What will I learn?
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.
Which department am I in?
School of Communication and Design
Entry requirements
For international students
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.Candidates are selected on the basis of a body of work that demonstrates an advanced understanding of the subject and sufficient technical animation and moving image skills to realise intentions, evidence of commitment to the subject, intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness, the ability to collaborate, to engage in debate and respond to constructive criticism, and the ability to engage in sustained and consistent study. We also want enthusiasm for your practice, commitment and a strong sense of personal responsibility for your subject matter and your own learning and development.Portfolio requirementsPersonal statementPlease provide a 300-word written personal statement that addresses the following points:Introduce yourself, your interests and your motivations for applying to the Royal College of Art, and to this programme in particular.Briefly summarise any educational background and professional experience to date that will support your application.Tell us what you want to do in the future.Video requirements
