Is this course for me?

Our Bachelor of Arts in Animation is your gateway to one of the most exciting creative careers in the world. Animation has a significant and growing profile in Ireland right now, and the opportunities on the national and international stage have never been greater.

Whether it’s children’s TV series, advertisements, music videos, the gaming industry or film, animation is everywhere and the skills required to bring a still image bursting to life are more sought after than ever before.

Industry Standard Learning

ATU Animation Donegal has strived from it’s inception to stay abreast of industry standard practices and workflows. These are embedded heavily into the course across all modules. We are extremely well equipped with a film studio including green screen, a motion Capture studio, Wacom tablets connected to powerful workstations and full suites of Adobe and Autodesk software as well as games engines and other animation steadfasts. So if you’re interested in stop motion, classical animation, 3d animation games or special effects we have you covered.

Module updates from ATU Animation

Character Design Year1

Character Design Year1

In first year drawing studies the students are introduced to many key concepts of drawing for art and for animation's sake. Towards the ned of the module they were asked to create character designs for animation purposes. These ones on the right are by 1st Year...

Created a Monster

Created a Monster

So in the compositing and Visual Effects module the 3rd year animation students have been looking at how to combine 3d elements with real world film. Their acting hasn't been great so far but the amalgamation of the two seems to be working quite well. Above you can...

Robot Modelling

Robot Modelling

During this brief in Animation Production Skills 1, year 2 animation students were asked to create their first 3d model. The students had already designed a robot during the first Drawing and Design module brief and now they were tasked with creating that model in 3d....

Sketchbook Submission

Sketchbook Submission

Drawing and Design1- Sketchbook Submissions. So during the month of October the students of year 2 animation were tasked with filling an A5 sketchbook with drawings they produced through the month. They could chose to use Inktober prompts from Jake Parker or to spend...

General News from ATU Animation

3d Development Process

3d Development Process

When studying animation at ATU Donegal the processes involved in the development of animated characters for 3d production are covered in full. This video shows a remake of a Pokémon character, Gibble, in a more realistic form. It covers the processes involved from...

Design Showreel 2021

Design Showreel 2021

This is a video outlining work from the entire design department here at ATU Donegal. It features work from the Graphic Design, Animation, Fashion and Film courses. The year 2021 was the year we were hit with lockdowns and Covid but the students managed to pull of...

Showreel 2023

Showreel 2023

The Animation Showreel from the graduation class of 2023 has some brilliant work included. Student work is featured from Mark Craig, Nimah Farragher, Rachel Elves, Lochlainn Kelly and Shona Scott to name a few. Have a look!