The Computer Animation program at Ringling College of Art and Design is ranked #1 in North America by 3D World magazine for the second year in a row! 3D World is an international magazine for 3D artists.

Student Academy Award winner Bevin Carnes, Class of 2007, was recently featured in an on-air interview on ABC's Good Morning America. Bevin received the Student Academy Award for "A Leg Up", the animated short that she created during her senior year at Ringling.  View the interview at http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4276368. See "A Leg Up" at the Computer Animation portfolio link on the Ringling College website. Bevin is now employed by Walt Disney Studios. 

In Ringling College of Art and Design's deep and specialized four-year Computer Animation degree program, you will develop skills in modeling, lighting, motion and sound - while learning how to tell a story. At the same time, you will gain command of the technical skills required in today's highly competitive animation industry.

Firms from all over the world look to Ringling College for the best and brightest computer animation artists because our students possess the proper balance of technical skills and aesthetic development.They have the ability to create as well as produce.

Artist, animator, actor, storyteller, modeler, lighting director, set designer, costumer, sound designer and film director - you will use all of these skills and more. At Ringling College, you will take courses that focus on both the conceptual and the technical, as you learn to master communication through movement and bring your ideas to life.

The application deadline for admission to the Computer Animation and Game Art & Design majors for Fall 2009 is Jan. 15, 2009. All other majors have rolling admissions.