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Program Briefing

Congratulatoins!

Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan certifies that the Animation and Comic Creative Industries Design Program, Ming Chuan University satisfies all standards for recognition. The recognition is valid from Jan. 2021-Dec. 2026.


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Briefing

In line with the transformation of communication modes in new media, maturation of creative cultural products and tourism development, and applications of animation design, the key content of this program will be integrated cross-disciplinary study and multiple applications development of animation design. As digital entertainment and e-business are concurrently implemented via mobile devices, the development and marketing for creative cultural products will be implemented via mobile devices as well, which students will benefit from learning for future career development. Furthermore, new media, as impacted by transforming communication methods, will create huge economic efficiency for games, animation and videos. Therefore, this program will enhance core competence in digital content and integrated applications with related industries, such as animation, comics, languages, communication, information and tourism, cultivating talents for the animation and comic creative industries design. This program engages in innovative education through cross-school and cross-disciplinary academia-industry collaboration, which not only adds value for students professionally, but also requires them to learn an additional two specializations within the cross-disciplinary collaboration, to become broadly trained cross-disciplinary talents.

Mission

The mission of Animation and Comic Creative Industries Design Program is to combine the basic design techniques of animation and comics with the latest computer animation science, seeking the potential of developing future commercial applications.

Goals

1.  To cultivate talents with global views and teamwork spirit

2. To cultivate talents with interdisciplinary creativity and competitiveness

3. To cultivate refined animation talents with professional ethics

4. To inspire students to care for and better serve the well-being of society


Fundamental Professional Competencies

Basic Ability Verification Standard
Design project production ability Pass graduation design project report review, and display work in public and pass the review.
Professional ability of cultural innovation design in animation or comics Participate in at least one major design competition at home or abroad before graduation (work should be approved by instructor)

Core Competencies

Collaborative Design Ability Implementation and management ability to work as a team player in professional design
Cognitive Design Ability Ability to design and produce animation and comics
Cultural and Arts Cultivation Equipped with cultural insight and creative ability in narrative thinking
Global Views Cultivation Ability to develop animation and comic creative industries design and commercial applications

Degree Name

Degree Name Bachelor of Design/B.D

Characteristic

This Program is the first cross-school and cross-disciplinary program related to animation and comics nationwide, oriented to a combination of knowledge of theory and application, and connection with the world. The Program integrates industry resources by appointing instructors from industry for co-teaching of on-campus internship courses to help students understand the real work situation, effectively shortening the distance between academia and industry.

Competitiveness

We provide mutual exchange learning opportunities with international universities; students with outstanding academic performance may apply for one-year exchange study at well-known universities in Japan, Beijing and so on, to grasp international trends and extend their worldviews. Our ultimate goal is to cultivate students to apply animation in any field and in daily life; students will benefit in employment from learning professional animation skills, so as to face the changes and challenges in design and communication media fields in the future.
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Future Career

  • Animation audio field: Students can become design directors and market planners in related industries such as 2D, 3D animation film, MTV animation, network animation, and character design.
  • Creative culture planning field: Creative story editing, script creation and planning, film storyboard design, creative culture products development planning, art character design and advertisement planning.
  • Media marketing field: Students can work in related industries such as webpage design, multimedia design, media visual image, community operations and marketing, and Internet operations planning.

WORDS FROM THE CHAIR

Dear ACCID majors,

In the world of animation, there are passion, fantasy and unlimited opportunities. During childhood, many people grew up with anime characters. In fact, our daily lives are also inseparable from the edification and influence of animation because this era belongs to the era when animation cultural and creative design is in the lead.

Our program is based on cultural and artistic design, computer creation, and the thinking of modern product design. We cultivate students' basic ability in animation creation, so that everyone's creations and designs can travel into their future careers.

I hope everyone can attain the following during college years:

  1. Systematically study animation production process and technical application scope.
  2. Cultivate teamwork and professional ethics at work.
  3. Become familiar with the development and design and marketing strategies of cultural and creative products, and grasp the market development trends and business opportunities.
  4. Able to carry out professional art design practice independently, and have high aesthetic ability, cultural and artistic literacy and interdisciplinary vision.
  5. Master certain information technologies, be proficient in computer design, and effectively apply these to innovative design.

Because of love of anime
Let us be together
Traveling in the funny world of anime together

You who love anime are not necessarily already a master
But what we need is super creative you
Maybe starting from nothing
Or maybe you are already a master
Let ’s explore the bits and pieces of digital drawing, animation design and creative design
Choose what you want to learn and teach what you love
As long as you are passionate and happy about anime

The world of anime will always greet you
You can start from us and face the future
Soar together in a dreamy world of anime design