Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Animation

at Ravensbourne University London United Kingdom

Do you want to master user-centred design innovation and propel your career in the creative industries and further afield? Our Design Communication master's degree will enable you to produce industry-quality graphic design, marketing, social media and digital technology assets.

In a recent survey, our postgraduate courses scored 91% student satisfaction for creativity and design, and 93% satisfaction overall. That makes us second for postgraduate study in the country.

Why study this Design Communication master's degree?

• See your creative visions come to life
• Tap into exceptional industry connections
• Develop your business acumen 
• Establish a critical design practice
• Immerse yourself in emerging technologies and methodologies
• Respond to society and user needs to augment your design skills
• Create dynamic interacting spaces
• Study in a stunning new building in London's Design District
• Be a legacy-maker for The Institute of Creativity and Technology

Supercharge your visual communication design skills

In our exciting new MA Design Communication course, you will gain the knowledge, confidence and professional acumen to creatively position services, systems and need-driven design products.

You will respond to societal and user needs to expand your graphic communication design skills. You will be immersed in the tools and processes of digital design and emerging technologies, whilst exploring the value of design thinking and services in a bustling marketplace.

During the course you will establish a critical design practice, create dynamic interacting spaces, and apply design to respond to a range of needs. You’ll engage your target audiences by synthesising creativity with sound business theories – an essential skill that will boost your employability across many potential career avenues.

After studying for your MA Design Communication course, you will have:

• The hands-on design thinking skills to turn creative visions into truly engaging assets
• The business and commercial acumen to reach and inspire audiences across all business, international and not-for-profit sectors
• The confidence to generate real change and influence decision making at the most senior levels

Are you an aspiring musician, sound designer or composer looking to develop your music and sound production skills? With access to cutting-edge equipment, the music and sound design degree in London delves into the creation and production of sound and music across different contexts and industries, providing you with a diverse, industry-ready skillset and portfolio. 

Why study this music and sound design degree?

• Develop specialisms and find your musical niche 
• These include: composition, production, sound engineering and songwriting
• Add technical understanding to your natural creativity and inner storyteller
• Direct preparation for work in the creative industries
• Collaborative course will boost your leadership and teamwork skills 
• Teaching staff and visiting professionals with strong industry experience

Music and sound design make a vital contribution to not only media and communications, but culture as a whole. Music moves people; it defines eras, shapes personalities, sells products and adds meaning to moving imagery on our screens. 

This music degree in London, UK, is for aspiring musicians and sound designers who wish to supercharge their sound and music production skills and apply them in a wide range of roles in the creative industries. 

You will develop specialisms which could include audio production, sound engineering, sound design, songwriting, composition and soundtrack creation for film, television, games and immersive media, such as virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR).

When you graduate from this three-year music and sound design course, you will add technical understanding to your own natural creativity, including skills in critical listening, editing, arranging, composing, producing, technical and storytelling. 

Practically-focused, you will get an understanding of audio, sound arts and music as distinct specialisms, as well as how they intersect with storytelling and the moving image. Ultimately, you will be encouraged to apply the technical and creative aspects of sound and music production in a project-based learning environment.

This games programming degree will help you become a master programmer and stay at the very forefront of the games evolution. You will develop unrivalled skills within programming and scripting, content generation, artificial intelligence and virtual and augmented reality.

Why study this advertising and brand design degree?

• Be guided by industry professionals throughout your study
• Learn from the best and rub shoulders with mega brands
• Fantastic industry links. Tap into internship opportunities with Apple, Sky Creative Agency and Barclays 
• Boost employability in a large, diverse and ever-changing industry
• Upskill in pitching, team working and project management
• Explore cutting-edge digital and communication technologies 
• Develop a professional portfolio through a carefully structured learning journey

Become a brand storyteller

Our students ‘learn with industry’ engaging with professional practice throughout the course. In the last three years we have worked with global brands like Apple, Sky, Barclays Bank and The O2 and leading studios such as Moving Brands, Studio Blup, Kin+Carta and JKR. Most recently, we were privileged to work with Apple on an exhibition called Unsigned Stories, which is featured below. 

This advertising and branding degree investigates how visual stories are deployed to bring products and services to life. You examine diverse areas of marketing, branding and advertising, including: how to develop brand communication, social media content, marketing strategy and interactive experience. You will also learn to create graphic design communication for contemporary media platforms.

You will construct stories that connect strategically across print, social and online channels to engage audiences and influence perception. As well as exploring cutting-edge, such as apps, digital print, online media and mobile games, you will also examine traditional communication formats, like print-based media. This degree in advertising really will provide you with a solid grounding. 

Creative advertising, social media, digital technology, communication, storytelling and brand design are all prominent branches on the all-encompassing marketing tree. They are also decisive factors in what makes many contemporary companies successful and stand out from the crowd. As such, when you graduate with a BA honours degree in Advertising and Brand Design at Ravensbourne University London, you will not just be given a robust foundation to help you move into your chosen field of expertise. You will also boost your all-round employability, developing a diverse skill-set that is highly transferable.

The entertainment industry is always looking for the next pool of filmmakers and producers, who can see their stories come to fruition. During this digital film production degree in London, you will develop a deep and critical understanding of the entire film production spectrum. With access to state-of-the-art film equipment, this course also has a dedicated studio space for teaching and shooting film projects.

Why study this digital film production degree?

• Work on professional shoots from the first term
• Tap into exceptional industry connections and collaborations
• Led by lecturers with extensive industry experience
• Excellent work experience opportunities will make you industry ready
• British Film Institute (BFI) supplied masterclasses, curated screenings, and films are integrated into the programme
• Industry networking opportunities to help boost employability
• Excellent film production facilities, technologies and resources 
• Find your niche and produce shorts, features, commercials and documentaries
• Choose from two distinct pathways to suit your creative passions

Our reputable digital film production course in London combines the main elements of film production, screenwriting and film theory. You will learn how to augment stories through digital film productions, utilising cutting-edge technologies.

From the word go, you will work on professional shoots and learn the established techniques and emerging technologies shaping the future of film production. Taking a holistic and practical approach, you will explore the professional aspects of filmmaking. The course is underpinned by the film industry and will give you the skills and experience to produce innovative film shorts, features, commercials and documentaries. 

In this film and television production course at Ravensbourne University London, you will cover all aspects of the digital film production journey – from financial backing to building a fan base. With an emphasis on hands-on training, you will have access to high specification digital cameras, Steadicams, dolly systems and green screens to hone your technical skillset. You will be granted access to high-end computer labs loaded with the latest digital applications for post-production editing. 

Taught through a blend of practice and theory-based learning, which includes lectures, workshops, seminars and self-directed study, the BA (Hons) Digital Film Production degree is led by production and broadcast experts with excellent industry experience. 

This exciting film and TV production degree is divided into two distinct pathways: film production and operations. The production strand is tailored to those who want to make innovative television programming using a variety of distribution platforms, including social media. The operations avenue will teach students about varied film production techniques and digital operations, including the use of media asset management systems.

This Master's Degree in Computer Science offers modules in the likes of artificial intelligence, cyber security, cloud computing, Internet of Things and leading-edge ‘Web3’ technologies, such as Blockchain. In tackling these fields, the curriculum takes a systems architecture approach, encouraging students to work both within and across these technologies.

Why study this Master's in Computer Science?

• Develop highly desirable skills in computer science
• Gain masters level skills in systems architecture, artificial intelligence and cyber security
• Build highly desirable skills in cloud computing and the Internet of Things
• Learn about cutting-edge technologies that are shaping the next iteration of the web
• Develop your skills in innovation and knowledge of social responsibility
• Gain business and entrepreneurial skills that will enhance your employability
• Experience a learning-by-doing approach to computer science education
• Improve your future employment prospects
• Enhance your professional network by meeting people with similar interests and different skill-sets
• Be part of a tech-literate, creative community

Ravensbourne has an established international reputation for innovation at the intersection of design and digital media. Our suite of MSc programmes, of which MSc Computer Science is an integral part, seeks to capitalise on and consolidate these past successes.

It aims to expand on Ravensbourne’s activities from its current position as an innovative user of technologies to a leading-edge creator of technologies.

The course invites prospective postgraduate students to be part of that journey, empowering them to draw on and learn from this rich history of innovative design thinking and apply this to the creation of new technologies.

Through this architecture degree course, you will take inspiration from art, philosophy and technology to explore the spaces and places we inhabit. With access to gold-standard facilities and the highest-calibre teaching, you will develop your own creative vision by exploring the role architecture plays in shaping our society.

Why study this architecture degree?

• Develop your own creative vision and refine your design skills
• Outstanding teaching from senior industry experts
• Tap into direct contacts to the architecture industry
• Cutting-edge facilities in an award-winning building
• Build a sophisticated, industry-quality portfolio
• Unparalleled opportunities in a design specialist institution
• Excellent post-graduation employment rate
• Contemporary, challenging and future-facing creative projects
• Develop a broad understanding of practical and theoretical themes

With access to state-of-the-art facilities and strong industry links, the illustration for communication degree course will enable you to sharpen your skillset, promote your craft and prepare you for industry

Why study this illustration degree?

Our challenging and exciting illustration course in London takes an innovative, experimental and critical approach to the broad practice of illustration. The three-year BA Honours degree will help you to develop new skills, encourage different ways of thinking, enable you to find your individual visual voice, and prepare you for the ever-moving creative landscape.

Working in a collaborative studio environment, you will have opportunities to
apply your skills across a range of illustrative applications, including: editorial, publishing, packaging, product, print, advertising, character and film.

Illustration for communication at Ravensbourne University London spans the creative spectrum, turning illustrators into contemporary visual storytellers. As it crosses so many creative boundaries, there are unparalleled opportunities for contemporary illustrators to work with time-based, sequential and narrative forms. This includes graphic design, advertising and publishing, fashion and product design, animation and games design.

Ready to find your visual voice and develop your own personal style? If you study this illustration degree you will work with text, drawings, moving images and printmaking to develop concepts for multiple industries – from commercial graphic design to fashion and animation.

Study for a UI/UX design course in London and create intuitive digital products and ingenious apps for the platforms of the future. With access to gold-standard facilities, you’ll become a master of functionality by creating effective design solutions for the user of tomorrow.

Why study this cyber security degree?

• This field represents a huge area of opportunity
• Inspire positive digital change 
• Develop a multidisciplinary design and digital skillset
• Explore design thinking, human-centred design and technology
• Learn from the best minds in the industry
• Tap into exceptional industry connections
• Design products and services that optimise user experience
• Develop a portfolio that showcases your creative and technical skills

A world of opportunity for the digital creative

User-experience and user-interface design is all around us, from the screens we tap and swipe to the services we rely on. UX and UI design is an emerging field of multidisciplinary skills and activities designing future-facing platforms. This includes: apps, websites, digital products and services, augmented and virtual reality experiences, installation design, wearable technology and the Internet of Things. 

This practice-led UI/UX design course in London, UK, looks at the fundamentals, including user research, experience design, interaction design, visual design and information architecture – and how these components can be professionally identified, investigated, informed and interrogated. It explores design thinking, human-centered design and the creative and innovative use of technology to boost organisations and inspire positive change.

When you graduate in BA (Hons) User Experience and User Interface Design at Ravensbourne University London, you will learn from the leading minds in the industry. You will combine theory with practice to understand user behaviour and design products and services that optimise the user’s experience. 

This UX design course explores the importance of designing for the end-user experience with intuitive user interfaces. You will develop an individual portfolio of projects based on user-centred research and design experimentation, which will showcase your creative, analytical and technical expertise.

UX/UI designers are in huge demand across all sectors, and owed to our exceptional industry connections, this course is designed to make you truly industry ready.

In this compelling interior architecture degree course, you will explore both the traditional and contemporary to become a multidisciplinary master of architecture and interior design. With access to gold-standard facilities, you will develop a mix of theoretical and practical design skills, and apply them to reimagine both commercial and retail environments

Why study this architecture and interior design degree?

• Architects' Registration Board (ARB) Part 1 prescription
• Develop your creative voice 
• Unparalleled opportunities in a design specialist institution
• Cutting-edge facilities in an award-winning building
• Outstanding teaching from senior industry experts 
• Direct contacts to industry
• Ambitious, nurturing environment 
• Excellent post-graduation employment rate
• Get involved in challenging, future-facing creative projects
• A top 10 world academic institution in its subject areas

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At home, in work or on the move, interior design plays an increasingly important role in defining the identity and atmosphere of a room, building or space – and how people will consciously and subconsciously interact with it. Whilst studying this interior design course in London, you will develop your own visual language by shadowing industry experts and established professionals in their own practices. 

During the three-year interior architecture and design degree, you will research, investigate and evolve ideas surrounding the creation, rehabilitation and reimagining of new and existing buildings and spaces. Taught by industry experts, many of whom run their own design practices, you will develop your own visual language and develop your personality as an interior designer.

Working with contemporary technologies in our design studio and workshops, you’ll explore and push design boundaries, balance style and function, examine user-experience, and consider the importance of sustainability. You will learn the tools and techniques that equip students with the necessary skillsets to navigate our digital and physical worlds through design.

If creating interior spaces across residential, office, retail, industrial or community environments ignites your passion, our BA Honours degree in Interior Design Environment Architectures will open the door to a range of career possibilities across new built environments and the rejuvenation and repurposing of existing buildings.

The BSc (Hons) Creative Computing degree is a flexible, innovative course that will enable you to explore how computing and digital technologies can enhance creativity. This unique course will give you both the creative and technical skills required to succeed in industry.

Why study this landscape architecture degree?

• Become a creative professional in computing
• Great industry prospects: develop a skillset in high demand 
• Combine creative flair with technical nous
• Discover a diverse array of interactive and digital systems
• Become the all-rounder your future employer needs
• Gain first-hand experience of immersive technologies
• Access first-class computing tools
• Work with both technology specialists and creatives

Because techies and creatives aren’t mutually exclusive

Combine creative flair with a technical grounding on this immersive creative computing degree course in London. With access to state-of-the-art computing tools, you will utilise emerging technologies and learn about interactive systems, web and mobile technologies, digital art and multimedia streaming.

The course’s raison d'être has been shaped by industry demands. The boundary between digital and creative roles is blurring all the time, and few graduates have the combination of skills employers are looking for. As such, our creative computing course arms students with a portfolio of artistic, design and technical skills through an exciting and flexible programme.

You will explore how computing and digital technologies can enhance creativity and develop the skills and knowledge to become a creative professional within the media and arts industries. The course focuses on two distinct pathways to give you an understanding of computing and digital technologies across the spectrum. 

During your first year, you’ll gain a solid grounding in technology and focus on its application in creative contexts, as well as skills in designing computer applications, developing your technological creativity and investigating the process of new media development using programming languages.

In years two and three, you’ll have the opportunity to either concentrate on the artistic aspects of the subject or take a more scientific approach. The course can be shaped to meet your own personal passions. 

This highly versatile degree prepares you for a range of careers within the computing and digital technologies sector. Are you ready to become a creative-techie hybrid?