University of Glamorgan

Course Details

BA (Hons) Computer Games Design

Course Description

Computer Games Design at the University of South Wales is all about design and creative skills. Computer Games Design students study the key concepts of games design, from illustration, character design, 3D modelling to game mechanics and conceptual skills to pitching and project management, utilising a thorough design process throughout. We simulate industry practices that teach you how to be a designer within a team and realise your creative projects through prototyping, testing and development to finished playable games. Here at the University, we have a belief in the significance of the independent games sector, so we are pioneering a new approach to computer games design. Our inventive Games programme focuses on the creative and artistic aspects of contemporary games production and we believe it’s up to you to challenge established notions of gaming and the gamer. We emphasise your ability to think, research and experiment in combination with traditional design principles. Along with our staff team of internationally respected academics and practioners, the games course has proven links with game industry leaders, providing guest lecturers, artists, designers and journalists for you to learn from. This means that when you graduate from Games Design, you are fully prepared as a creative practitioner who can really make a difference. Our students can enter industry in a number of roles, from the traditional art positions such as concept artist, modeller, animator, to designers, level designers and many other roles within the computer games design industry.

Course Duration

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3year

Career outcomes

Graduates from the course find employment in the games industry, primarily in games design, but also developing concept art, animation and level design. Our graduates have also found success in contemporary advertising, motion graphics and illustration. Computer Games Design Alumni have entered employment with industry notables such as Electronic Arts, Blitz, Rocksteady, Rare, Creative Assembly and Lionhead, amongst others. Many of our students have started their own companies and have won awards such as Bafta Cymru, Dare to be Digital and the Welsh Graduate Design Awards, releasing their games on Steam and mobile.




BA (Hons) Computer Games Design University of Glamorgan