Computer Games Development

Our computer games development degree is designed to help you become a games programmer. From the word go you’ll be hands-on, developing games as you prepare for an exciting career at the cutting-edge of interactive digital content.

In our state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll develop the essential skills of programming and learn the relevant maths and physics required for games design and development, as well as specialist games development and design techniques. Using high-level development tools such as games engines. At the same time, you’ll be learning about game mechanics, the theories and frameworks used in games design, and the processes used to design and develop games in industry.

We've designed the course to ensure direct relevance to the computer games industry and to provide you with opportunities to showcase your work to potential employers. Throughout the course you’ll build up a portfolio of work that you can showcase when you come to apply for games development roles in industry.

With game jams and lots of opportunities for work experience to hone your skills, by the time you leave us you’ll be well on your way to becoming a player in the action-packed world of computer games.

This course is available with a foundation year.

Features and Benefits

• Top 10 in the UK for games design: We are a top ten UK university for our animation and games design courses (Guardian 2026 University League table. Includes courses from the Faculty of Science and Engineering and School of Digital Arts).

• Placement opportunities: The four-year placement route gives you the opportunity to spend your third year on an industrial placement, giving you a taste of professional life and boosting your employment prospects on graduation.

• Shaped by professional standards: We are an educational affiliate of the British Computer Society (BCS), the UK's leading professional body for computing, and the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec).

• Professional study environment: Study in our £115m Dalton building, designed for collaboration, innovation and world-class learning and research.

• Study in cutting-edge facilities: We have a games lab equipped with gaming chairs, keyboards and mice used for our eSports events, an animation lab with a green-screen area and a user experience lab with eye-tracking systems and VR headsets.

• Graduate ready for the future: Experience working as part of a professional team finding solutions to complex problems via group projects, and get involved with projects to build your skills, including hackathons, gaming events and the Students' Union Computing Society.