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Illustration Animation at Kingston University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Kingston University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston

  • We’re ranked No.1 in London (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2023) within the Graphic Design subject area.
  • 84% of students from this course were in highly skilled employment or further study within fifteen months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018).
  • This course produces top graduates who go on to work at the best creative agencies and companies globally, such as Cartoon Network, Nexus, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Blink, Moth Studio and Google.
  • Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About this course This course combines illustration and animation, leading to wide-ranging opportunities and a cross- pollination of ideas and skills. You’ll be taught critical thinking, drawing, animation, digital crafts, storytelling methods, and presentation techniques. The course encourages you to learn through making. You’ll have access to all our newly refurbished, industry-standard workshops, enabling you to test and prototype in many combinations. Group and individual assignments will develop your skills in all forms of applied image making. You’ll learn to create and apply content to images to reach diverse audiences. Live projects will develop your understanding of real-world situations. Staff practitioners and alumni networks offer insight and contacts with international creative practice, including optional study visits and placements. Future Skills Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it. Career opportunities Our graduates have progressed to careers in illustration, animation, design direction and production; the scope takes in industries from publishing and broadcast media to film production and game design.

Modules

– Studio: Practice and Purpose – Process: Materials and Methods – Presentation: Professional Practice To view the full list of modules, please visit the University course webpage.

Assessment method

Assessment typically comprises coursework (eg essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios and dissertation).

How to apply

29Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W220
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/illustration-animation/entry-requirements.html

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio

Further details can be found in the entry requirements on the course page: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/illustration-animation/

English language requirements

English language requirements

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/illustration-animation/entry-requirements.html

Student Outcomes

Operated by the Office for Students
65%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
90%
Go onto work and study

The number of student respondents and response rates can be important in interpreting the data – it is important to note your experience may be different from theirs. This data will be based on the subject area rather than the specific course. Read more about this data on the Discover Uni website.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For international fees, please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/ Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs
Illustration Animation at Kingston University - UCAS