Well I never attended VFS myself but know former classmates who did . I went to VanArts # 6 in the world last time I heard and studied 3 D animation there . What these people told me after we went to school together or met at the industry is basically this VFS ' s program tries too hard to teach you 3 D animation and VFX in a very short period of time , most of the time it fails to teach successfully both branches of digital art . Ofc some people are quick to learn both easily but most of the time you feel that you needed more time to focus on something in particular . And that ' s why some decided to take 3 d again at VanArts or at Animation Mentor andor AnimSquad . Now , this is only what they told me but I kinda think it makes sense . For example , VanArts doesn ' t teach VFX and 3 D in the same course but are two completely different courses and you never share classes with both groups . If you wanna learn VFX too you have to take another year as each program is designed to only focus on animation , vfx , game design etc . For me , it makes more sense to focus in only one , instead of both as vfx , partially because not too many people can actually learn both things at the same pace and in a couple of months . I don ' t know the program completely but what I read of it and for 1 years it sounds really rushed specifically animation . Now , other schools like Capilano met people who graduated from there too teach you both vfx and 3 d animation but in a course of 3 years and that gives you enough time to focus on both programs and to learn in a very good pace I think . The people I met from there have really nice reels , some focused on 3 d , others on design and other on vfx and what I have seen is really good . At the end , the only thing it matters is how passionated you are about animation and put your heart on it . The school doesn ' t matter but how good your reel is . Edit I also planned to attend VFS but when I went to their office at my country they were basically telling me to take their 1 year precourse before taking 3 d . In this course they teach you basics of script writing , makeup , design , etc . It felt weird and decided to not take it . At the end I didn ' t went to VFS because their animation course started until next May and it was June and decided for VanArts because of this .