15Feb
PostgraduateCourse summary
This course has specifically been co-created with the games industry and incorporates input from industry collaborators to meet a clear demand for more appropriately skilled practitioners to join the industry. The course covers the full extent of the games development process from initial story ideation to final product testing and you can expect to work in cross-functional teams to conceptualise, design, build, test and market playable games. Why you should study this course
- Experience the full production pipeline of games development end-to-end rather than focusing on one specific technical or creative element of the process, while deepening your specialist skills focus. You will be able to realise your existing skillset within the process of games development but also to see how it might be applied to other parts of the process, and how all the different elements of the production pipeline link together.
- This holistic approach to real-world learning is particularly valuable as it is designed to enable you to become an agile practitioner, able to flex across a range of roles within small independent games studios as well as to become a skillset-specific practitioner in the very large games studios with an awareness of the wider workflow.
- Access state-of-the-art facilities4 complemented by experimental immersive studios and digital and electronic hacklabs.
- You will benefit from a strong academic base and the excellent links the University has with gaming companies in “Silicon Spa” - the concentration of games developers based near the university around Leamington Spa.
- Mentorship from the industry as well as academic practitioners as it is delivered collaboratively in a studio model. This will build your professional experience and networks. You will also have access to working games studios through field trips and masterclasses.
Entry requirements
You will need to be ambitious and highly motivated with either a degree in a relevant subject or a body of professional work. Applicants to this master’s degree should normally possess an honours degree (2:1 or equivalent) in a relevant subject. If the degree is in an unrelated subject, applicants need to demonstrate appropriate industry knowledge and experience in their application documentation. Each applicant will be required to include a short statement regarding their interest in studying the Games Studio Development MA at Coventry University (300-500 words) and are invited to include a link to an online portfolio in order that the course team can get to know their practice. We would like to see a selection of work that you have created or helped to create. This could include coursework or projects that you have developed either in your undergraduate studies or it could be work done in a professional or voluntary capacity that is related to games production. The work should demonstrate your ability to come up with an idea and put it into action. It could include examples of any of the following: writing for an interactive project; games, interactive, immersive or digital design work; games development, web, mobile or coding projects; environment design and modelling for digital experiences including games; character development, modelling and animation; concept art for digital experiences. There will be a group interview where applicants discuss their work and aspirations for the course and future careers. If you are attending an online showcase event, please prepare your work so it can be shared digitally. Candidates with professional/industrial experience, and/or other relevant training and experience may be admitted with lower qualifications. Non-traditional entry students are welcome: applicants without formal qualifications but professional/industrial experience may be admitted on the basis of an interview and submission of supporting material. Each application will be considered on its merits and the final decision will be made by the course director. We recognise a breadth of qualifications; speak to one of our advisers today to find out how we can help you.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
2025/26 fees TBC. Please see our website for latest information.
Provider information
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB