Digital Games Courses

The options for studying digital games at degree and postgraduate level are constantly increasing and widening. We've collected a list of some of the options available. In the UK the definitive list of university courses can be found on the UCAS website. Try searching the UCAS database for 'games courses', 'interactive media' or 'animation'.

Registered users of the Digiplay site can post details of their own courses using the Comment box below or emailing us using the site contact form.


MSc in Mobile Games Design

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MSc in Mobile Games Design and M-Commerce Systems
Lancaster University, UK

Lancaster MSc

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Thanks for letting me know about this MSc course.

I've added the course to the list above and a link to the full details on the Faculty of Science and Technology's web site at Lancaster. There is also a listing for it in Lancaster's Department of Communication Systems - http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/admissions/msc.php?course_id=009445&entry_ses....

Phd in Digital Game Development at BTH, Sweden

Hi,

the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden has a PhD course in Digital Game Development and a research group dealing with Cognition, Interaction, Simulation and Game Science.

Game design course

The AIE in Australia offers games courses -

Certificate IV in 3D Animation for Games & Film

http://aie.edu.au/courses/cert_iv_3d.php

Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development

http://aie.edu.au/courses/adv_dip_game_animation.php

BSc Computer Games

BSc Computer Games - Technical and Design pathways

at London Metropolitan University

http://www.thinkmakeplay.co.uk

MA Digital Games Design at UCCA Farnham

This is one of the very few postgraduate courses specialising in Game Design, based at University College for the Creative Arts in Farnham Surrey, (home of the first specialist animation degree course, and various other claims to fame).

We've been running the course for 5 years now and it goes from strength to strenght. Information can be found at http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/dgd , more by contacting Jon Weinbren jweinbren(at)ucreative.ac.uk

Jon