Kingston University

Computer Animation MA

Kingston UniversityPenrhyn Road, United Kingdom

Course overview

Prepare for an exciting career in animation Join the creative industries with a robust portfolio that demonstrates exactly what you are capable of. The Computer Animation MA from Kingston University is your gateway to a career in exciting, fast-evolving new industries. Our graduates have gone on to careers in film, games companies, drone design, flight simulator animation and medical VR training.

Combining input from industry practitioners and experts, as well as guest speakers, you’ll gain experience from across the sector. You’ll also be inspired by collaborating in a studio environment with students from other digital media courses. Working with games designers and programmers may guide your area of interest towards a range of potential career paths.

At Kingston, you will hone your skills using industry-popular production tools and learn best practices from a catalogue of tutorials and workshops. You’ll also have plenty of allocated time for exploring areas of personal interest. If you are creatively minded, you love technology and have a scientific approach to art, I highly recommend this course.

You will do a range of artistic skills such as acting, storyboarding and character sculpting, all the way to technical aspects such as rendering and lighting, compositing, topology and rigging. This course also offers choice: the final major project allows you to hone your skills and learn new technical workflows. Christel 't Hoen

Key highlights

  • Graduate with a robust portfolio demonstrating your animation capabilities
  • Input from industry practitioners, experts and guest speakers
  • Collaborative studio work with games designers, programmers and digital media students
  • Hands-on training with industry-popular production tools, tutorials and workshops
  • Covers storyboarding, character sculpting, rigging, topology, lighting, rendering and compositing
  • Final major project to develop new technical workflows

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:2 — to include animation or a related subject; or above

Scholarships

  • Alumni Discount

    Award: 10% discount on tuition fees.

    Up to 10% of fees

  • Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA Award

    The Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA Materials and Research Award is a £2,500 bursary, awarded each year to an MA Fashion or MA Sustainable Fashion student.

    Up to £2,500

  • Chevening Scholarships

    Award: Tuition fees, travel costs and living allowance subsidised.

  • International Merit-Based scholarships

    The scholarships are worth £5,000 towards your first year tuition fees.

    Up to £5,000

  • Niloufar Ebrahim Scholarship

    The scholarship will cover a portion of tuition fees for the applicant, up to the value of £1,000.

  • Postgraduate Progression Scholarship

    The Kingston University Postgraduate Progressions Scholarship offers a 15% reduction in postgraduate tuition fees.

  • The Kingston Impact Scholarship

    £5,000 tuition fee contribution to two MBA students.

    Up to £5,000

  • The Kingston MBA Scholarship

    Kingston University Business School is proud to offer a tuition fee scholarship of £5,000 to self-funded candidates.

    Up to £5,000

Careers this course leads to

  • 3D animator
  • Games animator
  • Film visual effects artist
  • Flight simulator animator
  • Medical VR content developer
  • Character rigger

Cost of study

UK/Home: £11,900 per year | International: £18,300 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Kingston University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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