Animation (Hons) Dún Laoghaire, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

Overview

Explore and document your world as you learn the skills to become an animation production artist. You will develop creative and technical expertise, as well as the conceptual and cultural knowledge to be an informed and confident contributor to the animated art form.

One of the youngest and most exciting disciplines, animation’s unique storytelling potential has made it an increasingly important part of entertainment, advertising, education and communication in the twenty-first century.

What will I be able to do when I graduate?

The goal of the Animation (Hons) at Dún Laoghaire, Institute of Art, Design + Technology is that students will be equipped with creative expertise and transferable skills so that they have the ability to choose their own paths after graduation. Students often go on to work in the animation industry in Ireland and abroad, some start their own companies, and others become successful freelancers. 

Graduates sometimes shift direction into new creative fields such as book illustration or web-based content. Students have progressed to postgraduate programmes in film and animation and a number of them have become educators.

Students have gone on to work at industry leading companies such as; Boulder Media, JAM Media, Brown Bag Films, WETA Workshops, Cartoon Saloon, JibJab, among many others.