- Emily Carr University of Art + Design(Public university in Vancouver, Canada)
- ArtFX (Art school in Montpellier, France)
- Royal College of Art(Public university in London, England)
- Media Design School(Tertiary institution in Auckland, New Zealand)
- Gnomon School of VFX and Animation(College in Los Angeles, California)
- VIT University(Vellore, India)
- National Institute of Design (NID)(Ahmedabad, India)
- Amity University(Mumbai, India)
- Artemisia College of Art & Design (ACAD) (Indore, India)
- PA Inamdar College of Visual Effects, Design and Art (Pune, India)
Emily Carr University of Art + Design(Public university in Vancouver, Canada)
Located in Vancouver, Canada the Emily Carr University of Art+Design is a highly regarded world-leading art and design school. The university’s Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media offers interdisciplinary studies in areas of visual communications and story-telling; experimental and 3D animation; film and video; interactive and integrated design among other areas. The Bachelor of Media Arts degree offers animation aspirants to choose majors in 2D & Experimental Animation or 3D Computer Animation. Animation students learn about animation principles, character development, design, story and production techniques, opportunities to engage in international projects, research, etc. Walt Disney Animation Studios, Sony Picture Imageworks are among the few notable employers recruiting Emily Carr’s graduates.
Courses + workshops
- Communication Design
- DIY Printmaking
- Expanded Painting
- Graphic Novel
- Graphic Novel II
- Intro to Surface Design
- Life Drawing
- Portfolio Workshop
- Perspective Drawing
- Tapestry Weaving
ArtFX (Art school in Montpellier, France)
Located in Montpellier, France, ArtFX is a world-renowned school for animation, special effects, and video games, aspirants. The institute has been training international studio talents for the last 15 years. Courses offered by ArtFX include 3D animation and VFX movies, 2D animation cinema, video game studios, virtual reality studios, and more. The school also offers exceptional industry linkages with leading studios and production companies around the world. Popular programs include Bachelor’s in 2D Animation & Stop Motion, Master’s in 3D Animation, Master’s in CGI & Visual Effects, Professional Certification in Programming for Video Games & VFX among others. So, whether you want to be a highly trained 3D animator or a CG artist or a VFX supervisor ArtFX has reputed courses suiting varied interests and career plans. Aspirants must check the institute website for admission, portfolio requirements, and fee information to apply for a course.
| Course Name | YEAR 1 | YEAR 2 | YEAR 3 | YEAR 4 | YEAR 5 |
| – | FUNDAMENTALS | ORIENTATION/REFINEMENT | SPECIALIZATION | PROFESSIONALIZATION | GRADUATION PROJECTS |
| MASTER’S IN 2D ANIMATION | › Solid bases: observational & perspective drawing, sculpting, perspective, anatomy › Cultural development & pictorial grammar › Digital tools | › Project : Creation of a short 2D or Stop Motion animated film › Creative Development: Concept art, Character design › Scenario › Editing & Sound Design | › Project : Creation of a short 2D or Stop Motion animated film with a team › Concept Art, Character design › Storyboard & layout › Miming, acting, posing | › Project: Creation of a professional demo reel › Management of projects & teams › Masterclasses with studio partner › 6 week internship in a professional studio | › Graduation Project: Developing & directing a short animation film › Business English Coaching › Presentation in front of a professional panel of jury members › Meetings with professional › Rapid Interview sessions with professional recruiters |
| MASTER’S IN 3D ANIMATION | › Fundamentals: Drawing, anatomy, perspectives, sculpting › Cultural Development & Visual Grammar › Digital tools › Basics of Coding › Business English | › Project : Creating a short film › Creative Development: Concept Art, Character Design › Editing and Sound Design › Programming in Python | › Project : Creating a short animation film with a team › Concept art, Character design › Storyboarding & Layout creation › Miming, acting & posing | › Project : Creation of a professional demo reel › Management of projects & teams › Masterclasses with studio partners › 6 week internship in a professional studio | › Graduation Project : Developing & directing a short animation film › Business English Coaching › Presentation in front of a professional panel of jury members › Meetings with professional artists › Rapid Interview sessions with professional recruiters |
| MASTER’S IN CGI & VISUAL EFFECTS | › Fundamentals: Drawing, anatomy, perspectives, sculpting › Cultural Development & Visual Grammar › Digital tools › Basics of Coding › Business English | › Project : Creating a short film › Creative Development: Concept Art, Character Design › Editing and Sound Design › Programming in Python | › Project : Creating a short VFX film with a team › Green screen filming, tracking & compositing › Storyboarding & Layout creation › Concept art, Character design | › Project : Creation of a professional demo reel › Management of projects & teams › Masterclasses with studio partners › 6 week internship in a professional studio | › Graduation Project: Developing & directing a short VFX film › Business English Coaching › Presentation in front of a professional panel of jury members › Meetings with professional artists › Rapid Interview sessions with professional recruiters |
| MASTER’S IN-GAME ART OR GAME DESIGN | › Fundamentals: Drawing, anatomy, perspective, sculpture › Creative Development › Cultural Development & Game Grammar › Culture of movement (acting, dancing, etc.) › Personal Projects > Coding Initiation | › Project : Game Jam › Production Management › Concept Methodology: traditional games and learning about game engines › Interactive Narration › Programming Gameplay | › Projects : Video Game Prototyping, Sound design, user interface, personal development | › Project : Concept Preparation for graduation project › Creation of an experimental game (Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality) › Internship in a professional company › Personal Projects Masterclasses with studio partners | › Graduation Project : Development of an original video game › Marketing and Communication Strategy › Professional reviews of graduation projects > Presentations before a jury panel of professionals › Meetings with professional artists › Rapid Job Interviews |
| PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION IN PROGRAMMING FOR VIDEO GAMES & VFX | › Game design and tools for cinema and video game › Projects: 2D games › Fundamentals: animation, VFX, art, culture › English, Japanese option | › Advanced game development, 3D rendering technologies, tools for cinema › Projects: Unreal Engine, 3D games › VFX fundamentals, shooting, modeling, animation › English, Japanese option | › Software engineering, software architecture, advanced rendering, AI › Team projects with artists and designers › Film making with real-time rendering, VR / AR › English, Japanese option | › Cinema pipeline programming, game engine programming, advanced real-time programming › Cinema or videogame internship | › Specialization project: tool, engine, or rendering › Collaboration on graduation projects |
Royal College of Art(Public university in London, England)
The Royal College of Art (RCA) located in London, UK is a leading public research university and the only university in the world for postgraduate art and design studies. The university offers cutting-edge postgraduate programs in many areas including Animation, Digital Direction, Architecture, Fashion, and more. The highly ranked MA Animation program offered by the School of Communication/Animation comprises three pathways (Documentary Animation, Narrative Animation, and Experimental Animation) and is to be selected when you are applying for the program. Applicants can check the details of each pathway to understand the structure and career outcomes before selecting a pathway. The application process is supposedly competitive, applicants must, therefore, prepare a strong application package to be considered by RCA.
Programs
MA
- MA Animation
- MA Architecture
- MA Ceramics & Glass
- MA City Design
- MA Contemporary Art Practice (Critical Practice, Moving Image, Performance and Public Sphere)
- MA Curating Contemporary Art
- MA Design Products
- MA Digital Direction
- MA Environmental Architecture
- MA Fashion
- MA Information Experience Design (Sound Design, Moving Image Design, and Experimental Design)
- MA Intelligent Mobility
- MA Interior Design
- MA Jewellery & Metal
- MA Painting
- MA Printarrow
- MA Sculpture
- MA Service Design
- MA Textiles
- MA V&A/RCA History of Design
- MA Visual Communication (Experimental Communication, Graphic Design and Illustration)
- MA Writing
- MA/MSc Global Innovation Design
- MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering (with Imperial College London)
- MRes Architecture
- MRes Communication Design
- MRes Design
Media Design School(Tertiary institution in Auckland, New Zealand)
The Media Design School in Auckland, New Zealand is considered among the top 5 digital design schools in the Asia Pacific. It is a private tertiary institute providing world-class specialist training programs in the areas of 3D animation and visual effects, graphics and motion design, game art, and game programming. The school offers animation and creative technology programs leading to degrees from foundation to graduate certificates. The Bachelor of 3D Animation & Visual Effects is one of its top-ranking programs, graduates of which have gone on to work in blockbusters like The Hobbit and Avatar. For those interested in specializing in two of the world’s biggest emerging technologies -Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, this could be the ideal place. Media Design School is also the first tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a qualification focusing on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Students may check the website for application requirements or get in touch with one of the school’s international education agencies around the world for application assistance.
Animation Courses
- Certificate in Creative Media
- Diploma in Animation
- Diploma in 3D Production
- New Zealand Diploma in Animation
- Diploma in Game Art and Development
- Diploma in Advanced 3D Production
- Bachelor of Animation
Gnomon School of VFX and Animation(College in Los Angeles, California)
Located in Hollywood, California, the Gnomon School of VFX and Animation is a for-profit college and counted among the top 10 visual effects school by many professional surveys including the Hollywood Reporter. The school originally created to train industry artists has gradually evolved into a world-leading art school offering courses for those aspiring to work in the film and games industry. The school offers a Foundation in Art & Design, BFA Degree in Digital Production, and a Certificate in Digital Production. Visual Effects Animation, Character & Creature Animation, 3D Generalist are among the specializations offered. The school’s industry-relevant programs offer students the to create and collaborate on real-world projects and designed to produce industry-ready graduates.
Online Courses
- Acting for Animators
- Advanced Compositing
- Advanced Digital Sculpting
- Anatomy for Artists
- Anatomy of Games
- Animal Drawing
- Animation and Visual Effects
- Animation for Games
- Character Animation
- Character Creation for Games
- Character Design
- Character Development and Design for Entertainment
- Creature Design
- Creature Modeling and Sculpting
- Digital Matte Painting
- Digital Painting
- Digital Photography
- Digital Sculpting
- Digital Sets
- Drawing Fundamentals
- Drawing in 3D
- Dynamic Effects
- Environment Creation for Games
- Environment Design
- Expressions and Scripting
- Figure Drawing
- Game Creation
- Game Design
- Gesture Drawing
- Hard Surface Modeling
- History and Principles of Animation
- Level Design
- Life Drawing
- Lighting and Rendering
- Look Development
- Matchmoving and Integration
- Photoshop for Digital Production
- Previsualization and Animatic
- Texturing and Shading for Games
- Vehicle and Mech Design
- Virtual Production
- Visual Communications
VIT University(Vellore, India)
Established in 1984, VIT University was then known as Vellore Engineering College which was a self-financing institution. VIT University is known to have over 1,400 faculty members and 1,413 other staff members. VIT University offers 36 Undergraduate (UG), 31 Postgraduate (PG), 4 Integrated, and 3 Research Programmes. Candidates can secure admission in BSc Multimedia and Animation course offered at VIT University, Vellore on the basis of their performance in the qualifying exam (10+2).
Animation & related courses
- BSc Multimedia & Animation
- BDes Industrial Design
- BSc in Visual Communication
National Institute of Design (NID)(Ahmedabad, India)
An extremely popular Animation college, the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad was established in 1961 by the Government of India as an autonomous institute to train students in fields such as Industrial Design and Visual Communication.
The official website informs, “Graduates of Animation Film Design work as independent animators. Some students freelance as storyboards and pre-production visualizers. Others work as art directors and as part of creative teams in channels such as Channel [V], MTV, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and in multimedia agencies like Tata Interactive, Infosys, and production houses like Famous House of Animation, Vaibhav Studio, and Miditech”.
Animation Courses
- BDes Animation Film Design
- BDes Film and Video Communication
- MDes Animation Film Design
- MDes Film and Video Communication
- BDes Graphic Design
- MDes Graphic Design
- BDes Product Design
- MDes Product Design
Amity University(Mumbai, India)
Established in 2003, Amity University has campuses in cities such as Noida, Lucknow, Jaipur, Gurgaon, Gwalior, Greater Noida, Mumbai, Raipur, Kolkata, Ranchi, and Patna. Amity University, Mumbai offers BSc Animation & Visual Graphics courses to students. Candidates are eligible to enroll for an animation course if they have cleared their Class 12 from a recognized board.
The Mumbai campus of Amity University is located on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and it is designed by a globally renowned US architect who has also designed Boston University and California State University. The official website informs that the Mumbai campus of the University facilitates students’ all-around growth. The campus is known to have an air-conditioned’ academic block and 100 Mbps Wi-Fi. It also houses world-class sports facilities for soccer, cricket, lawn tennis, shooting, and badminton amongst others.
Animation Courses
- BSc Animation & Visual Graphics
- BA Multimedia & Gaming
- BA Film Making
- MA (Film, TV & Radio)
Artemisia College of Art & Design (ACAD) (Indore, India)
Artemisia College of Art & Design (ACAD) claims to be one of the largest colleges in India for Animation & VFX and Game Design & Development. The college is affiliated with an MP government university, named, Raja Mansingh Tomar Music & Arts University, and offers various degree, diploma, and certificate courses to students at the undergraduate level.
The ACAD campus offers excellent infrastructural facilities to students including Sketching Studios, Drafting Studios, Professional VFX studio, Clay Modelling Studio, Stop Motion Animation Studio, Lightbox Studio, Computer Labs, and so on. Students get placed in national and multinational animation & game companies with high salary packages starting from Rs. 3.5 lakhs & going up to Rs. 36 lakhs.
In order to apply for admission in the ByDesign Animation course, the student can choose between portfolio-based admission or give the ACAD Entrance Exam (Creative Aptitude Based). Upon clearing portfolio-based admission or the ACAD Entrance Exam, the students are also required to clear an online personal interview. All aspirants should also have completed their 10+2 from any stream
Animation Courses
- BDesign in Animation (four-year degree programme)
- BDesign in Game Design (four-year degree programme)
- Certificate in 2D & 3D Animation (one-year programme)
- Diploma in 2D, 3D Animation & VFX (two-year programme)
PA Inamdar College of Visual Effects, Design, and Art (Pune, India)
A part of Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society (popularly known as Azam Campus), PA Inamdar College of Visual Effects, Design and Art is commonly referred to as VEDA cOllege. Established in 2010, VEDA College is affiliated with Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University for Media and Animation Courses and with Savitribai Phule Pune University for Fine Art courses.
Animation Courses
- BSc Animation
- MA in Animation
- Diploma in 3D Animation
- VFX Courses
- Game Design
- International Multimedia Animation
- Film Editing Course
- AUTOCAD Courses
- Certificate Course in 3Ds Max & AutoCAD (CC3A)
- Diploma in Graphic Design & Creative Writing