Animation and Visual Effects (VFX)

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Animation and Visual Effects BA (Hons)

Develop the creative and technical skills behind the latest Hollywood blockbusters and learn from award-winning studio professionals.

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Key course information

Course Duration

3 or 4 Year options

Course Options

Diploma Year

Intergrated Foundation Year

Typical Offer

104-120 UCAS Tariff Points

How to Apply

Request a prospectus

Annual Fees

Home (full-time) £10,050

Overseas (full-time) £28,500

UCAS code

W618 (3 Year), W617 (4 Year)

Institution code: N39

Course Start

September 2027

Two creative specialists. One future-defining partnership.

Students starting an undergraduate degree at Norwich University of the Arts from September 2027 will graduate with a degree jointly awarded by Norwich and the Royal College of Art. Find out more about the partnership.

BA (Hons) Animation and Visual Effects offers a perfect balance between mastering the fundamental principles of animation, visual effects, and breakthrough techniques. As you become an expert ‘world builder’, you’ll use visual effects to create character designs, enhance stories, work with directors or film your own shots, helping to develop a portfolio that could fast-track you into the animation or VFX industries.

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Our partnership with the Royal College of Art

From September 2027, we’re offering our students at Norwich the world’s only current opportunity to study for an undergraduate degree that’s jointly awarded by Norwich University of the Arts and the Royal College of Art (RCA).

For 12 consecutive years, the RCA has been ranked as the world’s number one art and design university, by the respected QS ranking. A transformative and equitable space for free-thinking and collaboration, it’s the world’s largest community of postgraduate-only art and design students.

Every year RCA alumni are recognised as leaders in their disciplines, shaping our culture and world.

Explore the partnership

Accreditations

The Rookies Certified School programme recognises the world’s leading creative media courses and universities preparing students for careers in animation, VFX, games and digital media.

Why study with us

Explore the major animation and visual effects techniques including digital 2D, 3D and compositing to underpin your visual effects projects.

Learn about asset development, look development, lighting, texturing, rendering, compositing, photorealism and all you’ll need to build your environments.

Access state-of-the-art technology, including our motion capture technology and Virtual Production Studio, to experiment with industry-leading tools.

Develop an understanding of audience, context, film language and the elements of compelling storytelling.

Develop research and critical evaluation skills to conduct ethical research and respond to projects with an evidence-based approach rooted in solid research and reasoning.

Attend masterclasses and lectures by industry leaders from the major studios behind Jurassic World, the Star Wars franchise, the Toy Story franchise, The Last of Us, Stranger Things, The Lion King, Avengers: Endgame, Ready Player One, Entergalactic, Prehistoric Planet and Blade Runner 2049, and veterans such as Ed Hooks and Phil Tippett among others.

Learn in a collaborative studio-based environment – something the animation and VFX industries rely on.

Engage with industry professionals through portfolio reviews, set briefs and our visiting lecturer programme.

Access education versions of industry-standard software.

Course Details

Integrated Foundation Year (optional)

Integrated Foundation Year

Our Integrated Foundation Year is designed to equip students with the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to thrive in their chosen degree subject. The course provides a comprehensive introduction to various disciplines, blending critical thinking and creative problem-solving with practical hands-on experience. This year serves as a bridge to undergraduate studies, allowing students to explore their interests within a supportive and inspiring environment, while familiarising themselves with the campus, workshops, and tutors.

Find out more about our Integrated Foundation Year.

Core Units

Creative Learning (40 credits)

This unit will introduce you to the fundamentals that underpin all areas of animation and visual effects. You’ll work in 2D drawn animation, 3D computer animation, and visual effects. Through hands-on projects, you will cover a range of key production areas, including the principles of animation, ideation and concept development, drawing fundamentals and image manipulation. You’ll attend sessions on character design, film language and storytelling, the principles of animation, and an introduction to digital imaging and compositing software.

40 credits

Explore and Experiment (80 credits)

In this unit you will explore and experiment with techniques, materials and media. You’ll build your knowledge of the animation pipeline and explore underpinning skills in drawing, design and techniques of film language, narrative structures and visual storytelling. You’ll consider the practical, conceptual, and theoretical pathways open to you as an animator or VFX artist and learn to use industry-standard software to support all areas of your work.

You will bring animated characters and scenes to life, working from initial concept to final outcome, exploring skills in 2D, CG and stop motion character animation, CG modelling and digital compositing.

80 credits

Core Projects

Wayfinding Week

The first week of each academic year is called Wayfinding week. It’s an opportunity get your bearings, establish new connections and, after your first year at Norwich, re-establish old ones. Your course team will talk you through the year ahead and explain the expectations for the year. We’ll help you navigate new encounters and identify areas to focus on as you progress through your course.

Make it Manifest(o)

An important element of Wayfinding Week is taking part in our annual ‘Make it Manifest(o)’ project. Your course team will introduce the project in which we’ll ask you to consider your hopes and vision of the year ahead at Norwich and work with students in other year groups to bring your ideas to life. The project culminates in a celebratory display of work across the campus. The project will help you to develop your critical creativity through different approaches, concepts, and mediums. You’ll encounter diverse perspectives and build friendships and networks within our university community.

Interchange Week

Interchange weeks are opportunities to step away from your disciplinary studies and engage in projects, workshops, visits and talks that extend your knowledge and understanding of the world. Whether you learn a new skill or take part in a global challenge project with students from other courses, you will come away with new insights to take back to your course. Interchange is part of the schedule for all Norwich students with sessions held across and beyond the campus led by university staff, visiting lecturers and students.

Global Contexts (80 credits)

This unit will enable you to expand your specialist knowledge and skills, taking you to the next level in your creative development. This unit explores storytelling through a typical animation and VFX production workflow. There will be a focus on narrative elements to help construct a short piece or sequence. You’ll explore materials and processes, including 3D cinematography and lighting, pre-vis and rapid iteration, CGI compositing, and sustainable approaches in the industry. This unit aims to challenge students to develop problem-solving strategies resulting in believable and engaging outputs. You’ll also be encouraged to consider various contexts and audiences for your work, with sessions on industry pipelines, branding, and marketing strategies.

Directions (40 credits)

This unit focuses on how you work with your peers and take ideas from concept to presentation through stages of an industry-styled production pipeline. This collaborative experience will expose you to a range of new processes and approaches that will develop your creative thinking. You’ll explore studio roles, teamwork dynamics, and the importance of working toward a common goal. You will build your knowledge through sessions on project planning, the responsibilities of different studio roles, conflict resolution, and creative decision-making. This is an opportunity to build a portfolio of work that reflects your interests and identify your long-term plans.

Diploma Year (optional)

Level 5 Diploma (120 credits)

Students have the opportunity to spend a year after the second of their degree (or the third year if studying for a degree with an Integrated Foundation Year) enhancing their employability options through a Level 5 Diploma. They can choose from courses designed to provide:

opportunities to gain industry insight, developing employability skills through a series of supported experiences, expanding professional networks and building confidence in the workplace, or

an introduction to creative computing, building an understanding of how coding skills can be used to advance and complement creative practice.

Find out more about our Level 5 Diplomas.

Final Year

Research and Preparation (40 credits)

This is the shorter of the two units that make up your final year of undergraduate study. Through taught sessions and independent experimentation, you will advance your skills and prepare for the creative and professional challenges of bringing a conceptual idea to life. Sessions focus on advancing your creative practice, including 3D animation and VFX skills covering simulations, lighting, compositing, performance animation, and narrative storytelling. You will produce a research report that expands on the research ideas you developed in your second year. You’ll apply various research methods and approaches, informed by your creative practice and future career aspirations.

Resolution and Career Development (80 credits)

Your final unit allows you to research, conceptualise and create a self-determined final-year project(s), building on the skills, knowledge and understanding you have gathered throughout the programme. You’ll consider your creative route, receive expert guidance towards completing your chosen project(s), and have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other disciplines across the University. The project will allow you to demonstrate your acquired creative and technical knowledge in a meaningful self-determined outcome. You’ll consider your future goals and aspirations with a focus on building a unique industry-facing portfolio that reflects the skills you have to offer, setting you up for a successful career in the industry.

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Learning and teaching

This course is taught through a mixture of learning and teaching methods including:

Learning and Teaching at Norwich

Group briefings

Academic tutorials

Group tutorials

Workshops

Critiques (crits)

Seminars

Lectures

Assessment

Assessment for this course is entirely coursework-based, meaning there are no exams. Your progress will be evaluated through the projects and assignments you complete for each unit. Throughout the year, you’ll receive ongoing feedback to help you refine your work and develop your skills. To support your learning and ensure you achieve the course outcomes, we use a variety of assessment methods, including:

Finished pieces of work

Presentations

Written work

Your research

A reflective journal

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Some of the people you’ll be working with

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Mark Wickham

Director of Digital Arts Computing and Games

Jamie Gledhill

Course Leader, Creative Computing and Technology

Jon Dunleavy

Course Leader, Animation

Robin Fuller

Senior Lecturer

Anjana Rajapakshe

Lecturer

Dr Anna Blagrove

Dan Root

Helen Piercy

Our Facilities

Look around our city-centre campus, and you will find studios, media labs, and creative spaces in 13 buildings that sit among the cafés, bars, independent galleries and shops of Norwich’s cultural quarter.

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2D / 3D Animation Studio

Resources include traditional 2D and 3D animation studios and computer labs equipped with high specification PCs, Drawing Tablets and specialist software including Toom Boom, TV Paint, Houdini, Nuke, Maya, Cinema 4D, Blender After Effects.

Computer labs

There is an extensive range of specialist software, available free of charge for Norwich students to use on campus and at home during their studies.

Design Studio

The Design Studio & Student IT Helpdesk are situated on the first floor of the Guntons building. The area specialises in design for print, publication, graphics, and illustration.

Media Labs

The Monastery Media Lab is a fully refurbished Victorian school building which provides industry standard digital facilities, lecturing and presentation studios for the University’s Faculty of Arts and Media.

Media Resource Centre

As in a traditional library, students are able to loan out a range of specialist Production, Photographic, and Audio Visual equipment, and take part in workshops and demos to learn tips and tricks.

Virtual Production Studio

Norwich’s state-of-the-art Virtual Production Studio is home to groundbreaking Sony technology, placing the city at the forefront of digital storytelling and next-generation filmmaking.

Here to help you succeed

The UK’s creative sector is thriving, contributing £111.7 billion annually to the economy and offering over 2 million jobs.

Employability and career development are integral to every unit of our courses, ensuring students are well-prepared for the industry. Our students go on to secure exciting roles, launch successful businesses, and make a lasting impact in many sectors worldwide.

From day one, you’ll also get specialist career advice from our Business and Employability Team to help support you as you plan your career.

Typical career paths

By the end of your degree, you’ll have developed a professional portfolio of work and a plan to market yourself and show off your ‘creative edge’. Our graduates have gone on to work at ILM, DNeg, Framestore, The Mill, Electric Theatre Collective, Epic Games, Light VFX and Untold Studios, and have worked on films like John Wick: Chapter 4.

BA (Hons) Animation and Visual Effects is an active member of ACCESS: VFX, giving you access to top visual effects houses, animation and games studios, and its e-mentoring programme.

Animator

Texture Artist

3D Generalist

3D Environment Artist

Roto Artist

Match Move Artist

Character Designer

Producer

Lighting artist

Real-time artist

Technical animator

Compositor

Matte Painter/Artist

Modeller

Architectural Visualiser

Experiential Designer

“92% of our graduates are in employment or further education within six months of graduating”

Graduate Outcomes 2021

Entry requirements

Norwich University of the Arts welcomes applicants of all ages from all backgrounds.

If the qualification that you are studying is not shown, do not worry as we are able to accept other pre-entry qualifications as well as combinations of different qualifications.

Please do contact our Student Recruitment Team if you have any queries.

A/AS Levels (GCE)

GCE A/AS Levels 3 A-level qualifications at grades BCC (104 UCAS Tariff points) or above. Where candidates are not taking 3 A-levels, Norwich University of the Arts will consider combinations of A-level/AS-level and other Level 3 qualifications.

BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF or RQF)

Distinction, Merit, Merit in an art, design or media related subject

BTEC Diploma (QCF or RQF)

Distinction*, Distinction* in an art, design or media related subject

T Levels

A T Level in any subject with overall grade A* to C (Pass)

UAL Extended Diploma

UAL Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

UAL Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Access to Higher Education Diploma (Art and Design)

International Baccalaureate Diploma

A minimum of 26 points

Integrated foundation year (optional)

GCE A/AS Levels 2 A-level qualifications at grades CC (64 UCAS Tariff points) or above.

Merit, Merit, Pass in an art, design or media related subject

Distinction*, Merit in an art, design or media related subject

Pass (D or E on the core)

International

We accept qualifications from all over the world

To find our country-specific entry requirements, please visit our international entry requirements page.

English Language qualifications

Most international students are required to hold an English language qualification. Applicants must have an IELTS score of 6.0 overall and no less than 5.5 in each component. We do accept alternative English Language qualifications. Learn more about our English entry requirements.

You can email us on international@norwichuni.ac.uk if you’d like to discuss your application individually.

Portfolio Advice and Guidance

Portfolios should show examples of your work — both finished and work in progress — that demonstrate your interests and skills. Your portfolio should be made up of work that reflects your creativity, personal interests and influences, as well as demonstrating your technical skills and ability. It doesn’t have to be perfect as we can assess your potential from your work in progress.

Your portfolio should be relevant to this course, but you can include a wide range of work that shows your creativity, technical competence and understanding of storytelling.

Get more advice on presentation formats, layouts and when to submit your portfolio in the application process.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees for the 2027/28 academic year

Undergraduate course (three year): £10,050 per year

Integrated Foundation Year (optional): £10,050 per year

Level 5 Diploma Year (optional): £10,050 year

The level of fee that you will be asked to pay depends on whether you’re classed as a UK (home) or international student. Check your fee status.

Fees for subsequent years

Tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with inflation, subject to government regulations. The inflation rate used is expected to be the Retail Price Index excluding mortgage payments (RPIX), as forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility. Tuition fees are reviewed annually by the University, and we would confirm any change to you in advance of each academic year.

Find our more about fees and funding

Funding your study

Depending on your circumstances, you may qualify for a bursary, scholarship or loan to help fund your study and enhance your learning experience.

Undergraduate course (three year): £28,500

Integrated Foundation Year (optional): £28,500

Level 5 Diploma year (optional): £19,380

For Overseas students starting in 2027 inflation will be applied to your fees in later years. We will confirm this in advance to you of each academic year, and we will limit the increase to no more than the Office for Students’ recommended inflationary measure.

If you defer your course start date or have to extend your studies beyond the normal duration of the course the University reserves the right to charge you fees at a higher rate and/or in accordance with any legislative changes during the additional period of study.

Please take a look at our International students page for information about fees, scholarships for international students, visas and much more.

Additional costs

Your course fees cover the cost of studies, and include loads of benefits, such as the use of our library, support from our expert employability team, access to workshops and free use of the IT equipment across our campuses. There are also other costs which you may need to consider.

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How to apply

All applications for undergraduate courses will need to be made via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

You’ll need our university UCAS code (N39) as well as your course code which you’ll find on your course page.

When you register with UCAS you will need include your previous and current qualifications information, personal statement, and reference.

Once we receive your application form through UCAS, we will email confirmation that we have received it and will give you access and instructions for logging into the applicant portal. Our decision will be communicated via UCAS.

Applying for an undergraduate degree

Full-time Undergraduate International applicants can either apply via UCAS or directly by completing the online application form below or emailing the downloadable form to ioadmissions@norwichuni.ac.uk

Online Application Form

International Undergraduate Application Form – (216kb)

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Apply via UCAS

For further support for international applicants applying for an undergraduate degree view our international pages.

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