Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation

Animation at the Victorian College of the Arts has a longstanding, world-class reputation. Our graduates light up animated screens around the world.The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) involves the practical exploration, innovation and development of animated screen production. It incorporates research, idea development, screenwriting, storyboarding, character design and expression through intensive studio-based learning. It also covers a comprehensive range of animation art, craft and technical production methods, styles and outcomes.
You will have access to professional facilities and resources, including animation and stop-motion studios; rushes viewing rooms; editing, sound recording and mixing suites; 90 and 220-seat cinemas; professional production equipment; and HD digital vision and audio post-production facilities. Animation methods include paint on glass, charcoal, sand, ink, 2D and 3D digital, stop-motion, pixilation, rotoscoping, visual effects and motion graphics, experimental film techniques, projection art and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Career outcomes
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) graduates will complete a deeply personal, artistically transformational, and highly professional course of development. With their creative, collaborative and technical skills they are optimally placed to make significant impact in the national and international creative industries.

Completed secondary education recently (within the past two years)
Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and complete a selection test via the supplementary application form. Applicants who are shortlisted from their selection test will also be required to attend an interview.
Applicants who satisfy these requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum entry requirements of the University - completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University's English language requirement.
Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the selection test and interview.

IELTS total score of at least 6.5 in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0.
TOEFL (internet-based): total score at of least 79 and scores of 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading and 13 for listening.
TOEFL (paper-based): total score of at least 577 with a score of 4.5 in the Test of Written English.