14 Animation Master's Degree Programs

The MFA in Animation & Visual Effects program focuses on developing skills in any one of the many areas of expertise within the animation and visual effects industry. The program educates students in all aspects of animation and visual effects, from ideation to post-production. Communication, collaboration, and time management skills are emphasized throughout the program to ensure graduates are acclimated to the intense professional culture that awaits them.

As a university course, the Master’s Degree in Stop Motion Animation provides unique training at the national and international level, delivered by a team of highly qualified multidisciplinary professionals that includes internationally renowned auteurs/animators with extensive experience in both the professional and educational fields.

This Master's program, with a duration of two years, is dedicated to those who want to develop their skills in the field of animation theater, by deepening the understanding and practice of this art. Supported by a program that combines the learning process with that of research, through means specific to the artistic experiment, master students acquire the ability to fully realize an animation show, using both traditional and digital techniques. Among the disciplines studied are: Directing the animation show, Visual expression in the Animation Theater, Aesthetics of the performing arts, Technique of the Animation Theater, Advanced handling systems, Sound expression in the Animation Theater, Scenographic Art, Multimedia in the contemporary show, Creative workshop , Public Policy and Cultural Legislation and Specialized Practice.

The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Animation program is designed to help students refine their creative skills and develop a strong portfolio. It emphasizes both technical mastery and storytelling abili...

The Master of Animation and Visualisation has been developed in partnership with the industry-leading digital animation studio Animal Logic and is offered through the UTS Animal Logic Academy. The course develops creative professional practice, conceptual skills and technical dexterity in animation and visualisation production. Under the guidance and mentorship of practitioners and leaders from the industry, learning is modelled on real-world production work structures in a custom-built digital production studio, engineered to the highest industry standards with tools and technologies that are leading the animation and visualisation industries into the future.

The Master of Fine Arts in Animation program is designed to help students develop advanced skills in animation production, storytelling, and visual design. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics...

The Master of Animation and Visual Effects is designed to prepare students for careers in the creative industries focusing on animation, digital effects, and storytelling. The program offers a combina...

Learn the secrets of character animation direct from the experts. Our Instructors have a lot of experience in the industry, so you will not only learn to use the most important Software tools for the industry, but they will teach you the coolest techniques and secrets. Upon completion of this program, you will be able to cheer on the Hollywood experts! Your University also produces Animation Film and TV.

The Graduate Institute of Animation and Multimedia Design was established and started recruiting students in 2007. The establishment of this institute was for the development and the transformation of the National University of Tainan, as well as the acclimating with the developmental trend of international design industries and other related industries in the south of Taiwan. The purpose of this institute is to cultivate professional designers and artists for the field of animation and multimedia design in Taiwan. Students who graduated from this institute are expected to have the ability of animation production and accomplishment on aesthetics. The developmental direction on the research and the creation is on the production and design of animation, including the creative performance, the new aesthetic style, artistic connotation, and production planning. The course structure of the institute is majorly based on practical abilities of the animation production that are applied on cinema and TV, internet, music, and mobile devices.

Our CG Animation training is proposed at ESMA School in french version in Montpellier, Toulouse, Nantes, Lyon & Montréal ; and in english at the Lyon and Montpellier campuses. Recognized as part of the “top 2 Animation School” by Shelley Page, from Dreamworks, ESMA is now well-known all over the world. To give the opportunity for everyone to integrate our CG course, ESMA has launched the English version of its training on the Lyon and Montpellier campuses.

School of Media and Art has already set up a rational, creative team to teach and research and gather a team of well-known artists. The school has more than 50 research staff members, including 16 associate professors, 10 staff members with doctor degree, more than 30% of the tutors have overseas teaching experience.

The Master's in Animation and Digital Creation aims to create highly qualified professionals in the area of audiovisual and digital design, organizing itself in a teaching-learning methodology based on research through practice and preparing the student for the demands of the contemporary creative industry. Training with a strong presence of technologies in the context of audiovisuals, but also in digital design and based on design methodology as a design process.

The graduate program (MFA) in School of Design, East China Normal University offers an interdisciplinary study and research platform, which includes five discipline directions: Fashion Design, Industrial Design, Environmental Design and Landscape Design, Public Art, and Animation Design. Students are free to choose courses that interest them in these four different directions.

The Master of Design Technology (MDT) is an innovative programme where you can learn from world-leading professionals teaching in VFX, game design, animation, 3D motion graphics, and multimedia design. In this intensive one-year, full-time programme, you’ll produce a professional portfolio in your chosen focus of study as well as doing coursework.