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MA - Master of Arts
RCA White City
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
Develop your creative expertise to influence how audiences see and understand the social, political and cultural animated worlds and experiences you create
Discover the world-class Animation programme at the Royal College of Art, renowned for its artistic excellence, director-led approach and innovative risk-taking. Our students delve into the dynamic realm of animation, exploring the intersections of virtual reality, augmented reality and new media art. Through embracing experimentation and creativity, we cultivate critical thinking to examine social and cultural issues.
By empowering you to navigate rapid cultural and technological changes, we encourage the exploration of diverse narrative stances, from direct storytelling to playful abstraction. You'll gain expertise in various techniques, concepts and canons.
Join us at the Royal College of Art and be part of an animation community that drives creative boundaries, embraces innovation and impacts the world. Together, we'll shape the future of animation.
The programme attracts individuals from a notably wide range of disciplines who wish to explore their fields through animation, including, for example, film, architecture, graphic design, literature, communication arts, performance, art history, computing, illustration, pure and applied sciences and maths or fine art, or a combination of these. Candidates are selected entirely on merit and applications are welcomed from all over the world. The selection process considers creativity, imagination and innovation as demonstrated in your application and portfolio, your technical animation skills and your potential to benefit from the programme and to achieve high MA standards overall.
Students living in
Domestic
£15,150 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£35,950 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£35,950 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.