MFA Game Design at New York University

Programme overview

The NYU Game Center MFA is a 2-year Master of Fine Arts degree in Game Design. Located within NYU’s famous Tisch School of the Arts, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other forms of art, media, and culture. Our students study the design and development of games in a context of advanced critical literacy, becoming game designers and developers, artists and curators, critics and scholars.

Faculty: Tisch School of the Arts | Duration: 60 credits | Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Sample required courses: Games; Game Design I; Game Studio I; Code Lab; Visual Lab; Game Studio II.

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Application information

Entry requirements

All graduate applicants to the Tisch School of the Arts are required to submit the General Graduate Application, as well as a department-specific portfolio or creative supplement. Each of these can be submitted online. See Graduate Admissions for admission requirements and instructions specific to this program. For international applicants, see International Applicant Requirements. Applicants with international credentials should be sure to check to see if their credentials are equivalent to an American Bachelor’s degree before applying.

Duration: 60 credits

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