The DePaul Animation Program offers MFA, BFA, MA, and BA degrees in Animation for cinema and game art.
The DePaul Animation Program is part of DePaul University's School of Cinematic Arts. There are currently over 200 majors enrolled in our Animation MFA, MA, BFA and BA degrees, and we have 11 full-time Animation faculty members who have worked for studios including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, JibJab, Sesame Street, Klasky Csupo, and Will Vinton. Past visiting artis
ts include the Brothers Quay, Yuri Norstein, David O’Reilly, the Wachowskis, Chris Sasaki of Pixar, and Jesse Moynihan, Michael Deforge, and Sam Alden of Adventure Time. We offer studies in hand-drawn animation, Maya, game art, motion graphics, experimental animation, technical art, and stop motion animation. Animation resources include two teaching labs with 25 Cintiqs each, a stop motion studio, two green screen stages, a sound recording and mixing studio, and a mocap studio. Animation students have also been a part of game teams that have produced the IGF Student Showcase winning games Octodad and Devil’s Tuning Fork. Learn more about our degrees:
