Overview

You will explore traditional production skills, but the course will encourage you to experiment with cutting edge creative industry developments and new ways of storytelling in collaboration with game and digital technologies.

The Animation program at University of Salford is to help you develop contemporary storytelling and transmedia techniques within your body of work, and/or to deepen your knowledge of a specialist role with a Creative Industry (e.g. Storyboard Artist, Art Director, Character Designer).

You will:

have access to a wide range of state-of-the-art animation resources and equipment

be part of a vibrant community of peers and tutors to help develop and explore your practice, challenging you to experiment, collaborate and embrace new technologies

be encouraged through collaboration to produce professional executed work to take to the next stage of your career

Employment:

Our MA in Animation is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to apply innovative and efficient production processes into your professional animation projects as you go forward in your career.

Graduates showing strong academic and research skills can pursue a further academic research path through our doctoral (PhD) programmes on a full-time or part-time basis subject to a satisfactory proposal. 

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Animation Exploration

Professional and Cultural Contexts

Pipelines and Technologies

Exploring Collaborative Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-16 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6

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TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Salford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Animation View 47 other Masters in Animation in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Relevant undergraduate degree, normally at 2:1 or above, and supporting portfolio and showreel of practice demonstrating strong understanding of visual, technical, and sequential skills appropriate to develop content for animation production.

If you are an international student and not from a majority English speaking country, you will need IELTS 6.0 with no element below 5.5.

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
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Tuition Fee

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International

17000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 17000 GBP per year during 12 months.
National

9100 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9100 GBP per year during 12 months.

Living costs for Salford

500 - 800 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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