Develop advanced programming, game engine and real-time computing skills through hands-on projects, industry collaboration and cutting-edge technologies, preparing you for careers in the game and software industries.
Ideal for aspiring programmers passionate about games , offering hands-on experience with industry tools, real-world projects, and advanced technical skills that prepare you for successful careers in the games industry and technology adjacent industries.
• Develop and extend game engines, mastering real-time graphics, AI, and optimisation.
• Gain hands-on experience with industry-standard tools such as Unity and Unreal.
• Build a strong personal portfolio through both individual projects and collaborative projects with designers and artists.
Why you should study this course:
- Portfolio development built into the course: every project and assignment contributes to your professional portfolio, ensuring you graduate with demonstrable work that showcases your technical and creative abilities.
- Hands-on, embedded learning: gain practical experience in programming, game engine usage and game optimisation through structured labs, group projects, and assessed industry-based assignments that are a core part of the course.
- Access to industry-standard tools and facilities: as part of your learning, you’ll work directly with technologies such as Unreal Engine and Unity, with access to VR suites and high-performance computing labs.
- MSci advanced pathway: upon successful completion of the first three years, you may have the opportunity to advance to the master’s portion of this course, exploring advanced game related topics while continuing to pay undergraduate fees (subject to meeting progression requirements).
- Optional career-enhancing experiences: beyond the taught curriculum, you may have opportunities to take part in game jams, networking events, and internships, which can further expand your professional experience and connections.
This course includes a sandwich (placement year) option.
For the most update to date course details, please visit our website.
This course has a common first year. The common first year enables you to work alongside students doing similar courses to you, to widen your knowledge and exposure to other subject areas and professions. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other students, so you can share your insights and experience which will help you to develop and learn.
If you discover an interest in a specific subject you have studied, upon successful completion of your first year, you could swap degrees with another course in your common first year (subject to meeting progression requirements).
Common first year modules:
Year 2 modules:
You have the option to take a sandwich year and explore a placement in the industry.
Year 3 modules:
Final (integrated master's) year:
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content. For full module details please check the course page on the Coventry University website. *For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.
Coventry University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
See why these ratings were awarded
What does this TEF outcome mean?
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.
Course optionsDiscover what it's like to study Computer Games Programming at Coventry University: insights on the course, making friends, personal statement tips, uni prep, and recommended books, podcasts, and videos.
To include one from Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Computer Science, Computing or Design Technology. Excludes General Studies.
[1] 4 qualifications for tariff points allowed (excludes general studies
[2] Must include 40 tariff points in one of the following subject areas: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Computer Science, Computing or Design Technology
[3] May also include AS level and EPQ
To include Physics, Chemistry or Computing Science at Advanced Higher.
The Access to HE Diploma to include 30 Level 3 credits all at merit or above in either Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or Statistics. Plus GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above.
To include one from Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Design Technology or IT at Higher level.
In IT or a technical subject.
We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start.
Contact us via our website to find out more.
.
Grades alone don’t tell us everything about your potential and your story. We use information from your application to assess achievements in your personal situation to support fair and equal access. For example, we consider where you live, your school, if you are a carer or a care leaver or have experienced disruption to your education.
We have different schemes that recognise this context that may result in a reduced offer by up to 24 UCAS points or equivalent.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.
Course optionsThis report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £9790* | |
| EU & International | £20800* |
* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Email:applications.io@coventry.ac.uk
Phone:+44 024 7765 2152
Email:ukadmissions@coventry.ac.uk
Phone:024 7765 2222
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB
At Coventry University
