Animation Scope

You should not have any confusion on your department. These days, lots of institutes are available to do the course. When you have a clear vision, so you can go directly into that particular department. Otherwise, they make you choose what they are offering. This will lead you to a big disappointment, when you notice you are not in a right track, which you are interested in. Nowadays, Animation and VFX are used everywhere right from the school educational videos to big feature film. There are lots of opportunities. So, do not worry about career. Just focus on what you do and become a professional in that. Animation and VFX are two different ways. In Animation, 3D and 2D are there. The new aspirants who is passionate about this topic should know exactly what it means. In which you are passionate about. In 3D field, there are departments. Modelling, Rigging, Sculptor, Animator, Efx, Match move. In VFX also, we have different departments from the first Rotoscope, paint, compositing. Some Special departments are there like motion graphics, matte Painting, Story Boarding. For more such information, visit at https://www.shiksha.com/animation/2d-3d-animation/articles/animation-an-exciting-career-option-blogId-8533.

Please first understand which degrees are offered in Animation.
B.Sc Animation is a 3-years duration course.
Bachelor of Design (B. Des.) Course in Animation is a 4-years duration course. The four years course includes 2d, 3d, VFX, etc. The difference between the two degrees is that the B.Des. Course is not only 1 year more but offers usually an international syllabus, which is completely focused on Animation only.
Few of the top colleges are Artemisia College of Art & Design (government. University), MIT, Pune, NID, Ahmedabad (the top in the country), DSK, Pune, etc. While selecting a college, consider factors such as the fee, whether the faculty has animation industry experience or not, whether the college has facilities such as its own animation production studio, whether the college teaches classical animation (base of all kind of animation) or not, etc. Availability of equipment such as Light boxes, etc. should be there. Do your own research by calling various colleges or email them. Do not go for training institutes or certificate and Diploma courses as they teach superficially. Look for colleges, preferably affiliated to the government universities. Usually, they are cheaper and more authentic. Artemisia College, NID, etc. have an entrance test. Visit their sites for more information.