2.5-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate for Art and Design - Transfer to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Animation

Program Description

Build a future by studying in the UK, with a pathway course at Kaplan International College (KIC) London. Situated in the world’s top academic city (QS Best Student Cities 2019), the College will prepare students for a university degree, and for a successful career.

Study at one of the most respected international colleges in London, and progress to one of 8 universities, including the University of Westminster.

The commercially well-connected University of Westminster is hugely international. Students can study alongside students from nearly 170 countries.

Commercial animation is a rapidly growing and vibrant industry, encompassing a broad range of rewarding and fascinating creative job opportunities. The strong emphasis on creative practice will help students to develop their skills in drawing and design, along with the imaginative development and innovation of ideas expressed sequentially. These skills, together with the professional practice aspects of the course, will ensure that students have the confidence and expertise to succeed in industry, whether as a producer, technician, designer or manager. They will also develop the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development.

Throughout the course, there are opportunities for students to take part in national and international competitions and film festivals. The course is delivered by a large team of experienced animation practitioners, staff and industry visitors, and students will work in dedicated specialist animation studios with facilities for blue screen, rostrum animation, CGI, drawing, stop-frame, film, photography, set building, sound and video.

Successful animators need to be flexible and able to adapt to changing cultures and new initiatives, and the course seeks to reflect this fluidity. Students will rapidly develop their own practice in animation, and will be encouraged to work on shared initiatives. Based at the Harrow Campus – home to the Westminster School of Arts and the Westminster School of Media and Communications – students work alongside students from film, photography, music, fashion and journalism, in a unique creative hothouse.