Illustration with Animation

Manchester Metropolitan University

Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 3 Years ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

Illustration with Animation BA (Hons) is an undergraduate degree at Manchester Metropolitan University, based in Manchester, taught full-time over 3 years. 89% of final-year students rated the course positively in the National Student Survey, and graduates earn £23,500 on average 15 months after finishing. Typical A-level entry is BCC - BBC.

A-Level Entry

BCC - BBC

Typical offer · UCAS

UCAS Points

104 - 112 points

Typical offer · UCAS

Student Satisfaction

89.1%

NSS · Office for Students

Avg. Graduate Salary

£23,500

15 months after graduation · HESA via Discover Uni

About this course

This programme is firmly rooted in the tradition of drawing and the individuality this discipline instils.

The course will provide you with the opportunity to combine illustration with animation. Through a variety of challenges, you will develop strategies and skills to enable you to successfully cope with a range of visual communication problems and contexts. Ambitions are realised through a research-informed questioning of practice that embraces the potential outcomes of page or screen.

Graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in many national institutions including the Royal College of Art, the National Film School and Manchester Metropolitan University. Graduates have also become freelance illustrators, animators, filmmakers, designers, pre-production artists, storyboard artists, and teachers.

Find out more about this course, staff and facilities and view student work at www.art.mmu.ac.uk/illustration

FEATURES AND BENEFITS
- Provides you with the rare opportunity to combine illustration with animation, developing yourself as a visual communicator at home in a wide range of professional contexts.

- An experimental course that encourages you to be ambitious, curious and reflective.

- Development of traditional and digital skills including drawing, design, making, reportage, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Animator, Illustrator, Character, Aero), screen-print, monoprint, bookbinding, digital print, etching, experimental film, short-form animation, TV Paint (2D), Dragonframe (3D Stop-motion) and Maxon Cinema 4D

Entry Requirements

A-Level Grades BCC - BBC
UCAS Tariff Points 104 - 112 points
BTEC DMM

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations. Click through for salaries, employment rates and other UK degrees that lead there:

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Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
2025

2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ

Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Manchester
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design
Avg. Graduate Salary
£23,500