MA 2D Animation and Stop Motion (with Advanced Practice) at Teesside University

Programme overview

MA 2D Animation and Stop Motion (with Advanced Practice) is a full-time postgraduate course in which students write, design and animate a short film to festival-ready standard, with an added internship (advanced practice) element.

Department: Animation, Concept Art & Visual Effects | Duration: Full-time: 20 months (September start) or 2 years (January start) | Intake: January, September | Study mode: full-time | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules are Anatomy of a Film, Creative Animation, Final Film, Industry Practice, Production Design and Script and Pitch, plus an advanced practice internship that is either vocational (one semester in industry or on placement in the university) or research (within a university research team).

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Application information

Entry requirements

At least a UK 2.2 honours degree in animation or equivalent. Students with a degree awarded outside the UK must also meet the university's minimum English language requirements. International applicants need IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in each band (or equivalent PTE Academic 59, TOEFL or other accepted test); the 6.0 level applies to postgraduate art and design, business, computing, engineering, science, animation and games programmes.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,417 a year (2026/27). Full-time, 2026/27 entry. Source

International applicants: GBP 20,000 for the whole programme (2026/27). International two-year Advanced practice/Applied master's total (GBP 10,000 per year); tuition only Source

Intake: January, September

Duration: Full-time: 20 months (September start) or 2 years (January start)

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