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NZD 26000

Annual Tuition Fee

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*Subject to change and other fees
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 Free

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10 months

Duration

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5.5

IELTS

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46

TOEFL

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50%

Min GPA

Program Overview

Launch your animation career with a comprehensive foundation course designed to equip you with essential skills in both 2D and 3D animation.

Throughout the course, you'll explore the fundamentals of character animation, develop your art-skills, learn to refine and create believable animation characters and effects, and build your toolkit in 3D modelling and VFX.

It’s here that you’ll also learn the nuts and bolts of 2D animation methods like movement and dialogue, and build up your knowledge of animator software, workflow and industry practice.

If you want to become a 2D animator, venture into game art and development, or 3D animation production, then this course is the best way to begin!


What you'll learn

Foundations 

First things first. Learn the principles of animation and how to apply these ideas to different media. You'll be introduced to various software while developing your art skills, observing forms, and build on skills to draw from real-life.

Digital Production

You then delve into the more complex stuff, turning your ideas into realistic assets by working with 3D modelling software to develop your skills in 3D modelling, and texturing of characters and objects. 

Key animation 

Learn to refine and create believable animation characters and effects in this module. You'll build on fundamental 3D character animation processes using animation software, and learn how to plan and execute animation performances.  

Final Image

Aesthetic appeal is the focus for this module. You develop your composition skills, and further develop in texturing, lighting and rendering concepts to produce final images and image sequences for animation. You'll learn how to pay close attention to mood, atmosphere and composition of your final image, creating animation to industry standard.

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Additional Information

Program Level UG Certificate / Diploma

College/University Processing Time 30 Days

Program Format Full-Time

Program Intake

Open

Feb 2025

General Admission Requirement

    Academic Requirement

    • Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted into this program, applicants must have Grade 12 / High School diploma or equivalent

    5.5 IELTS Score
    46 TOEFL Score Minimum Overall Score
    42 PTE Score Minimum Overall Score
    50% CGPA Minimum Overall Score

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    Tuition Fee

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    Average Tuition Fee Per Year

    26000

    Tuition Fee
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     Free

    Application Fee
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    20000 Per year

    Average Cost of Living
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    The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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    Scholarships

    Undergraduate Scholarships

    • If you are a first year student looking to enrol into our On-Campus Bachelor of Animation, Bachelor of Digital Innovation, Bachelor of Software Engineering, you could be eligible to receive a scholarship when you meet our requirements.
    • The scholarship is valued at 25% of the tuition fee in the first year of bachelor degree courses. Application via email to admissions team is required to receive this scholarship.
    • Please note: 15% progression discount of the annual tuition fee for 2nd and 3rd year will be automatically applied to your offer letter and it will not be shown as scholarship.
    • Other Yoobee certificate and diploma courses: the scholarship is valued at 15% of tuition fee. Application via email to admissions team is required to receive this scholarship.

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