Game Art BA (Hons)
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Cardiff Met - Llandaff

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Start date

SEP-25

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Duration

3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Cardiff Met - Llandaff

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**Bring life to narratives, concepts, characters, and environments.**Game artists work within multidisciplinary teams to create visionary worlds from the past, present and future. They are skilled visual communicators, working with moving image, animation, concept art, project management and image making to help realise fictional worlds into visually and sensorially immersive experiences.Our Game Art degree will prepare you for a highly competitive and rapidly growing field, spanning the ...Read more


Bring life to narratives, concepts, characters, and environments.

Game artists work within multidisciplinary teams to create visionary worlds from the past, present and future. They are skilled visual communicators, working with moving image, animation, concept art, project management and image making to help realise fictional worlds into visually and sensorially immersive experiences.Our Game Art degree will prepare you for a highly competitive and rapidly growing field, spanning the entertainment, immersive technology, web, and media industries. You will be equipped to navigate and specialise within this diverse multidisciplinary context through a combination of visual communication, moving image, visual effect, virtual reality, immersive environments, storytelling and narrative, and 2D and 3D modelling.You'll develop industry-standard skills and competencies through collaborative projects and live briefs, developing your project management and leadership skills. With access to our cutting-edge facilities and fully equipped computer studios, immersive technologies and environments, you'll graduate with the freedom and confidence to forge your own creative identity.You'll explore collaborative and interdisciplinary learning experiences which are designed to shape you into an adaptable graduate driven by creativity, social responsibility, and entrepreneurial thinking.

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WUSCA ranking:
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20/101
CUG Subject Ranking
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27th
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62nd
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Bridie
13 Jan 24

Best has been first and third year. In my second year there was a huge lack of communication between staff causing us all to miss out on multiple opportunities eg: work..Read more

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Amanda
24 Oct 23

Warmth and welcome are like no other. Tutors are genuinely interested in me as a person , as a student and in my success. Worst thing is that it's going to be over too soon. I..Read more

Entry requirements

Exam type

A level

A level:

CCC - BBB Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

DDD - CCC Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

96 - 120 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:33,M:0,P:12 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

24 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H2,H2,H2,H2 Grades / Points required

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma:

MMM - DDM Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

MMM - DDM Grades / Points required

Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate (first teaching September 2023):

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two A levels.

Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two Scottish Advanced Highers.

96 - 120 points to include 2 A levels or equivalent.

96 - 120 points, other grade combinations accepted.

24 points to include portfolio.

Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two H2 grades. Minimum grade H4 considered within points.

96 - 120 points, considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications.

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96 - 120 points, considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications.

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as the third subject

Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate considered as the third A level

Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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£16,000 per year

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Students from EU

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This is the fee you pay if you live within the European Union. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£16,000 per year

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Students from International

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£16000 Per year

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Bridie
13 Jan 24
Artist Designer: Maker BA (Hons)
Best has been first and third year. In my second year there was a huge lack of communication between staff causing us all to miss out on multiple opportunities eg: work...
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Amanda
24 Oct 23
Artist Designer: Maker BA (Hons)
Warmth and welcome are like no other. Tutors are genuinely interested in me as a person , as a student and in my success. Worst thing is that it's going to be over too soon. I...
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