In first year, you will be exposed to a wide range of animation techniques and historical and contemporary animation contexts. You’ll have the opportunity to test your ideas, experiment and build foundational practical skills. In second year, there is a focus on characters, worlds, culture and collaboration. Project work requires greater attention to detail, increased complexity, and a heightened level of sophistication in the development of individual style and expression. By third year, you will consolidate your own voice, style and animation skills. You will research, write, develop and produce an animation production of professional broadcast quality and prepare strategies for exhibition and dissemination of your work. You will have access to professional facilities and resources, including animation and stop-motion studios; rushes viewing rooms; editing, sound recording and mixing suites; 90 and 220-seat cinemas; professional production equipment; and HD digital vision and audio post-production facilities.

To meet minimum eligibility for entry into a Melbourne undergraduate degree, you need to: complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or an equivalent qualification IELTS – you need a score of 6.5 or more in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0. TOEFL – you need a score of 577 or more including a score of 4.5 in the Test of Written English for a paper-based test, or a score of 79 and scores of 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading, 13 for listening for an internet-based test. To submit your scores when you apply, use our TOEFL Institution Code: 0974. Pearson Test of English – you need an overall score of between 58-64 inclusive and achieve no PTE communicative skills score below 50.