Bachelor Digital Animation

The Digital Animation bachelor is an animation film programme where we explore all traditional animation techniques (painting, sand, cutouts, stop motion...) as well as 2D and 3D so that students can express themselves through them, whether experimentally, documentary or fictionally, in the creation of animations experiments and films. Digital Animation students are encouraged to explore techniques or combinations of techniques to find a new perspective or a new approach to a theme or story. It is not a technical programme. The Digital Animation bachelor was designed based on the stages of filmmaking, where each stage offers a skill and area of specialization (directing, production, animation...).

This study cycle accepts candidates who submit their application via the institutional entry admission and have obtained a positive score on one or in the following sets of the national exams:


Candidates may also apply via the regimes of institution/programme transfer or via Special Application, in accordance with the legal regulations in force (holders of higher education degree, holders of a Technological Specialization Course, holders of Professional Higher Technician Course or Over 23 years of Age). Candidates who meet the requirements defined in the International Student Statute can also apply.

The Digital Animation bachelor is intended for all the candidates mentioned in the "entry requirements", with emphasis on their artistic and creative qualities and, above all, their willingness to learn and work combined with a passion for animation.

The professional opportunities are the same as the skills to be acquired: - Production of animation films; - 2D and 3D modelling; - Stopmotion, 2d and 3d animation; - Set lighting for stopmotion animation; - Construction of propps for stopmotion animation - Digital illustration; - 2d and 3d character design - Storyboards, animation layouts and animatics - Scriptwriting; - Sound design for film and animation projects - VFX and compositing - Promotion and distribution; - Concept development, storyboard production and project writing;

The bachelor's in Digital Animation gives pathway to the Master in Animation Arts programme and also in the Erasmus Mundus Master Re:Anima.

José Miguel Ribeiro Pedro Serrazina Lea Vidakovic João Miguel Real Possidónio Cachapa Ana Carina Estroia David Novack Filipe Vale Hedisson Mota Hugo de Azevedo Jerónimo Ribeiro Rocha João Alves Luís Canau Natalie Woolf Osvaldo Media Paulo Viveiros Pedro Sousa Ricardo Figueira Ricardo Mata Ricardo Nunes Sandra Ramos

The Lusófona University campus has a large audiovisual and multimedia production facilities which includes spaces specifically dedicated to the field of animation, with particular emphasis on a classroom with animation sets where students work on various techniques (clay, cutouts, sand, oil, puppets ...), a construction classroom with all the necessary tools and machinery plus an animation set, a 3D animation classroom with PCs with Maya, Blender and Mudbox, a 2D classroom with macs and cintiqs with Toon Boom Harmony and Krita, and a drawing and design classroom with easels. We also have a theater with 160 seats (Sala Fernando Lopes).

The artistic process is a matter of research and is very present in the work that is developed in the Digital Animation programme. Additionally, animation is increasingly requested in the world of scientific research as a visualization method. For example, students have participated in veterinary medicine projects (The Dog of Muge), biomechanics, among others. On the other hand, there are several disciplines that provide current social and ecological issues, for example, which encourage students to investigate before moving on with their film projects.

Schedule: The programme runs on a daytime basis, Monday to Friday, from 8.00-18.00. External students may only register for the following courses: 1st semester: History of Animation Cinema (1st year) 2nd semester: Visual Culture (1st year)