With our Computer Games Technology course, you’ll be able to turn your love of computer games into a career. Working at our development studio in Cambridge – close to the tech hub of ‘Silicon Fen’ – you’ll be located right at the heart of the computer gaming industry in the UK.
From the very beginning of your studies, you’ll create and develop your own games. Everything you design will build into a valuable portfolio to help you secure your dream job in the gaming industry when you graduate.
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Year one, core modules
Programming for Game Developers
Video Game Design
Video Game Development
Applied Science for Games
C++ for Game Developers
Game Design Theory
Year two, core modules
Collaborative Game Development
Advanced Game Development
Software Engineering for Games
Level Design for Games
Complex Systems in Games
Game UI and UX
Algorithms for Games
World Building for Games
Year three
Year four, core modules
Final Project for Games
Studio Practice for Games
Professional Portfolio for Games
81% of the UK computer games industry is educated to at least undergraduate level, rising to 88% for core games production roles in art or programming.
The skills and knowledge you acquire on our Computer Games Technology degree course will not only help you land a career in the gaming industry, but will also equip you with core programming skills transferable to the wider I.T. industry or a career in teaching.
Through work-based projects, internships and placements, students are can get hands-on practical opportunities. In recent times, ARM, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Frontier and Just Flight have all offered internships and work opportunities to ARU students.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
