Overview

Animation, coding and games are some of the fastest-growing emergent industries in the world, and our BA (Hons) Animation course at UCA Farnham is one of the oldest programmes of its kind in Europe.

Animation is a richly layered process – stories, scripts and concept art must be developed, characters and environments designed, and storyboards drawn and re-drawn. CGI is a particularly complex process; assets must be modelled, textured, lit, rigged, animated, edited and rendered, to then be composited and graded in post-production. Outputs range from quirky animated shorts to art-house visualisations, commercial commissions to moving personal stories, poetic documentaries and slapstick comedies.

You’ll be able to explore animation and animated filmmaking through a range of techniques, or delve into the exciting aspect of video games, looking at the entrepreneurial indie attitude that flourishes in the industry, and how you can join that movement.

As the highest ranked specialist creative university in The Guardian Good University Guide 2018 and the Complete University Guide 2018, UCA creates impact – some of our alumni have become Oscar, BAFTA and British Animation Awards winners. A large number of students have had their films shown at festivals around the world.

Our teaching team includes leading industry professionals, award-winning experts and working animators, coders and game designers. We want to teach you about animation so that you can aspire to become the best in the business.

View the Animation, Coding & Games brochure