Studio Ulster was born from a vision: to create a world-class creative technology facility in Northern Ireland. Developed by Ulster University, in partnership with the Belfast Harbour Commission and supported by Northern Ireland Screen, Studio Ulster represents aground-breaking £72 million/$97m investment in a state-of-the-art Virtual Production studio complex located at Belfast Harbour Studios.

Opened in Spring 2025 at Belfast Harbour Studios, this world-class facility features some of the most advanced virtual production stages available globally, establishing Northern Ireland as a leading centre of excellence in virtual production.

Home to one of only five CoSTAR Screen Labs across the UK, Studio Ulster is destined to be a ‘Tier 1’ Centre of Excellence in Research, Development and Innovation in Virtual Production. With a rapidly developing suite of technologies and methodologies for screen content production, it provides a nexus for key areas which are already established strengths in the region, including film, broadcast, animation, games and immersive technology, such as virtual, augmented and mixed reality.