BA (Hons) Game Design at Birmingham City University

Our BA (Hons) Game Design course offers the perfect platform to turn your vision into reality. You’ll learn the art of crafting engaging game narratives, mechanics, and world-building in a creative and supportive environment. We focus on providing a balance between artistic vision and technical proficiency to ensure you’re industry ready.

Faculty: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment  |  Department: Games, Animation and Sound, Computing  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time (optional professional placement)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Master fundamental and advanced technical design techniques, for a range of applications such as artificial intelligence, virtual production, and console game development. Explore game design theories, principles, and practices that focus on mechanics, storytelling, player experience, and the integration of technology and art. Develop artistic skills in game design through modules on modelling, animation, and worldbuilding. Modules include Game Programming, Modelling, Game Asset Pipeline, Game Mechanics, Animation, Game Design, Interface and UX Scripting, Rapid Design Prototyping.

Career pathways

In the BA (Hons) Game Design course at Birmingham City University, we prioritise equipping you with a robust set of skills tailored to enhance your future employability in the fast-evolving gaming industry. Here's how we prepare you to be a highly competent professional in game development: Develop Your Own Practice: You will learn to refine your programming and design practices through advanced modules and real-world project experiences.

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