Animation with Foundation Year

Foundation Year

Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

International Students

For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/

Animation

Keele's BA Animation enables you to shape your individual style and specialism, taking animation projects from ideation to realisation. You'll gain foundational skills to embark on filmmaking, game development or advertising projects. You will build a portfolio of original work which showcases your artistic practice and expertise, making you ready to join an evolving industry.

Why choose this course?

• Refine your individual animation style to prepare for a variety of careers in the creative industries

• Acquire an in-depth understanding and experience of working with animation techniques, tools, and processes

• Engage with placement opportunities to apply your learning in the real world

• Embark on an optional international experience at a partner university across the globe

• Access to industry-standard labs and studios on Keele campus, and cutting-edge software

Prepare for a creative career with Keele's BA in Animation, building knowledge of core techniques and tools, and skills that are applicable to a range of industries. Developing you into a critical practitioner and communicator, this degree provides a strong foundation of skills across various areas of animation, allowing you to explore your interests and shape your future career through specialisms of your choice. You will build a unique creative portfolio to demonstrate your knowledge and expertise as well as articulate complex ideas and techniques.

About Keele

Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

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