Master of Research RCA MRes - Experimental Humanities

Royal College of Art

The five term (20 month) Aardman RCA Animation (Professional Residency) MFA programme is designed to develop your authorial voice across any technique, medium or genre. It combines the RCA’s 40 years of experience teaching, researching and making animation with the expertise of award-winning animation studio Aardman, and Aardman Academy, their world-class training facility. You will work on your own animated project and have access to studio space, technical facilities, mentorship and support at both the RCA and Aardman. Our professional studio culture nurtures a spirit of curiosity, experimentation and ethical enquiry, encouraging you to disrupt and re-invent. As part of a global cohort of animators, you will demonstrate the inventive originality and research-grounded rigour that the RCA is known for. Develop your directorial and artistic voice through an animation project in any medium, with mentorship from professional animators at the RCA and Aardman. Spend your first year in London immersed in the practice-based, academically rigorous studio environment of the RCA. Spend the second year in Bristol taking part in a professional studio residency in the world-renowned Aardman studios. Become a creative leader, confident in the wider animation community both academically and professionally.