BA (Hons) Game Design at Keele University

Programme overview

Transform your passion for gaming into something enduring. Our Game Design BA will nurture your creativity, strengthen your technical know-how, and develop your understanding of the video games sector. Apply your talent across game art, audio, narrative design and storytelling through a combination of core modules in game design, with optional ones from computer science and sound design.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences | Department: School of Humanities | Duration: 3 years or 4 years with international or placement year | Study mode: full-time; placement year option | Intake: 2027 entry | Location: Keele, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 compulsory modules: Introduction to Game Design, Crafting Games and Worldmaking, Problem Solving and Computer Programming, Becoming a Cultural Citizen.

Career pathways

The UK video games industry is the one of the largest in the world, vitally important economically and culturally. Games are among the UK’s most valuable and fastest-growing forms of entertainment media.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A levels: BBC in three A Levels. Also required: an English language qualification (see below). BTEC: DMM in any BTEC Extended Diploma / National Extended Diploma. IB Diploma: 554 in three Higher Levels or 29 points. English language: IELTS 6.0 overall with 5.5 in all components (English Group A) or 4/C in GCSE English.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). UK Home tuition fee for students starting in 2027/28. Source

International applicants: GBP 18,200 a year (2026/27). Band 1 international fee for 2026/27; 2027/28 international fees not yet confirmed. Source

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: 3 years or 4 years with international or placement year

Apply through the official page: https://www.keele.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/apply/

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