Computer Animation
Ringling College Computer Animation students do it all. In our world-renowned computer animation program, you will learn to create characters, bring them to life, and tell their stories.
“Onigami”
Eric Wang ’20
Create the illusion of life in this world-renowned BFA program.
In the Ringling College Computer Animation program, students do it all. In our world-renowned animation program, you will learn to create characters and tell their stories, as well as design, paint, model, texture, animate, light, composite, and edit original films. As a Computer Animation student, you will combine essential technical skills with conceptually original ideas that affect an audience emotionally, visually, and intellectually.
This mix of talents is why we have been called the number one computer animation program in North America and why animation studios from all over the world look to us for the best and the brightest. Our graduates go on to win in film festivals and Student Academy Awards and become tomorrow’s top animated filmmakers.
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News
#1 Animation School in the US
Our Computer Animation major was named the #1 Animation program in the US by Animation Career Review.
We were also ranked #1 in these categories as well:
#1 Nationally (Top 1%)
#1 Nationally among Private Schools and Colleges (Top 2%)
#1 in the South
#1 in Florida
#1 Nationally among schools offering an Animation BFA
See the full list of 2020 Rankings by Animation Career Review.
Computer Animation Grads Win Student Oscar
Congrats to Kate Namowicz and Skyler Porras for winning a 2020 Student Academy Award for their animated film Mime Your Manners!
Hear from Kate Namowicz and Skyler Porras after winning their award.
2020/2021 Visiting Artists
Hamilton Lewis
Liron Topaz
BJ Crawford
Awards + Rankings
Animation Program in the US
Animation Career Review
3D Animation School in the World
The Rookies
Animation Program
College Magazine
Best Animation School
Animation Magazine
16 Student Academy Awards
2020 Winner: Mime Your Manners
31 Electronic Theater Winners
SIGGRAPH USA
Opportunities for students
To further inform the work of our fourth year students, we bring in renowned, successful visiting artists to participate in milestone critiques. Coming from the top studios, brands, and businesses in the industry, our artists offer a relevant, real-world perspective to bring student thinking out of the classroom into the professional arena. This process provides our students with invaluable feedback from the best of the best in the field, which they can immediately apply to their current works in process.
INDEX is Ringling College's promise to provide every student the opportunity to have hands-on industry experience before graduation by offering real-world projects with real-world clients. This pillar of the Ringling College experience, alongside Academic and Student Life programs, is an experiential education initiative that allows students to learn how to turn passion into profession.
INDEX represents one of Ringling College's core purposes of focusing on our students' futures in the creative industries and empowering them to thrive as creative leaders. By connecting students with leading brands and clients to develop creative solutions for business challenges, INDEX mirrors the most successful studios and organizations by bringing together multiple creative disciplines to blend artistry with emerging techniques, and to seamlessly integrate design, storytelling, and technology to produce work that is driven by strategy and supported by style.
INDEX opportunities are abundant and available through experiential learning in the classroom, the Design Center, Studio Labs, ART Network, the Makerspace, as client competitions and immersive experiences, volunteerism, internships, and elective courses.
To further inform the work of our fourth year students, we bring in renowned, successful visiting artists to participate in milestone critiques. Coming from the top studios, brands, and businesses in the industry, our artists offer a relevant, real-world perspective to bring student thinking out of the classroom into the professional arena. This process provides our students with invaluable feedback from the best of the best in the field, which they can immediately apply to their current works in process.
INDEX is Ringling College's promise to provide every student the opportunity to have hands-on industry experience before graduation by offering real-world projects with real-world clients. This pillar of the Ringling College experience, alongside Academic and Student Life programs, is an experiential education initiative that allows students to learn how to turn passion into profession.
INDEX represents one of Ringling College's core purposes of focusing on our students' futures in the creative industries and empowering them to thrive as creative leaders. By connecting students with leading brands and clients to develop creative solutions for business challenges, INDEX mirrors the most successful studios and organizations by bringing together multiple creative disciplines to blend artistry with emerging techniques, and to seamlessly integrate design, storytelling, and technology to produce work that is driven by strategy and supported by style.
INDEX opportunities are abundant and available through experiential learning in the classroom, the Design Center, Studio Labs, ART Network, the Makerspace, as client competitions and immersive experiences, volunteerism, internships, and elective courses.
