Sheridan tops 2025 Animation Career Review rankings in Canada

For the seventh straight year, Sheridan is the top animation college in Canada according to Animation Career Review’s annual rankings. 

Sheridan also placed second in Animation Career Review’s 2025 rankings of the top 50 international animation schools and colleges (excluding schools from the United States), behind only Gobelins in Paris, France. Nearly 200 schools from around the world were considered as part of the rankings. 

This marks the fifth straight time Sheridan has ranked second in the international category, and the seventh consecutive year it has placed in the top two. Sheridan was one of only two Canadian schools to make the 2025 top 10. Sheridan also claimed the top spot in Ontario and across Canada, affirming its reputation as a global leader in animation education. 

Since 2013, Animation Career Review has released annual rankings of international animation schools. The ranking criteria include academic reputation, graduate employment outcomes, admission selectivity, the depth and breadth of programs, and overall value relative to tuition costs and student debt. 

“We are incredibly proud to once again be recognized as a global leader in animation education. Being ranked first in Canada and Ontario, and second internationally, reflects the exceptional talent, creativity and commitment of our students, faculty and alumni,” says Mark Jones, Dean of Sheridan's Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design. “Animation is a powerful storytelling medium that continues to shape the future of entertainment, culture and communication worldwide. At Sheridan, we are honoured to play a role in preparing the next generation of artists and innovators who are pushing the boundaries of what animation can do.” 

As Canada’s largest arts school, Sheridan offers a competitive Honours Bachelor of Animation degree – a four-year, hands-on program that emphasizes classical principles of animation in a variety of forms, including 2D digital, 3D and stop motion as well as a post-graduate certificate in visual effects. 

Graduates of Sheridan’s animation programs regularly go on to work with globally renowned studios such as Disney, Pixar, Nelvana, Sony Pictures Animation, Guru Studio, Atomic Cartoons, Wildbrain and House of Cool.  

This year also marked the second year in a row that 21 Sheridan graduates took home Canadian Screen Awards. They won the prestigious CSA for their talented work across multiple genres, from dramatic acting and children’s programming to sports broadcasting and reality television. In addition, alumni received a record-breaking 79 nominations – the highest number since the CSAs began in 2013. 

Seven Sheridan-trained animators have won Oscars, including Turning Red director Domee Shi (Bachelor of Animation ’11) and former Pixar animator Alan Barillaro (Animation ’96). Sheridan graduates also worked on four films nominated at the 2025 Academy Awards: The Wild Robot, Inside Out 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Dune 2. 

Learn more about the history and impact of Sheridan’s animation program.