Animation MA

Join a community that fosters critical and creative artistic investigation through a diverse range of practices, spanning analogue, digital, and hybrid forms. Develop your authorial voice, situated within contemporary discourse and the field of expanded animation. Participate in a range of industry and academic events, working alongside a cohort informed by different cultures, politics, traditions, and future aspirations. The RCA MA Animation programme fosters critical and creative artistic investigation through a diverse range of practices, spanning analogue, digital, and hybrid forms. Whether you’ve worked in animation for several years or are just starting out, we’ll challenge you to push the boundaries of what’s possible. To find a way of working that resonates with you, you might experiment with analogue and digital tools, from motion capture and XR to pre-cinematic, classical, and stop motion animation. Take part in serious play Rooted in rigorous studio practice and critical inquiry, MA Animation at the RCA nurtures imaginative leadership and diverse material exploration. Here animation is not just movement but thought made visible, emerging from a global cohort whose voices will shape the forms evolving future.

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.