BA (Hons) Animation with Foundation Year

Now you can pursue your own career as a character animator by taking our BA (Hons) in Animation. It’s an ideal platform for working in feature or short film production, games, VFX, advertising or other creative industries. Our focus on employability skills means you’ll develop a professional showreel. We’ll also give you lots of other opportunities, such as entering competitions like the RTS Awards and British Animation Awards, attending public screening events, and visiting studios and galleries. We also work with animation festivals, giving you the chance to exhibit your projects.
During the first year, you will cover a wide range of animation techniques, including 2D digital, 3D digital, stop motion, motion capture and the growing trend for hybrid animation. You can then specialise as you progress through the course.
Drawing skills are at the heart of animation and are highly sought after by industry. We’ll get you involved in lots of observational drawing to help you understand depth, pose and other artistic concepts. We’ll also cover life sculptures so you can develop a character from clay through to CGI.

Students from our BA (Hons) Animation course have gone on to work in a diverse range of careers within series animation, adverts, games and film.

We’ve had graduates work on projects including: Scream Street, Dirk Gently, Skyfall, Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers, Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, and Chuck Steel: Night.

They have also landed work with international studios, such as: Blue Zoo Animation, TT Games & TT Fusion, Jellyfish Pictures, Sky
Giant Animation, Second Home Studios

Typical UCAS Offer: 48 points
A levels: A, DD, EEE
BTEC: PPP
IELTS Academic - 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
TOEFL IBT (we do not currently accept Home Edition - Listening: 17, Speaking: 20, Reading: 18
Writing: 17
International Baccalaureate - Pass in IB English Language or LiteratureHL grade 4 or SL grade 5