Best Animation Institutes in India 2024: Ranking, Admission, Fees and Placements

GaganDeep

Senior Content Specialist | Updated On - Feb 8, 2024

Digitally visualizing the world is heavily reliant on technology in India and the demand for these tasks is both local and national. Many institutes across the country afford animation courses, beginning with basic certificate programs, and culminating in diplomas and degrees in the advanced level. The top animation schools including some of the leading ones are positioned in the large metropolis cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata respectively. MAAC is one of the leading academies has more than 100 centres across the nation, that gives opportunity to the students for desirable diploma and degree courses.

The emphasis is made not only on technical skills but also on creativity. Some other significant institutes are National Institute of Design, IDC-Industrial Design Center at IIT- Bombay, NIME - National Institute of Multimedia Education and the Indian Institute of Digital Art and Animation. The topics, taught by the tutors, include use of software tools such as Maya, Blender, Flash, AutoCAD besides virtual effects, editing and storytelling. This is done in collaboration with many global companies that offer internships and recruit fresh graduates for animation, gaming and VFX industries.

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Top Entrance Exams for Animation Course

Some of the prominent exams are the National Entrance & Scholarship Test (NEST) conducted by Animation Education Council of India (AECT); Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main Paper II for admission to top NITs; Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) and Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design (UCEED) for IITs and NIDs; National Institute of Design (NID) DAT exam testing observation skills, intelligence and creativity; Pearl Academy entrance exam testing analytical reasoning and visual sense; Industrial Design Aptitude Test (IDAT) by Indira Gandhi National Open University.

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Top 10 Animation Course Institutes in India

Animation is taking off at a rapid pace in India with a flourishing industry that needs highly skilled animators and art directors in global and domestic productions.

Name of the institute	Location	Fees
IIT Bombay	Mumbai, Maharashtra	INR 54,600
UPES, School of Design Studies	Dehradun, Uttarakhand	INR 388,500
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Dehradun, Uttarakhand	INR 466,000
Jaipur National University	Jaipur, Rajasthan	INR 191,500
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology	Kolkata, West Bengal	INR 78,200
Chitkara University	Patiala, Punjab	INR 379,000
Sharda University	Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh	INR 165,000
Koshys Institute of Management Studies	Bangalore, Karnataka	--
Sharda University, School of Engineering and Technology	Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh	INR 140,080
Unitedworld Institute of Design, Karnavati University	Gandhinagar, Gujarat	INR 600,000

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Top 10 Animation Course Institutes with Ranking

Rank	Institute	Location
1	National Institute of Design (NID)	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2	Whistling Woods International	Mumbai, Maharashtra
3	Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)	Pune, Maharashtra
4	Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI)	Kolkata, West Bengal
5	Asian Academy of Film and Television (AAFT)	Noida, Uttar Pradesh
6	Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID)	Pune, Maharashtra
7	Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC)	Mumbai, Maharashtra
8	Arena Animation	Multiple locations across India
9	Toonz Academy	Trivandrum, Kerala
10	Animation Mentor India	Online

Top 10 Government Animation Colleges in India with Fee Structure

Tabulated below is the collection of the Top 10 Government Animation Colleges in India with Fee Structure, including their key features.

Name of the institute	Location	Fees
IIT Bombay	Mumbai, Maharashtra	INR 54,600
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology	Kolkata, West Bengal	INR 78,200
Odisha State Open University	Sambalpur, Orissa	INR 10,000
Kumaun University	Nainital, Uttarakhand	--
Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University	Tehri, Uttarakhand	INR 30,000
Rajasthan ILD Skills University	Jaipur, Rajasthan	INR 70,000
Bengaluru City University	Bangalore, Karnataka	INR 5,082
Pandit Lakshmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts	Rohtak, Haryana	INR 56,000
Women's Polytechnic	Kolkata, West Bengal	INR 885
Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University	Hyderabad, Telangana	INR 55,000

Top 10 Private Animation Colleges in India with Fee Structure

Tabulated below is the collection of the Top 10 Private Animation Colleges in India with Fee Structure, including their key features.

Name of the institute	Location	Fees
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Dehradun, Uttarakhand	INR 466,000
UPES, School of Design Studies	Dehradun, Uttarakhand	INR 388,500
Jaipur National University	Jaipur, Rajasthan	INR 191,500
Chitkara University	Patiala, Punjab	INR 379,000
Sharda University, School of Engineering and Technology	Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh	INR 140,080
Koshys Institute of Management Studies	Bangalore, Karnataka	--
Sharda University	Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh	INR 165,000
Unitedworld Institute of Design, Karnavati University	Gandhinagar, Gujarat	INR 600,000
Symbiosis Institute of Design	Pune, Maharashtra	INR 460,000
Amrita School of Arts and Sciences	Mysore, Karnataka	INR 86,000