Course Overview

Engaging with industry and gaining work experience during your studies is essential if you are going to be taken seriously in the job market. Getting work experience in the games industry can be challenging, so we encourage you to take advantage of as many of the extra-curricular activities available. These may include industry-sponsored talks and events, game jams, voluntary work, internships and placements. The University is eager to recognise you have made the effort to gain industry experience and stand out from the typical graduate, so we offer a range of options for you to get extra awards and recognition for your work in the industry and attain employability skills. All of this has been incorporated into an additional University programme called Graduate+. You have the option to undertake an assessed sandwich year between your second and third year, which will provide you with valuable work experience and give you the real-life skills you need. It may not always be possible to get a placement in the game industry, so we actively encourage you to broaden your interests to allied sectors, for example, software development companies. We also encourage you to gain relevant work experience by taking on short-term internships with local companies.

General Eligibility

GCSE English language and mathematics at grade C/4 or above Equivalent level 2 qualifications can be accepted Must have been achieved at the point of enrolment

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Language Requirement

• A minimum overall score of 6.0, with 6.0 in writing and no less than 5.5 in the remaining three skills.