At Worcester you’ll get hands-on experience with various technical and creative skills, including concept generation, modelling, CGI and 2D animation; providing you with an appealing portfolio for a range of creative industries.
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Overview
Combine theory with practice as you develop skills in a way that suits you through hands-on projects in our film and animation studios. Through conferences and events, you’ll have the opportunity to meet industry professionals and benefit from insider knowledge through our links with BAFTA-winning regional animation studios and mentoring by game developers.
You’ll use our Motion Performance Centre to direct motion capture shoots and have access to specialist hardware such as lightboxes, industry-standard graphics tablets, film equipment and our sound recording studio.
Learn how to use industry standard software and motion capture technologies such as Maya, Zbrush, Adobe suite, Toon Boom and Marvellous Designer.
You’ll have the chance to create your own films, games and music videos. In your final year, showcase your work to industry professionals at our annual Arts Degree Show and experience professional networking which may lead to work in the industry.
Throughout the course, you’ll be working on industry briefs for animation and game development, whilst being supported to find your own passion. You’ll have individual tutorials which focus on project planning, and academic and career support from your Personal Academic Tutor.
By the time you graduate, you’ll have built an industry-standard portfolio of work, networked with students from our other film and media courses, and met with industry professionals. You’ll be set for an exciting career within the film and gaming industry.
Course content
Develop subject-specific skills by tailoring your modules to your interests. If you discover a passion and talent for 2D animation and film, you could choose to focus on developing your animation techniques and film production. This alongside the mandatory modules, will provide you with the academic skills, theories and professionalism needed to excel after graduating.
Informal assessments will help you and your tutor focus on where you need further development. Formal assessments will assess your understanding of animation and game art, your communication of ideas, working within a team, problem-solving solving and self-confidence in taking creative risks.
We regularly review our courses to reflect the latest research and developments in the subject area, as well as feedback from students, employers and the wider sector. As a result, modules may change to ensure the course remains current and relevant.
Optional modules will run if enough students choose to study them. It is not guaranteed that all modules will be offered every year.
Careers
The UK has an excellent animation and game industry which takes in many employees from the West Midlands, leading to our graduates finding employment with major production and game studios worldwide, including Sony Pictures, Aardman and Rockstar Games.
You could go into:
- Concept art
- Storyboarding
- VFX
- UI/UX design
- Character art
- Games producing
Beyond animation and game art, the course provides you with a wide range of transferable skills, from research and critical thinking to communication and negotiation. You could move into careers in television motion graphics, compositing, visual effects and independent filmmaking or continue into postgraduate study.
Course highlights
Throughout the course, you’ll be working on industry briefs for animation and game development, whilst being supported to find your own passion. You'll learn through a mixture of independent study, teaching, and hands-on learning.
Teaching and assessment contents
Throughout the course you’ll experience a variety of teaching. From lectures to working practically in our studios, you’ll apply theories and tutorials to projects of your choosing which meet each module brief.
You’ll have individual tutorials with lectures which focus on project planning, and academic and career support from your Personal Academic Tutor. You'll also have access to support from Library Services and the Centre for Academic English.
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points required: 104
| Qualification | Grade |
|---|---|
| A-level | BCC |
| BTEC National Extended Diploma | DMM |
| T-level | Merit |
Additional requirements
Any questions?
If you have any questions about entry requirements, please call our Admissions Office on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk.
Fees
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UK and EU students
The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £9,535 per year for new and continuing students.
For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.
International students
The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the 2025/26 academic year is £16,700 per year.
For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.
How to apply
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Applying through UCAS
UCAS is the central organisation through which applications are processed for full-time undergraduate courses in the UK.
Read our how to apply pages for more information on the application process, or if you’d like to apply for part-time study.
Animation and Game Art BA (Hons) - I680
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