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Bachelor's in Global Animation

Bring out all your creativity and learn 2D and 3D animation techniques as well as other global approaches to visual expression.

Lisboa
Setembro 2026
  • Bachelor's in Global Animation

Bachelor's in Global Animation

Português
Início
Setembro 2026
Duração
3 anos
Horário
Daytime
Idioma
Inglês
ECTS
180 ECTS

Bachelor's in Global Animation

The Bachelor's Degree in Global Animation offers comprehensive training in the areas of Audiovisuals and Media Production, with a special focus on 2D and 3D animation techniques and other global approaches to visual expression. 

This degree emphasises the Fine Arts, integrating subjects that deal with drawing and illustration, character development, sets and digital painting. 

The syllabus is structured in such a way as to have a balanced combination of theory and practice and with a methodology that aims to meet the needs of students throughout their academic experience, promoting a gradual and structured evolution of knowledge. 

At the end of the Bachelor of Arts in Global Animation, students will be able to develop a critical, comprehensive and organised vision of the various areas that make up the field of animation and thus build a national and international career, since it is taught in English.

Additionally, all students also receive, during their 3-year degree, the Adobe Pack.

Why study Global Animation?

The Bachelor of Arts in Global Animation is distinguished by several innovative aspects that make it a strategic choice for future animation professionals.

Oriente Green Campus

A SPACE WHERE CREATIVITY HAS NO BOUNDARIES.

Here you will have a transformative experience where innovation, technology and creativity merge to create a unique and distinctive learning environment.

Get ready to take your talent to the next level at the new IADE campus in 2025.

Study plan

Consult the structure of the curricular plan

1º Semester
2º Semester
3º Semester
4º Semester
5º Semester
6º Semester
SUBJECTSHOURS/WEEKECTS
2D Animation I7010
Drawing and the Human Figure I567.5
Screenwriting282.5
Art History282.5
2D Digital Studio I 567.5
SUBJECTSHOURS/WEEKECTS
2D Animation II7010
Drawing and the Human Figure II567.5
History of Animation282.5
2D Digital Workshop II567.5
Storyboard282.5
SUBJECTSHOURS/WEEKECTS
Cinematography282.5
Character Design and Development 425
Photography285
3D Modelling567.5
2D Animation Project7010
SUBJECTSHOURS/WEEKECTS
Acting for Animation282.5
3D Animation567.5
Applied Artificial Intelligence282.5
Stop-Motion Laboratory567.5
3D Animation Project 7010
SUBJECTSHOURS/WEEKECTS
Preliminary Animation Project7010
Design and Graphic Creation I567.5
Sound Laboratory567.5
Portfolio and Digital Entrepreneurship282.5
Audiovisual Semiotics282.5
SUBJECTSHOURS/WEEKECTS
Design and Graphic Design II425
Production and Direction425
Animation Project7010
Seminar and Research Practicals282.5
VFX and Audiovisual Post-Production567.5

Admission exams

The following exam:  
· 16 Mathematics
 Or one of the following combinations of exams:
· 02 Biology and Geology and 16 Mathematics
 ·    04 Economics and 16 Mathematics
 ·    07 Physics and Chemistry and 16 Mathematics
 ·    10 Descriptive Geometry and 16 Mathematics
 ·    13 English and 16 Mathematics
 ·    18 Portuguese and 16 Mathematics

Coordinator

Docente Pedro Mota

Pedro Mota Teixeira

Diretor da Licenciatura em Global Animation

Doutorado em Ciências da Comunicação, com especialização em Audiovisual e tese em Animação Digital (Universidade do Minho), mestre em Arte Multimédia e licenciado em Design de Comunicação pela Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto. Estudou animação na École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris e é cofundador e Presidente da Organização da CONFIA — Conferência Internacional de Ilustração e Animação, desde 2012. É também diretor da Spiceship Studios, onde escreve, realiza e produz curtas-metragens, séries de animação, videoclipes e efeitos especiais para cinema e televisão.

Career opportunities

The course trains students for effective entry into the job market, while also giving them the chance to continue their studies in related areas such as Digital Design, Visual Communication and other aspects of animation.
  • Ícone de caneta
    Animation Production and Direction
  • Ícone de emoji
    Character and Set Development
  • Ícone de pincel
    Illustration and Digital Painting
  • Ícone de mensagem
    Communication Design Applied to Animation
  • Ícone de gráfico ascendente
    Motion Designer
  • Ícone de lâmpada
    Concept Artist

Admissions

Candidates interested in joining IADE can apply throughout the year. The application process is limited by existing vacancies and the suitability of the candidate's profile to the study cycle of interest.

To start the admission process, the candidate must follow these 3 steps.

Certification and accreditation

Accreditation and Report by A3ES   for the Degree in Global Animation. 

 Registration  R/A-Cr 161/2024 (DGES) 
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