Animation BDes (Hons)
Ulster University
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Bachelor of Design (with Honours) - BDes (Hon)

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SEP-25

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Animation has become in integral part of the film, television, games and design industries – from Jurassic Park to Avatar, Angry Birds to Call of Duty, Xbox to mobile. The field of animation has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. With new distribution methods and technologies, your work will have many paths to reach a worldwide audience.During the course you will study drawing, the principles of animation and design, storytelling and narrative, design and the history, practice ...Read more

Animation has become in integral part of the film, television, games and design industries – from Jurassic Park to Avatar, Angry Birds to Call of Duty, Xbox to mobile. The field of animation has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. With new distribution methods and technologies, your work will have many paths to reach a worldwide audience.During the course you will study drawing, the principles of animation and design, storytelling and narrative, design and the history, practice and theory of screen production. You will gain an understanding of creative and technical process using industry standard software in order to create interactive designs and computer animations.As animation is a highly collaborative environment you will learn the principles and practices through teamwork, while developing your individual professional practice. The course enables you to enter the industry with a range of exciting and rapidly evolving platforms as well as facilitating numerous opportunities for employment in a rapidly growing area at an international level.This course aims to provide you with specialist knowledge and skills necessary to develop and adapt your chosen career in the diverse creative practices associated with animation. The course aims to contribute, through the education of its students as adaptive and resilient designers, writers and thinkers, to the local, national and international practice of design in its current and future forms.Please note: The course is currently being revalidated and the content is subject to change. Please get in touch with the course team or the admissions team for further information.Foundation YearA foundation diploma year gives you the opportunity to explore a range of art and design approaches and disciplines to help you choose your undergraduate specialism.Find out about our Foundation Year

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CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
24th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
42nd
Computer Science
Drop-out rate
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0%
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80%
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Computer Science graduate salary at this uni
£21,000
UK Computer Science graduate salary
£22,000
What students say
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Andrea
28 Jan 24

My best experiences in uni is being able to use all the facilities and programmes freely, expanding my knowledge in areas I wouldn’t be able to at..Read more

Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

BCC Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

BCCCC Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

CDD Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

24 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DMM Grades / Points required

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Overall profile of 60% (120 credit Access Course) (NI Access Course) Overall profile of 12 credits at Distinction, 30 credits at Merit and 3 credits at Pass (60 credit Access Course) (GB Access Course)

Overall profile is minimum 24 points (including 12 at higher level).

104 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

We will also accept smaller BTEC/OCR qualifications (i.e. Diploma or Extended Certificate / Introductory Diploma / Subsidiary Diploma) in combination with A Levels or other acceptable level 3 qualifications. To find out if the qualification you are applying with is a qualification we accept for entry, please check our Qualification Checker - https://www.ulster.ac.uk/study/entrance-requirements/equivalence We will also continue to accept QCF versions of these qualifications although grades asked for may differ. Check what grades you will be asked for by comparing the requirements above with the information under QCF in the Applied General and Tech Level Qualifications section of our Entry Requirements - https://www.ulster.ac.uk/study/entrance-requirements/undergraduate-entry-requirements

Popular A-level subjects

Computer Science

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Information & Communication technology
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Business Studies
27%
Mathematics
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History
11%
Religious Studies & Theology
11%
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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£4,750 per year

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£16,320 per year

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Students from EU

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£16,320 per year

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£16320 Per year

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