Computer Games Development (with a placement year)
University of Staffordshire
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Stoke-on-Trent Campus

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SEP-26

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Stoke-on-Trent Campus

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SEP-26

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This course is suited to those who aspire to work in an indie games studio or develop mobile games, and is also good preparation for a career as a software developer in the wider computing industry. As members of the PlayStation® First Academic Program run by Sony, we have access to professional development hardware and software tools. Using industry standard games engines such as UE4 and Unity, you’ll gain experience in developing games from an initial concept to finished product. You will ...Read more

This course is suited to those who aspire to work in an indie games studio or develop mobile games, and is also good preparation for a career as a software developer in the wider computing industry. As members of the PlayStation® First Academic Program run by Sony, we have access to professional development hardware and software tools. Using industry standard games engines such as UE4 and Unity, you’ll gain experience in developing games from an initial concept to finished product. You will have the opportunity to pitch your games to commercial studios, which have included Playground Games, Ubisoft, Codemasters, Team 17 and Media Molecule in recent years. On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Computer Games DevelopmentCareersAs a graduate of this course you will be well equipped to work in the games industry as a gameplay programmer or indie developer. You will also have the skills to pursue a career in the wider computing industry as a software developer. Each year commercial studios are invited in to interview our final year students for graduate positions. In recent years these studios have included Rockstar Games, D3t, Red Kite Games, Sumo Digital, Boss Alien and Flix Interactive. Some graduates from the Games Programming courses are currently working in companies such as Activision, Rockstar Games, Rebellion, Red Kite Games, Frontier, Traveller’s Tales, and Codemasters.

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74/279
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68th
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94th
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lewis
24 Feb 25

The course itself is great, but the campus could be more..Read more

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Leon
21 Feb 25

It's been a great experience so far and has both improved my social life and given me something to aspire towards. Lecturers and support can sometimes be quite hard to approach,..Read more

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112 - 120 Grades / Points required

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£16,750 per year

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Full time annual fee would be 16750, Student would pay 1850 in their year of placement/sandwich

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24 Feb 25
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21 Feb 25
It's been a great experience so far and has both improved my social life and given me something to aspire towards. Lecturers and support can sometimes be quite hard to approach,...
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University of Staffordshire
College Road, University Quarter Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST4 2DE United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Stoke-on-Trent  0.1 miles away

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