Our award-winning Animation degree course covers stop motion, 2D animation and 3D digital animation. These techniques will help you develop the practical skills and technical expertise you need to create your own film by the end of the course.
Our animation course encourages creative thinking and self-expression. Accompanied by a good technical knowledge of current industry practices. You'll learn skills in scriptwriting, character design, storyboarding, animating and VFX. As well as compositing, editing and sound design.
Our lecturers are practising professionals and you'll have access to fantastic animation facilities. Catering for CGI, stop frame, 2D, illustrative, set building and model-making. As well as sound recording, editing and sound design. All supported with the latest animation software, including Toon Boom and Dragonframe.
Why study with us
- Animation and Game Design ranks 1st in the North West for Career Prospect (Guardian University Guide, 2023)
- Our Animation students have been North West Royal Television Society Student Award winners nine times.
- We are one of only a few institutions in the country to provide Toon Boom training. Delivered by an accredited Toon Boom user.
Compulsory modules
• AX1000: Contextual Studies in Animation
• AX1001: Introduction to Animation
• AX1021: Introduction to Model Making
• AX1101: Skill Development & Software Training
Year 2
Compulsory modules
• AX2000: Focus Studies
• AX2021: Animation Practice
• AX2022: Animation Production and VFX
• AX2023: Advanced Model Making
Year 3
Compulsory modules
• AX3021: Research and Preproduction
• AX3022: Honours Project and Promotion
• AX3333: Animated TV Series
Course delivery
This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Future careers in digital animation
Animation is a flourishing industry due to recent government support. And thanks to the University’s proximity to MediaCityUK, there’s no better place to study animation.
Our graduates enjoy careers as animators, model-makers, editors, directors, scriptwriters, set designers, and sound designers. They've gone on to work at companies such as Nintendo, The Factory, McKinnon and Saunders, Sony Pictures, TT Games, Soccer Manager, the BBC and many others.
Graduate Charlotte Blacker won the RTS award for the best undergraduate film in the country. She has since worked for Loose Moose and now is teaching our course at Hebei University, China. Her graduation film The Little Red Plane has been shown at various film festivals, including The Children’s Festival in New York. She is much in demand in the USA for series work and short animated films.
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