MA Advanced 3D Animation

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.

Buckinghamshire New University was founded in 1893. It is located in High Wycombe and Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It offers several programmes (undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels) in fields such as Business, Computing, Engineering, Health and Social Care, Media and the Creative Arts.

BNU has accreditations from professional bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), the British Computer Society (BCS), and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

To study MA Advanced 3D Animation at Buckinghamshire New University, the following requirements must be met:

Grade requirements

• You should have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. In the absence of formal qualifications, your professional experience and portfolio will be considered.

English Proficiency

• Non-native English speakers may need to demonstrate proficiency in the language, typically through an IELTS score of at least 6.0. TOEFL or other equivalents are also allowed.

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

Buckinghamshire New University provides a number of bursaries and scholarships to help exceptional and underprivileged students. One of such scholarships is the Vice Chancellor’s International Students Scholarship.

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

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.