Animation BA Honours

University of Westminster

United Kingdom, London

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University of Westminster

United Kingdom , London

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

W615

Campuses

Harrow

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2026

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Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 17,600 / year

Next Intake September-2026

Animation BA Honours

About

Course summary

Our exciting specialist course will enable you to develop your imaginative and creative skills, while giving you a sound knowledge and understanding of animation processes, techniques and critical theory.

Commercial animation is a rapidly growing and vibrant industry, encompassing a broad range of rewarding and fascinating creative job opportunities. Our strong emphasis on creative practice will help you to develop your skills in drawing and design, along with the imaginative development and innovation of ideas expressed sequentially. These skills, together with the professional practice aspects of the course, will ensure that you have the confidence and expertise to succeed in industry, whether as a producer, technician, designer or manager. You’ll also develop the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development.

Throughout the course, there are opportunities for you to take part in national and international competitions and film festivals. Our course is delivered by a large team of experienced animation practitioners, staff and industry visitors, and you’ll work in dedicated specialist animation studios with facilities for blue screen, rostrum animation, CGI, drawing, stop-frame, film, photography, set building, sound and video.

Successful animators need to be flexible and able to adapt to changing cultures and new initiatives, and our course seeks to reflect this fluidity. You’ll rapidly develop your own practice in animation, and will be encouraged to work on shared initiatives. Based at our Harrow Campus – home to the Westminster School of Arts and the Westminster School of Media and Communications – you’ll work alongside students from film, photography, music, fashion and journalism, in a unique creative hothouse.

Top reasons to study with us

Westminster is ranked top 20 among UK institutions for Communication and Media Studies in the QS World University Rankings 2024. The University is also ranked in the top 15 in the Complete University Guide 2024 for 'Student Satisfaction' in Communication and Media Studies
Master multiple animation methods – You’ll have the chance to master a wide range of animation methods, both traditional and cutting-edge
Learn from expert tutors – In-depth subject-specific support is provided by our large team of animation tutors, each with their own areas of expertise
Showcase your animation – Your work will be shown at our Regent Street Cinema – the birthplace of British cinema
Study in a creative environment – Our Harrow Campus offers opportunities for collaboration with artists, musicians, filmmakers and designers from around the world

Requirements

Entry Requirements

International Baccalaureate – 96 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme. International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme will be considered on a case-by-case basis. You can refer to the UCAS calculator to determine your point score.
We accept a wide range of international high school level qualifications. Please see information on Country-specific entry requirements
We work in partnership with Kaplan International College London who provide International Foundation Certificate courses for students who don’t meet our entry requirements. Upon successful completion, you can progress to your chosen degree at the University of Westminster. Find out about a range of university preparation courses that are accepted for entry.

English language requirements

If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with at least 5.5 in each component. Please note we accept a wide range of English language qualifications and assessments. Find out more at English language requirements.
If you don't meet the English language requirements yet, then we offer online and on campus pre-sessional English programmes to help develop your English language skills to the required level before you start your course. Find out more about our pre-sessional English programmes.

More information

Portfolio guidance

Number of recommended portfolio pieces.

Please be selective and do not include more than 20 images, and/or two minutes of video.

What should I include in my portfolio submission?

Still images: Drawings, paintings or photographs. We are also interested in seeing images of any costumes, puppets and models.
Screen-based work: web design, graphics, videos etc. Music or audio work.

Just choose a few of your favourite things, and try to show a range of skills.

Normally candidates submit about 8 to 12 items

How should I structure my portfolio?

Your portfolio should be hosted online using any of the following platforms: Wordpress or similar, YouTube, Vimeo, ArtStation. A link to your portfolio should be submitted - please make sure that this link can be viewed by the public.

How will my portfolio be evaluated?

Your work will be reviewed by a member of the course team. You do not need to demonstrate animation skills - our course is designed to start you off from first principles, but we are interested to see examples of your general drawing, visualisation and design skills. We are looking for a diverse range of candidates, because this helps create a lively and stimulating learning community. We recruit visual communicators who have something they want to say, so submit work that helps us to understand who you are, and what interests you.

What happens next?

After review, the course team will make a decision about your suitability for the course. They'll communicate this with the admissions team, who will let the applicant know the result.

Top Tip from our course team

Don't worry about showing us polished work that looks like something you have seen on your screen at home - we are most interested in your original vision. Please don't worry if you have not made any animation before- we get a lot of students who are in this situation, so our course starts everyone off from first principles - and you quickly become an animator!

Please do not send in portfolios until requested to do so by the University's Admissions team. You will be notified by email about when to submit your portfolio.

English Program Requirements

If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with at least 5.5 in each component. Please note we accept a wide range of English language qualifications and assessments. Find out more at English language requirements.

If you don't meet the English language requirements yet, then we offer online and on campus pre-sessional English programmes to help develop your English language skills to the required level before you start your course. Find out more about our pre-sessional English programmes.

Career

Commercial animation is a rapidly growing and vibrant industry, encompassing a broad range of rewarding and fascinating creative job opportunities.

Career development is embedded in the course. Students can work part-time, on placements and enjoy work-related learning across all three years of study.

Our Careers and Employability Service is here to support you to achieve your full potential, and has built up a network of over 3,000 employers around the world, helping all our students explore and connect with exciting opportunities and careers.

This course will prepare you for a range of roles, including:

Animator
Art Director
Character Designer
Director
Editor

Graduate employers

Graduates from this course have found employment at organisations including:

Entertainment One
Lupus Films
One of Us
Weta Digital
WildBrain

Many of our courses offer international study and work experiences, and the University provides other global opportunities that all students can apply for - so whatever you're studying, you'll have the chance to go abroad.

Opportunities could include: