Bachelor of Animation

The Bachelor of Animation is the ideal launching pad for you to play a significant role in the animation and visual effects industries in Australia and abroad. Animation at Griffith is ranked 2nd in Australia and New Zealand and in the top 10 animation schools globally.

Highlights of studying the Bachelor of Animation
Bring your ideas to life by creating your own animations from concept to final render, using premium industry-recognised software and hardware.
Get hands-on experience in animation production, with opportunities to work on projects for real clients through LiveLab, our commercial multimedia studio.
Showcase your work at festivals, grow your portfolio, and start building industry connections that can open doors.
Boost your career prospects with study tours overseas, work placements and internships within our embedded animation studio model.
Collaborate with filmmakers and game designers, artists, illustrators and musicians from Griffith's Queensland College of Art and Design and the Queensland Conservatorium.
Industry links and global connections
Learn within a degree recognised as a Toon Boom Centre of Excellence and supported by global networks like CILECT, ASPERA and ATOM.
Benefit from international partnerships with APSA, NEP Group, BFA, World Congress of Science and Factual Producers and Gobelins School of Paris.
Gain experience through work placements, internships, mentorships and real projects with companies such as Ludo (Bluey), Pixel Zoo, AltVFX and Liquid Animation Studios.
Access exclusive masterclasses and guest lectures from leading experts including Disney, Lucasfilm, Marco Sinigaglia, character performance specialist Myrna Gawryn, WETA NZ and Gobelins Paris.
Build industry-ready skills and critical global contacts to launch a career in animation and related fields.

Portfolio Requirements- Review an animated film, television show or online video in up to 300 words. Alternatively, you can do the review in a two-minute audio or video recording. Choose work that strongly resonates with you in a positive or negative way and, to some extent, tells us something about you.

Academic admission requirements for international students will be reviewed by Griffith

International and approved the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education).

There are several ways to gain admission to undergraduate programs of the University.

Applicants may be considered for admission based on:

\u2022 a completed Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or equivalent;

\u2022 completed or partly completed higher education studies;

\u2022 TAFE/VET qualifications;

\u2022 overseas qualifications considered comparable to Australian secondary studies.

\u2022 completion of a Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT);

\u2022 a guaranteed admissions scheme or pathway as outlined on the University website;

\u2022 a total of 8 adjustment ranks for eligible applications under the adjustment schemes as

outlined on the University website;

\u2022 a combination of any of the above, as stipulated for individual programs (including exceptions

and higher AQF level qualifications).