Best Places to study 3d animation

[vidhill]

This came up on creative ireland so I said I'd post this
for anyone trying to decide where is the best to study. (acccording to 3D World magazine, that is)

The world top 20 3D courses are available from 3dworld's site here

The top twenty courses worldwide are:

1 Supinfocom
2 Filmakademie Baden-Wuertemmberg
3 Gobelins, L’école de l’image
4 Ringling College of Art and Design
5 Vancouver Film School
6 Ecole National Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
7 Royal College of Art
8 Bournemouth University, NCCA
9 University of Southern California
10 Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
11 CalArts School of Film/Video
12 National Film and Television School
13 Ecole Emile Cohl
14 Savannah College of Art and Design
15 School of Visual Arts
16 University of Wales
17 Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques
18 University of Teesside
19 RMIT Univeristy
20 Rhode Island School of Design

The top ten courses in the UK and Ireland are:

1. Bournemouth University, NCCA, Dorset
2. University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley
3. Escape Studios, London
4. University of Wales, Newport, Walse
5. De Montfort University, Leicester, Leicestershire
6. Royal College of Art, London
7. School of Digital Media at Swansea Institute. Swansea, Wales
8. University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland
9. National Film & Television School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
10. Causway Institute, Coraline, Co Derry NORTHERN IRELAND

[subedei]

Not sure how accurate this, had a friend who went to Bournemouth for a masters and he said the degree level classes had poor equipment and the quality wasnt good. Also know a few people from Teeside and their work wasnt impressive, same goes for Abertay. None of them are on par with the work I have seen from the Vancouver Film School.

[vidhill]

They rankings were based on how many student films got into a number of festivals over a five year period, but grading using a system like that is probably prone to give some false indications, the top ten I posted were the top ten for UK and Ireland. I think I'll edit it and add in the world top 20 too...

I've sent an email to 3d world asking if they'd post a pdf of the whole article because they have a breakdown of all courses in UK and Ireland too which I think would be a great resource, if they get back to me I'll post it up.

[narfnarf]

There was an article in 3D World Mag on this topic a few issues back.

[kevinaddes]

Hi,
Here are some best school for 3D animation.
Royal college of Art
National Film School
Saint Maetin's college of Art and Design