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Game Development at University of Gloucestershire - UCAS

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Course summary

Developed by industry veterans, this master’s degree in game development provides you with the skills you need to gain an edge in the competitive world of videogame development. Your mentors have a combined experience of over 30 years in the games industry, having worked on AAA franchises including Crysis, Star Wars: Battlefront, Prey, Sniper Elite, Aliens vs. Predator and Bioshock. Building on your existing skills in art, programming or games design this course offers you the flexibility to choose from a variety of topics that interest you and will help you specialise within a particular field. Topics include:

  • Technical Art
  • Procedural Generation Algorithms
  • Photogrammetry and Environment Design
  • Machine Learning and Data Analytics
  • Game Theory and Design
In addition to these topics you will also be given the opportunity to work with other programmers, designers and artists on our year-long Collaborative Project module to create an industry-standard combined portfolio piece to help propel you into the industry. Finally, in the third semester, you have the option of embarking on a summer industry placement, to put the skills you have learned over the previous two semesters into action inside a professional game development company. For more information and to apply for the Game Development course, please visit the course page at www.glos.ac.uk/Postgraduate

Entry requirements

We normally require an honours degree of 2.2 or above in a games or computer science related discipline with a substantial software development component. Applicants failing to meet this requirement may still be eligible for entry if they can demonstrate a strong personal portfolio of related works in an interview with a member of the course staff. In order to complete your programme successfully, it is important to have a good command of English and be able to apply this in an academic environment. Therefore, if you are a non-UK applicant you will usually be required to provide certificated proof of English language competence before commencing your studies.

English language requirements

International students will need to produce evidence of an acceptable score on an approved English language test such as IELTS. We run pre-sessional English language courses to help you prepare for undergraduate or postgraduate study.

English Language requirements

http://www.glos.ac.uk/docs/download/International/english-Language-entry-requirements.pdf

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU £15000 Whole course
England £8275 Whole course
Northern Ireland £8275 Whole course
Scotland £8275 Whole course
Wales £8275 Whole course
International £15000 Whole 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

Please visit the course page at www.glos.ac.uk/Postgraduate for full fees and costs information.
Game Development at University of Gloucestershire - UCAS