Animation

Edinburgh College of Art’s Animation programme is Scotland’s oldest established degree-level programme in the subject area.

We typically have between 15 and 20 students in each year group.

We cover the full range of animation methods:

* drawn

* 2D digital

* 3D digital

* stop-frame

We also have a sustainably resourced render farm, running Pixara’s Renderman, which will support parallel processing of projects using Maya, 3DS Max, or Adobe After Effects.

The method you use for each project is up to you, and is driven by conversation with staff to determine which method will best suit your idea and your preferred way of working.

You have a choice of working on projects in a team or on your own.

Awards

Our students have gone on to win, among many others, awards at:

* the BAFTAs

* Emmys

* British Animation Awards

* Edinburgh International Film Festival

* Adobe Design Achievement Awards

* Royal Television Society

Aardman Academy

ECA’s Animation programme has become one of the first partners in the Aardman Academy. This gives our students the opportunity for studio visits to Aardman, and workshops and courses, in person and online with professional animators, writers, directors and producers from one of the UK’s most respected animation studios.

How this programme works

This is a full-time programme. To successfully complete your studies, you are expected to be on campus from 9am until 5pm, five days per week. Contact time generally takes up 20% of that time (this is common at most universities). The remainder is spent putting what you have learned or discussed with tutors into practice in the studio. During this time you are supported in the studios by technical and academic staff, above and beyond lectures and timetabled contact hours.

We expect you to supplement your own learning by working alongside your fellow students across the year groups, benefiting from the diverse range of interests and experiences present in our studios. This is vital to achieve your full potential as an art student in any area, particularly in animation.