Game Animation

Falmouth University
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 3 Years Computer games and animation

A-Level Entry

See entry requirements

UCAS Points

104 - 120 points

Avg. Graduate Salary

£26,000

About this course

Specialise as an animator working on games.

Specialise as a games animator, one of the games industry’s most sought-after roles. If you have the passion, we’ll teach you what you need to know – from mastering core animation principles in a game development context to rigging and animating characters in real time to implement into major game engines.

On this Game Animation course, you'll work in studio-style collaborative teams mirroring industry practice as you work through full implementation of the game animation pipeline. You’ll graduate with a rich portfolio of work, ready to launch your games career.

Why study this course at Falmouth? We’re ranked as the number one university for game design in England (Princeton Review, 2023) and have some of largest and best-equipped dedicated student game-making facilities in the country  You’ll learn from professional game animators, developers and artists who have worked on titles like Hitman, League of Legends, World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XII You’ll collaborate in multi-skilled teams to create real games from the outset, keeping the Intellectual Property (IP) of any games you produce Our graduates have worked in animator roles for Respawn on Apex Legends and at Creative Assembly, Frontier, nDreams and Ubisoft .

Entry Requirements

A-Level Grades See entry requirements
UCAS Tariff Points 104 - 120 points

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2139 Information technology professionals
2141 Web design professionals
3115 Quality assurance technicians
3131 IT operations technicians
2134 Programmers and software development professionals
3132 IT user support technicians

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Penryn
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Computer games and animation
Avg. Graduate Salary
£26,000