Canberra Holiday Courses

  • Holiday courses run from 9.00am until 4.00pm
  • The campus is open from 8.45am
  • All participants will receive a certificate of completion
  • Students need to bring a USB stick to save their work
  • For more information on any of these courses please contact our Student Liaison Officers on 02 6162 5131 or email us at canberra@aie.edu.au.
  • To register for these courses, please fill out the application form.
  • AIE in Canberra is located at Block E, Canberra Technology Park, 49 Phillip Avenue, Watson, ACT 2602
  • For directions to the AIE Canberra Campus, please visit this page
  • Supervision is available after the designated finish time but all students need to be collected by 5pm as the campus administration closes promptly at that time

Holiday Course Descriptions

Imagine a New Underwater Creature

3D Art

Create an underwater creature straight from your imagination!
Design a unique underwater creature with its own distinctive look and invent a weird and wonderful way for it to swim, float, or glide through the water. You’ll learn the basics of 3D modelling and animation in Autodesk Maya as you bring your creature to life and make it move. Then, add colour and character using the 2D editor Krita to give your creation the perfect finishing touch.

Ages: 12+ years
Dates: 14th Jul 2025 and 15th Jul 2025
Times: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $345

Make your own 3D endless runner

Game Design

If you love games like Jetpack Joyride, Alto’s Adventure, or Sonic and want to learn how to create your own endless runner, this is the course for you!
In this course, you’ll use the Unity game engine to build and code your very own endless runner game. With the help of pre-built assets and the Java programming language, you’ll bring your game idea to life and explore the fundamentals of game development.

Ages: 12+ years
Dates: 14th Jul 2025 and 15th Jul 2025
Times: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $345

Train your own virtual robot

Game Programming

If you’re curious about AI and love the idea of programming your own virtual robots, this is the course for you!
Across two exciting days, you’ll explore the basics of programming and AI using Unreal Engine 4. Design controllers to drive robotic vehicles on screen and create your own mini games to test them out. Along the way, you’ll learn about sensors, physics, and how real AI powers things like self-driving cars and robot vacuum cleaners. By the end of the course, you’ll have built three different mini games and gained hands-on experience with Unreal blueprinting and simple character controllers.

Ages: 12+ years
Dates: 14th Jul 2025 and 15th Jul 2025
Times: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $345

Junior Filmmaking Workshop

Filmmaking 

This fun and educational workshop will result in the formation of filmmakers, who will produce a 2-3 minute short film over the course of 5 days. Filmmakers will work in groups of 4-5, with each member taking turns to share the roles of a film crew.

The program is designed for students who are keen to learn about filmmaking and get some hands-on experience with cameras.

Parents and friends are welcome to join the filmmakers at the end of the week to see their work on a big screen.
Each Filmmaker will be awarded an AIE Filmmaker Workshop Cap, a completion certificate and a digital copy of their film sent after the workshop.

Ages: 12+ years
Dates: 14th Jul 2025 to 18th Jul 2025
Times: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $695.00

For more information about AIE Canberra's Holiday Courses please contact our Student Liaison Officer on 02 6162 5131 or email us at canberra@aie.edu.au

Book Now