Computer Games Design

University of Staffordshire
Undergraduate BSc (Hons) Full-time 3 Years Computer games and animation

A-Level Entry

BBC

UCAS Points

112 - 120 points

Avg. Graduate Salary

£26,000

About this course

Develop your skills on our Computer Games Design degree. Ideal if you're interested in becoming a 3D artist, animator or games designer.

Our Computer Games Design degree explores the creative and technical aspects of games production, giving you the necessary skills to develop, produce and publish games titles.

This course is accredited by the industry games body TIGA, and will give you the skills to become a 3D artist, animator or games designer. We work closely with industry partners to ensure that course content remains relevant, giving our students excellent networking opportunities in the games industry.

Our facilities boast a hi-tech Vicon Motion Capture Studio, a specialist Games Centre, hundreds of PCs and game development possibilities with Sony, Vive, Oculus and more.

You’ll develop your skills by using industry standard software and hardware such as Autodesk Creative Suite and the Unreal and Unity games engines. Using professional techniques acquired through lectures, tutorials, seminars, and industry workshops, you will develop a portfolio of industry standard work.

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Computer Games Design

Entry Requirements

A-Level Grades BBC
UCAS Tariff Points 112 - 120 points
BTEC DMM

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2141 Web design professionals
2139 Information technology professionals
2134 Programmers and software development professionals
3131 IT operations technicians
3132 IT user support technicians
2136 IT quality and testing professionals

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Stoke-on-Trent
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Computer games and animation
Avg. Graduate Salary
£26,000