Course Overview

Our Game Arts degree mixes creativity and talent with the latest technology and academic rigor. Our authentic, studio-based work and live briefs will boost your graduate prospects in the games development industry. You'll graduate with a portfolio of practical skills, creative abilities, and technical expertise to develop successful game content. You'll also learn to analyze artistic and cultural values and gain a critical appreciation of the mainstream and indie sectors. In addition, you will learn to analyze artistic and cultural values and gain a critical appreciation of the mainstream and indie sectors within game development.

Game Art offers good graduate prospects for working within the games industry or related areas.

This includes:

3D Character Art

Environmental Art

Concept Art

Technical Art

UI/UX design

Level Design

VFX

Animation

Game Development is an expanding sector in the creative industries, contributing over £7bn to the UK economy in 2020. The West Midlands is a region with a high number of employees in the game industry in the UK. The University is therefore ideally placed for work placement opportunities for Game Art students and graduates.

Our collaborative and authentic approach gives flexibility and a wider view of the world, which is attractive to employers. As well as boosting your employability, this course provides an ideal base from which to go on to postgraduate study.

General Eligibility

104 UCAS Tariff points (for example, BCC at A-Level) Applicants are invited to provide an online portfolio for consideration alongside their application form which could allow us to make you an unconditional or reduced offer of a place on our course.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).