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Computer Games Design and Development - BSc (Hons) at University of South Wales

University of South Wales, United Kingdom

Programme overview

A degree building the skill set for employment as a game programmer, covering writing code, testing and fixing bugs and producing tools for development teams. Students learn C++ and Unreal Engine from week one, followed by Unity, with graphics programming spanning multiple years.

Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Intake: September 2027 (Pontypridd)  |  Location: Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year One includes Programming, Information Management, Assurance and Security, Computer Systems Concepts, Ready Dev Team One and Mathematical Tools for Computation. Areas include artificial intelligence, game physics and cross-platform graphics rendering.

Career pathways

Game programming and wider software engineering roles with publishers, independent studios and middleware producers.

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Application information

Intake: September 2027 (Pontypridd)

Duration: 3 years full-time

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