Animation Production with Foundation Year at Arts University Bournemouth
Animation Production with Foundation Year (BA (Hons), 615F) at Arts University Bournemouth asked for 32 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 144–159 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on aub.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~32 points
Openbelow CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check aub.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 32
The middle entrant had 144–159 points.
95 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 7%, a degree 3%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- 615F
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark for the purposes of indicating courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
92%
still studying
UK 85%
7%
left higher education
UK 10%
1%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
120 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course83%86%
Learning opportunities70%83%
Assessment and feedback80%85%
Academic support75%90%
Organisation and management47%71%
Learning resources81%88%
Student voice62%79%
60 final-year students · 58% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£22k5 years£26.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 240 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
72% working9% working and studying2% studying10% unemployed6% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
48%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 50%
55%
say their work is meaningful
UK 58%
35%
use what they learned
UK 35%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals21%
- Elementary occupations18%
- Sales occupations14%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations11%
- Managers, directors and senior officials5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 85 graduates · 55% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5HH
Subjects
animation design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Arts University Bournemouth
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Cinematics and photography at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sunderland | Animation and Games Art with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 40 points | 112–127 |
| Wrexham University | Photography BA (Hons) | 40 points | — |
| Arts University Bournemouth | Animation Production with Foundation Year this course | 32 points | 144–159 |
| Bedford College Group | Photography HNC | 32 points | — |
| City of Bristol College | Photography HNC | 32 points | — |
| Falmouth University | Animation with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 32 points | under 96 |
| New College Durham | Film and Media Production FdA | 32 points | — |
| Raindance Film School London | Directing HNC | 32 points | — |
| Warwickshire College and University Centre | Graphic Design with Photography with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 32 points | — |
| West Herts College Group | Film and Television HND | 32 points | — |
| University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) | Photography HNC | 21 - 24 points | — |
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