Why choose Herts?

• Excellent reputation: Ranked 1st as the Best Animation School in the UK (7th worldwide - Rookies World School Rankings® 2020).
• Employment prospects: Our animation students work as animators with organisations including Industrial Light & Magic, Creative Assembly, and Blue Zoo.
• Industry connections: As part of the course all students complete a live external agency brief with previous students working with organisations including National Poetry Day, and Promise.

 

About the course

This MA Animation course will enable you to... 

• develop a professional-level, individual approach towards animation direction  
• choose to study parts of this course online or on campus (home students only)
• develop your animation production knowledge to a more advanced level 
• extend your theoretical and contextual understanding of animation, its audiences and media culture 
• produce a graduation film that reflects your individual style and contemporary animation practices 
• become more familiar with professional-level enquiry, research, creative, invention, project planning and management practices  
• study within a multi-disciplinary environment which encourages discussion and idea exploration.