Bachelor’s degree · BFA
Experimental Animation
OCAD University · OCAD University · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Official award
- Bachelor of Fine ArtsBFA
- Subject
- Animation
- Format
- On campusfour-year program
- Tuition
- CA$7,800per year, 2026/2027 Fall and Winter (approximate)
About this program
A four-year program focused on experimental animation within contemporary art.
- Department
- OCAD University
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Bachelor of Fine ArtsBFA
- Award family
- BFAA Bachelor of Fine Arts, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- Academic level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Animation | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- four-year program
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- OCAD U downtown Toronto campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Published language requirements
- Applicants whose first language is not English must submit an English language proficiency test result
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio required
- Portfolio details
- Number of works: most portfolios ask you to submit 8-10 pieces of finished work, alongside a sketchbook and statement of intent
- Platform: SlideRoom
- Written components: Statement of intent (maximum 300 words)
- Interview
- Not published
- Statement
- Statement of intent, maximum 300 words
- Previous qualification
- For Ontario high school students, a minimum overall average of 70%
- Deadlines
- January 15, 2027 – Recommended application deadline for Group A: Current Ontario High School Students · Fall 2027
- February 1, 2027 - Application deadline for Group B: All other applicants · Fall 2027
- February 10, 2027 - Portfolio submission deadline · Fall 2027
- May 1, 2027 - Application Deadline for winter entry for Group B: All other applicants · Winter 2028
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFA tuition, domestic (approx.)Tuition · mandatory | CA$7,800per year, 2026/2027 Fall and Winter (approximate) | Canadian citizens, permanent residents and exempted international students | 23 October 2026Source |
| Undergraduate tuition, international (approx.)Tuition · mandatory | CA$34,000per year, 2026/2027 Fall and Winter (approximate) | International tuition rates apply to all other students | 23 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Studio fees, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, compulsory travel, residencies and exhibition charges are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked; art students often meet such costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)