Animation is a fast growing industry both in India as well as abroad. The bachelor degree in Animation is a 3 – year full time course designed as per the norms of UGC. Most of the Universities are offering diploma programs in Animation and visual effects. The main advantage of the program is that students can easily develop a good career in well-reputed organizations. A career in animation are best suited for those who are creative in nature. This is a very exciting field and also lucrative. The compensation packages offered to well-experienced animation professionals is high when compared with that of Indian counterparts.

The courses can help one find jobs in

• Broadcast Design
• Game Design
• CD-ROM Design
• Web Design
• Simulations
• CD-ROMs
• Film Effects, Characters and Props
• Television Effects, Characters and Props etc

Best colleges for doing Animation Courses

Institutes offering animation and visual effects programs are mentioned below:

• Aartissan Academy of Animation & Multimedia, Ahmedabad, India
• Academy of Applied Arts, Delhi, India
• Animaster Delhi, Delhi, India
• Arena Animation Academy, Andheri [West], Mumbai, India
• Arena Animation Academy, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, India
• Arena Animation Sayajigunj, Vadodara, India
• Arena Animation, Chennai, India
• Arena Animation, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata, India
• Arena Animation, Koramangala, Bangalore, India
• Arena Animation, Surat, India
• Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, India
• Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India
• Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects, Lucknow, India
• i-Nurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India
• Magic N Colors School of Animation, Hyderabad, India
• Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), Noida, Delhi, India
• Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), Bhopal, India
• Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), Nagpur, India
• Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (Satellite Branch, Ahmedabad, India
• Picasso Animation College, Lucknow, India
• Picasso Animation College, Rajouri Garden, Delhi, India
• TCIL-IT (A Govt. of India Enterprise), Ahmedabad, India
• Vogue institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore, India
• Wider Horizons, Bangalore, India
• WLC College India, Bhubaneswar, India
• WLC College India, Chandigarh, India
• WLC College India, Indore, India
• WLC College India, Lucknow, India
• WLC College India, Nagpur, Nagpur, India
• WLC College India, Jaipur, India

Pan Asian Animation College is one among the pioneer institutions in Animation, which offers a lot of standardized Diploma programs in Animation and visual effects. The College also offers B Sc Degree courses in animation. The placement cell of Pan Asian Animation College is able to place most of their students in well reputed Companies operating in Animation sector. Other institutes such as Arena Animation Academy, WLC College India are the names which have made a mark in providing education programs in Animation.