The Graduate Certificate in Animation and Visualisation (GCAV) is ideal for students wanting to gain some experience with early stage professional animation production, without having to commit to a year of full-time study.
Graduate Certificate in Animation and Visualisation
Learn the early stages of animation production
The Graduate Certificate in Animation and Visualisation (GCAV) has been developed in partnership with the industry-leading digital animation studio Animal Logic through the UTS Animal Logic Academy, to introduce participants to the creative and working practices, procedures and standards of a professional digital production studio.
Structured in crew roles, students work in collaborative teams to develop an early stage, professional-style animation project. Under the guidance and mentorship of practitioners and leaders from the industry, learning takes place in a custom-built digital production studio modelled on real-world production work structure and engineered to the highest industry standards.
Students engage in the early-stage development of an animation project, working in their chosen specialisation:
- Story development (concept, storyboarding, pre-visualisation)
- Art and design (concept art, character design, environment design, prop design)
- Asset creation (modelling, rigging)
- Layout and animation (early stage animation)
- Project management (collaborative team skills and pipeline integration)
Multidisciplinary knowledge is supported by masterclasses and mentoring by industry and academic experts. Students engage in collaborative problem-solving and knowledge-sharing as a dynamic process in a professional-like production environment.
The full-time GCAV is run over a 14 week block, 9am – 5pm Monday to Thursday. Friday is a self-directed learning day students can complete remotely.
Successful completion prepares graduates for entry level employment and/or articulation into the Master of Animation and Visualisation program (with 24 units of credit).
What are the course dates?
The Graduate Certificate in Animation and Visualisation is run over 1 session, in a 14 week block:
- Studio 1: February 3 – May 9 2025 (14 weeks)
What happens during the GCAV?
The Graduate Certificate in Animation and Visualisation (GCAV) is run over 1 session, in a 14 week block, 9am – 5pm Monday to Thursday. Friday is a self-directed learning day students can complete remotely.
Studio 1
3 February – 9 May 2025 (14 weeks / March Session)
In this session, you are allocated into departments based on your nominated specialisation. These include art department, previs/layout, modelling, surfacing, rigging, visual effects, animation, technical direction or production coordination.
While working in your teams, the entire cohort is tasked with developing a short 3D animated film, approaching it like a high-end commercial studio. Dailies and desk rounds are run, to ensure the work is constantly improved and refined. The Leads function as mentors, running masterclasses throughout the week and ensuring the project is kept on track and delivered to industry standards.
About the ALA teaching team
The Animal Logic Academy leaders are all highly experienced industry professionals, with decades of experience producing award winning work. You can see details about the backgrounds of our awesome team leaders on the Meet the Animal Logic team page.
Costs explained
Cost information is centralised over the UTS fees page, where you will have to enter the relevant course information to get the current course fees.
To search course fees, please use the Tuition Fees Search and enter the following information:
- Choose ‘Search for fees by course’
- If you are a domestic student, select Fee Type ‘Postgraduate Domestic Coursework’
If you are an international student, select Fee Type ‘Postgraduate International Coursework’
(Please note, here is additional information on costs for international students) - Fee year: 2025
- Cohort year: 2025
- Course area: ‘Information Technology’
- Course code: ‘C11326’
To find the search results please scroll down the page and you will be able to view both the ‘Fee per credit point (CP)’ and ‘Fee per session’.
The calculator shows both the ‘Fee per credit point (CP)’ and ‘Fee per session’ for the GCAV.
There is 1 session for this course, comprising of 24 credit points.
If you do have to pay a fee and you're a local student, you may be eligible for FEE-HELP, an Australian Government loan scheme. Using FEE-HELP means you don't have to pay for your tuition fees up front. Learn more about FEE-HELP
You can choose to repay your FEE-HELP loan simply by notifying your employer who will then withhold your payments through the PAYG tax system. You can also make payments directly to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
If you've already completed a degree at UTS then you're eligible for the Alumni Advantage program, which offers a 10% savings on full fee paying degree programs. Find out if you're eligible for the Alumni Advantage
For postgraduate by research degrees, you will need to either pay a fee or, if you're eligible for the Research Training Program, the Australian Government will cover the cost for you. Learn more about domestic HDR fees
Join our staff for a one on one consultation
Book a 15 minute live video chat with one of our staff to get your questions answered about studying at the
UTS Animal Logic Academy.
To best assist you with answering your questions, when booking a session please let us know which specialisation you would like to focus your studies on.
To help guide you, in 2025 the Academy is looking for applicants who want to specialise in the following areas:
Art/Design and Story, Previs, Modelling, Surfacing, Rigging, Layout, Animation, Visual Effects, Technical Direction and/or Production Management.
Common questions
We also have a Common questions section with answers to more common questions we're asked. If you don't find the info you need there, please email us at animallogicacademy@uts.edu.au
