In a world dominated by visual media, there is a growing demand for artists who can imaginatively interpret the environment in which we live, producing innovative, eye-catching visual content.

This program is available as 3 years full-time, 4 years sandwich, Flexible part-time options.

We enjoy high levels of student satisfaction 100% of students said the staff were enthusiastic about what they teach in the latest National Student Survey (NSS) 2016. We will encourage you to be imaginative, ambitious and resourceful, preparing you for the challenges of an unpredictable, demanding and globally-competitive world.

Career prospects

The Illustration and Animation (Hons) at Coventry University is designed to reflect the expectations of creative, professional practice, encouraging you to produce work of the highest calibre.

Professional experience is embedded into our course, which is why we have high levels of graduate employability. You will have the opportunity to undertake a commission, live brief or competition brief in order to give you a sense of the demands of working for a client or external agency.

The program aims to equip you with the skills to develop independent thought, innovation, imagination, critical reflection and confidence in your practice, as well as transferrable skills suitable for employment across the full breadth of the creative industries. Whether your career goals include publishing or exhibiting, working for clients or as a self-sufficient artist or all of them Ð on successful completion of the course, you should be able to apply your skills in a variety of contexts and do so with confidence.