arnold
Produce finished 3D work in Blender
- hours
- 144 hrs
- months
- 6 months
Suits: Students and career-changers who want to build a portfolio before committing to a paid licence elsewhere
You'll make: A sculpted and retopologised character or creature asset
- Blender
Produce 3D motion graphics fast
- hours
- 120 hrs
- months
- 5 months
Suits: Graphic designers and video editors who already use After Effects and want to add 3D motion graphics to their offering
You'll make: A procedural MoGraph animation (abstract or typographic)
- Cinema 4D
- Adobe After Effects
Visualise architecture and interiors
- hours
- 180 hrs
- months
- 8 months
Suits: Architecture and interior design students whose core degree doesn't teach visualisation software at all
You'll make: A photoreal still render of an interior space with full material and lighting pass
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- Lumion
- SketchUp
Put AI to work in a real creative pipeline
- hours
- 72 hrs
- months
- 3 months
Suits: Working designers, illustrators, video editors and marketers who need to add generative-AI fluency to an existing creative skill set
You'll make: A finished concept-art board combining generated and hand-finished elements
- Midjourney
- Runway
- ComfyUI
Shoot and finish professional photographs
- hours
- 120 hrs
- months
- 5 months
Suits: Working professionals and students who want a genuinely freelance-able skill they can start earning from quickly
You'll make: A lit and edited studio portrait set
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Lightroom
Master node-based compositing in Nuke
- hours
- 288 hrs
- months
- 12 months
Suits: Working compositors already using layer-based tools (After Effects) who need to move to Nuke to qualify for senior roles
You'll make: A fully tracked and keyed green-screen composite
- Nuke
- Mocha Pro
- Adobe Photoshop
Frequently asked questions
- What exactly is a short-term software course?
- A focused certification in one specific industry tool — weeks to a few months, not a multi-year programme — for someone who already knows which skill they need.
- How is this different from MAAC's full career programmes?
- A career programme like AD3D EDGE PLUS or ADVFX PLUS covers a full studio pipeline across multiple tools over 12–24 months, with placement assistance. A short-term course covers one tool in depth over weeks to months, with no placement-track claim attached.
- Do I get a certificate?
- Yes, every short-term course ends with a MAAC completion certificate for that specific tool.
- Can I upgrade to a full career programme later?
- Yes. Ask a counsellor — many short-term courses map onto modules inside the matching full career programme.
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