BA (Hons) Computer Games Art at University of Portsmouth

Explore video games as an art form and become a top-scoring games artist on our TIGA-awarded Computer Games Art degree course. Discover the power of art in games by studying BA (Hons) Computer Games Art at Portsmouth – two-time winner of TIGA's Best Educational Institution award (2021, 2014). You'll delve into how game assets are created and used by exploring game art and developing your skills across drawing, modelling, animation, texturing, and composition.

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years sandwich with work placement  |  Study mode: full-time (sandwich/placement option)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In each year, you need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits. Modules include Get into Game Dev; Designing for Animation; Student Enterprise for Games; Finish and Launch a Game; Commercial Asset Production for Real Time; Design and Visual Research for Cinema and Game; Engaged Citizenship Through Interdisciplinary Practice; Professional Experience; Final Year Project; Real-Time Interactive Group Project: Stage One.

Career pathways

With an estimated global value of $131.23 billion (£97.95 billion) in 2020, the computer games industry is a force to be reckoned with. In the UK, it contributed £2.2 billion to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019/20, and the number of workers in the field grew to 18,279 (TIGA, 2020).

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