Animation MA

Why study Animation MA at Middlesex University

Join an interdisciplinary community of digital creatives studying together in our state-of-the-art facilities at MDX Studios. You'll gain advanced creative and technical skills in 2D, 3D, and stop motion animation while exploring the ethics and influence of AI and emerging technologies.

• Learn in London, one of the world’s most dynamic creative hubs, with close proximity to studios, festivals, and global networks.
• Collaborate with peers across film, sound, and digital media to develop technically advanced, creatively innovative animation projects.
• Build a professional portfolio through live briefs, placements, and client-facing projects supported by our Careers and Futures team and industry mentors.
• Explore ethical, sustainable, and inclusive approaches to animation production and storytelling.
• Prepare for international careers across film, television, gaming, advertising, and creative media industries.
• Choose between one- and two-year modes with embedded, credit-bearing work experience on real-world industry projects. Our practice-based approach to learning means you learn vital new skills in professional contexts, enhancing your CV and your employability.
• We have a range of studio spaces including a dedicated 2D animation studio, stop-frame studios, high-spec digital media workshops for 3D animation, double-height studio for film production, sound recording foley and ADR studios as well as suites for editing and colour grading (DiVinci Resolve). We offer AVID Media Composer and Pro Tools certification. Our Motion Capture studio utilises a 25-camera OptiTrack motion capture system and a Vanishing Point Viper to enable the creation of industry-level VFX and VP in a sound-proofed green-screen environment.
• Our Kit Hub has a vast collection of high-end creative tech to support student projects including professional cameras, sound recording kit and VR headsets. With strong relationships with industry partners, Canon, Sony and AVID, Kit Hub is vital resource for our creative community to keep up to date with the latest tech.

Fees and funding

The fees below are for the 2026/2027 academic year.

UK students1

Full-time students: £13,700
Part-time students: £90 per credit
Part-time students: £45 per dissertation credit

If you were to study over two years part-time, you would usually pay £5,400 for the first year of study, and £8,100 in the second.

International students2

Full-time students: £20,100
Part-time students: £134 per credit
Part-time students: £67 per dissertation credit

If you were to study over two years part-time, you would usually pay £8,040 for the first year of study, and £12,060 in the second.

Additional costs

The following course-related costs are included in the fees:

• All printing and copying required for your study
• Access to sound recording and mixing studios, editing suites, and colour grading suites
• Audio-visual equipment available for loan, including digital stills cameras, digital video recorders, digital audio recorders, a large range lighting gear, grip equipment, and specialist microphones.

Financial support

We offer lots of support to help you with fees and living costs. Check out our guide to student life on a budget and find out more about postgraduate funding.

Postgraduate scholarships

You may be eligible for one of our scholarships including:

• The Alumni Postgraduate Award – for all UK/EU Middlesex alumni a 20% fee reduction
• The Commonwealth Scholarship – full course fees, airfares and a living allowance
• The Chevening Scholarship – full course fees
• The European Academic Awards – £1000 to £7000 for students showing academic excellence
• Regional or International Merit Award –up to £2,000 towards course fees

For international students, we also have a limited number of other awards specific to certain regions, and work in partnership with funding providers in your country to help support you financially with your study.

Find out more about our postgraduate scholarships.

Help from your employer

Your employer can contribute towards the cost of your postgraduate study as part of their staff development programme.

Work while you study

If you are not currently working, we can help you find work that fits around uni and your other commitments. We have hundreds of student jobs on campus that pay the London Living Wage and above.

Fees disclaimers

1. UK fees: The university reserves the right to increase postgraduate tuition fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions. The tuition fees for part-time UK study are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.
2. International fees: Tuition fees are subject to annual review and we reserve the right to increase the fees each academic year by no more than the level of inflation.