BA (Hons) Games Arts at University for the Creative Arts

Programme overview

You'll develop drawing, painting, anatomy, and visual composition alongside 3D modelling, texturing, rigging, and engine integration. From sculpting characters in ZBrush to lighting environments in game engines, your work bridges artistic fundamentals and contemporary technical production – giving you the kind of range that pure software training can't match. Specialist modules take you from environment and prop production through to character art pipelines and original IP development. Taught at UCA Farnham.

Duration: 3 years full-time | Study mode: full-time (optional placement year; optional integrated foundation year) | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Farnham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The BA (Hons) Games Arts course aims to inform and equip you with specialist skills and a strong focus on 3D asset creation and real-time production for interactive environments. You will develop practical experience in modelling, texturing, and assembling characters, environments, and props, exploring how assets are designed, optimised, and implemented within real-time engines. Year 1 is designed to give you a broad and supportive introduction to games.

Career pathways

Taking advantage of our proximity to the UK’s largest games hubs, our course connects directly with some of the best-known names in the industry, including: Supermassive Games, EA, Sony, Creative Assembly, Supergonk, Two Point Studios, Zappar, Hangar 13.

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Entry requirements

The standard entry requirements for these courses are one of the following: 112 UCAS tariff points Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4) Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma / BTEC National Extended Diploma Merit at UAL Extended Diploma 112 UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject 27 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program with at least 15 IB points at Higher Level (HL) And four GCSE passes at grade 9-4/A*-C including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2). Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply. For both the BA (Hons) course and the Integrated Foundation Year we will need to see your portfolio, please see the portfolio requirements section for more details. English language (IELTS or equivalent): 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section. UCAS course code W280 (institution code C93).

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Tuition for the course as listed on the course page; UK home fee Source

International applicants: GBP 19,800 a year (2027/28). Tuition for the course as listed on the course page Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full-time

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