Buckinghamshire New University

MA Advanced 3D Animation

Buckinghamshire New UniversityHigh Wycombe, United Kingdom

Course overview

The MA in Advanced 3D Animation at Buckinghamshire New University is designed to give you the knowledge and skills necessary to work as a professional 3D animator. In this course, you study the full 3D production pipeline, including storytelling, pre-production, animation techniques, and post-production processes.

The MA in Advanced 3D Animation at Buckinghamshire New University will help you understand professional workflows, creative industry practices, and advanced software tools like Maya and ZBrush. You will learn how to create high-quality animated shorts and build a professional showreel suited to industry standards.

Teaching and learning for this course are mainly interactive, combining lectures with tutorials, seminars, guest speakers, and practical studio sessions. You’ll get hands-on experience working on live briefs and real-world projects, including access to facilities at BNU’s Pinewood Studios base. Assessment comes in the form of written assignments, practical work, presentations, and a final production project.

Key highlights

  • Graduate with an industry-standard animated short or showreel
  • Focus on creating professional-standard animation work
  • Designed to take an existing animation career further

Entry requirements

  • IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS 6.0 overall

Scholarships

  • International Early Payment Discount

    One-off Early Payment fee reduction of £500 available to all applicants paying overseas fees. The full tuition fee charged must be at least £15,000.

    Up to £500

  • Postgraduate Fee Discount

    50% fee waiver per year. 10% fee waiver per year for September 2025 intake only.

Careers this course leads to

  • 3D Animator
  • Character Animator
  • 3D Generalist
  • Animation Lead
  • Visual Effects Artist

Career opportunities

With an MA in Advanced 3D Animation from Buckinghamshire New University, you are open to the jobs below:

  • 3D Animator
  • Character Animator
  • VFX Artist
  • Animation Director
  • Game Animator
  • Motion Graphics Designer

Cost of study

The tuition fee (2025/2026 session) to study MA Advanced 3D Animation at Buckinghamshire New University is £15,500 per year.

Admission

To apply for this course, you’ll need to go through UCAS. To find out more about this process, speak to one of our trained counsellors.

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