IELTs 6.5 with minimum of 5.5 in each component
The UK's animation industry is global success, so there's never been a better time to start your career as an animator.
As an ambitious designer and creative thinker, you explore all aspects of 2D and 3D animation on this cutting-edge degree course. We'll equip you with the critical and technical skills required to produce animated works, alongside learning about scriptwriting, character development, storyboarding and cinematography.
This course will give you the professional, creative, intellectual and technical skills you’ll need to work successfully within the international animation industry. Learn about animation in a way that reflects current art and industry practice.
You’ll explore the different areas of animation through studio practice, academic research, and study. By the end of the course you’ll have developed an animated thesis film and a professional show reel, tailored to your own career aspirations, and be ready to launch your career as an animator.
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Year One
Animation Principles (100 credit points)
Animation Studies I (20 credit points)
Year Two
Animation Studio (60 credit points)
Animation Studies II (20 credit points)
Co Lab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points)
Optional module
You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:
3D Materials and Exploration
Storyboarding
Character Ideation
Experimental Animation
Final year
Animation Specialist Project (100 credit points)
Animation Studies III (20 credit points)
Animation students at a study trip to Manchester Film Festival (image credit: Ellen De Brito-Morris)
The School of Art & Design has an excellent graduate employment rate, with 96% of our undergraduate students in employment or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE 2016/17).
Employability is a key focus of this course, with modules including initiatives such as live projects and trips, and the opportunity to exhibit your work, which will help to raise your profile and enhance your future career.
This course will prepare you to work in the digital media field, in areas such as feature films, television, heritage interpretation, advertising, and games production.
You’ll also develop transferable skills for alternative careers in media, freelance design, teaching and retailing.
Studying a creative degree in a large university has many benefits, none more so than having access to a large employability team.
Our friendly, experienced careers consultants will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice you won't find in a book or on the Internet. You can benefit from this at any time during your studies and for up to three years after completing your course.
Industry professionals will visit the course to guest lecture and share their experiences. Live projects and competitions will help you to gain real experience of the industry, make contacts, and build your portfolio and CV.
You’ll be encouraged to undertake short periods of work experience alongside your studies. You will normally complete these placements during holiday periods, but you will have the option of taking up to two weeks out of term time, which you can negotiate with your tutor.
In addition, you’ll also have the opportunity to complete a longer work experience or placement, with the chance to gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice, dependent on duration. Course tutors and our Employability team are on hand to support you in applying for placement and professional practice opportunities.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
