Course Overview

With this Animation degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or the option to study Animation BA(Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and placement year.

With this Animation degree, you'll develop your creative and technical skills, build professional practice approaches and hone your identity and autonomy within animation production. You'll master the art of your specialism in either 2D, 3D or stop-motion animation and learn to present and pitch your ideas. Mirroring industry, you'll also work with multi-disciplinary teams to produce exciting, unique animation productions ready to make your mark in the industry.
Our Animation graduates have worked as:

• Riggers and Compositors at Blue Zoo and Cinesite

• Coordinator at Studio AKA and Industrial Light & Magic

• Model Maker at Laika Studios (Coraline, ParaNorman)

• Artists and Pre-vis Artists at DNEG

• Part of the Aardman Animations team (Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run)

General Eligibility

We consider all applications on their merit and potential. We invite all applicants to an interview day or audition to allow them to demonstrate this, along with what inspires and motivates them in their field. Applicants can also show their portfolio or give a performance, depending on the course. We welcome applications from all subject backgrounds, whether you’ve specialised in STEM, the arts or the humanities.   Course route Entry requirements
BA/BSc(Hons) three-year degree 104 – 120 UCAS Tariff points
BA/BSc(Hons) four year 104 – 120 UCAS Tariff points
degree with placement year
BA/BSc(Hons) four-year degree 80 – 120 UCAS Tariff points
with Integrated Foundation Year

Part Time Work Details

Twenty hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• For applicants whose first language is English, we require you to have or be working towards GCSE English Language Grade 4 (C) or equivalent. 

  If English is not your first language, you must meet the same standard, equivalent to the IELTS Academic 6.0 overall score, with at least 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.