Our four-year course nurtures your abilities. Successful completion of the Year 0 secures a place on the three-year degree course without further application or interview. Established in 1972 by Academy Award winner Bob Godfrey as the UK’s first course to take an academic approach to animation, we pride ourselves on giving our students a fully rounded understanding of frame-by-frame image manipulation. Whether you want to make 3D films using software such as Autodesk Maya, or produce stop-motion films shot in our dedicated studios, you’ll have the freedom to discover and develop your personal style, and follow your own passions. Guided and supported by our team of highly experienced, well-connected industry professionals, you’ll discover that animation is so much more than making moving images – you’ll develop a deep understanding of narrative, character development, sound, movement and realism too.

Animation is one of the most significant and rapidly expanding media fields. An enormous range of career opportunities exist in animation, from the traditional techniques of animation storytelling to drawn, model and CGI animation. Typical careers in the industry include: Directors Producers Animators (in commercials, films, broadcast, online media and games) Editors Character designers Production designers Pre-vis artists Compositors Storyboard artists Post-production.