Games Design and Development - FdSc
Newcastle College University Centre

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This Games Technologies degree allows you to explore your creative side as well as develop advanced technical skills to set you up for a rewarding career in programming, 3D design or games development. You will learn from highly skilled tutors with extensive experience of designing and developing games. You will have an interest in how the front end and back end of games are created and cover topics such as games design, animation and modelling. Developed with industry professionals including ...Read more

This Games Technologies degree allows you to explore your creative side as well as develop advanced technical skills to set you up for a rewarding career in programming, 3D design or games development. You will learn from highly skilled tutors with extensive experience of designing and developing games. You will have an interest in how the front end and back end of games are created and cover topics such as games design, animation and modelling. Developed with industry professionals including Tombola, Sumo Digital and Pocket Money Games, this degree will help you develop communication skills, project management and professionalism as you will be working with real clients on ‘live’ projects set by employers. You also have the opportunity to study an Adobe Qualification of your choice. You are encouraged to secure a work placement to gain real-work experience and develop your professional skills. You will benefit from insight from guest speakers from industry, some of which are previous students who know what it takes to succeed in the gaming sector. You may also have the opportunity to attend industry conferences. Once you complete your degree you may decide to progress onto our BSc (Hons) Games Technologies (Top-Up). You may want to get into employment as a junior developer, junior designer, artist (modelling and animation), games programmer, AI programmer or a games designer

Entry requirements

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A level:

CC Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

CC Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

64 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

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

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

MM Grades / Points required

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

MPP Grades / Points required

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Tuition fees

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£9,535 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Domestic

This is the fee you pay if you live within Domestic. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Domestic. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,535 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from England

This is the fee you pay if you live within England. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within England. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,535 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Scotland

This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,535 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Wales

This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,535 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Northern Ireland

This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£9,535 per year

This information comes from UCAS, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Channel Islands

This is the fee you pay if you live within Channel Islands. Please note, this is subject to change.

This is the fee you pay if you live within Channel Islands. Please note, this is subject to change.

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Newcastle College University Centre
Rye Hill Campus Scotswood Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7SA United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Newcastle Central  0.3 miles away
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