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BA (Hons) Animation

Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

The course provides a creative and disciplined environment to explore the visual and narrative aspects of this dynamic art form. Supported by the contextual study of animation, you’ll have the opportunity to express yourself as an animation artist in preparation for this vibrant, demanding, and forever-changing creative field. You’ll explore the different areas of animation through studio practice, academic research, and independent study.

By the end of the course, you’ll have developed project work and films that build into a professional showreel tailored to your own career aspirations, ready to launch your career.

General Eligibility

UK Students:

BA (Hons) Animation

  • Standard offer: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications

  • Contextual offer: 104 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications

  • GCSE English and Maths grade C / 4

Other requirements

International Students:

BA (Hons) Animation

  • 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications

  • GCSE English and Maths C / 4

Other requirements

International qualifications

We accept qualifications from all over the world – check yours here: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/international/study-and-courses/your-application/entry-requirements-by-country

Part Time Work Details

20 hours work permit for international students

What You'll Study

1 Final year

  • Animation Specialist Project

  • Animation Futures

  • Animation Pre-Production

  • Screen Arts Collaboration

2 Year 1

  • Principles of Animation

  • Animation and VFX Studies

  • Animation Workflow

  • Introducing 3D Digital Art

3 Year 2

  • Animation Production

  • Animation Studio

  • CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking

Optional module

You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:

  • Storyboarding: Visualising the story, enhancing the narrative

  • Model Making: Object and Narrative

  • Character Ideation

  • Telling Stories

  • Motion Graphics

  • Performance for Motion Capture

  • Experimental Animation

  • Digital Matte Painting

4 Year 3

Optional Placement Year

We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL74
  • PTE59

Accepted qualifications:

  • IELTS Academic

  • TOEFL iBT, including ‘Home Edition' - We accept the online test as well

  • IGCSE

  • Cambridge

  • Oxford

  • Pearson Test of English

  • International/European Baccalaureate

  • A/O level

  • Trinity College ISE

  • KITE - We accept the online test as well

  • Various country qualifications

6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component

This requirement is for Year One entry only. If you're starting in Year Two or final year you'll need a higher grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component

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