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MDes - Master of Design
Edinburgh Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
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MDes - Master of Design
Edinburgh Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
Select a an exam type
Join Scotland's top game design programme at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. With industry-leading facilities and hands-on projects, our MDes in Games Design and Development offers you the opportunity to turn your game ideas into reality.
Led by an award-winning indie developer, you'll acquire sought-after skills in game design, 3D graphics, UI/UX, and more. Our expert faculty will guide you through gaining real-world experience in designing, building, and releasing your own games.
Design your own game
The Master of Design (MDes) programme in Games Design and Development provides students with a unique opportunity to design and develop their own computer game to the highest industry standards while gaining hands-on experience with the product lifecycle, gathering technical and professional skills, and further practical entrepreneurship knowledge. It is the perfect stepping stone to enable students to smoothly transition to design and programming roles in the games industry.
Our Games Design Studio
This Masters degree benefits from the utilisation of our purpose-built Games Studio inside our £19m innovation and entrepreneurship GRID building. As there are only a handful of universities worldwide capable of offering such design-led programmes, this studio will provide students with a unique mixture of practical supervised studio learning experience, technical know-how, and an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship approach to Games production.
Studying in Edinburgh, the key to for Your Success
An honours degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Mathematics) with programming as a component of their degree or equivalent at the 2:2 level. Reasonable experience in programming and University level Maths, and some familiarity with games is preferable.
Students living in
Domestic
£12,192 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£12,192 per year
Students from Scotland
£25,480 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£25,480 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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