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Game Design and Development

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · 09/2026 · UndergraduateLSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus

Course summary

This award-winning innovative course will allow you to learn all the key aspects of game design and development. There will be an inter-disciplinary first semester where you will work collaboratively on real world projects with students studying media production, music and sound design and photography & imaging to enhance your digital media production skills and to develop your ability to work effectively in a team and on project planning.

In the second semester of your first year you will then focus fully on game design and development gaining specialist skills but still with opportunities to collaborate with students on other courses in the creative technologies in subsequent years of study. You will be taught by lecturers with more than 20 years’ experience in the games industry offering you the sought-after practical experience of working creatively and collaboratively at the forefront of tech advances.

Real-world application of your skills is essential, and you will have the opportunity to work with external clients and game publishers. On completion of the course you will have the opportunity to showcase your creative production in the creative technologies show which evidences to employers that you are ready for a career in an ever-changing digital and technological landscape.

Modules

Year 1
Remix. Remake. Recycle.
• Sound and Vision
• Creative Agency
• 3D Modelling
• Game Production
• Game Specialism 1

Year 2
• Organic Modelling and Animation
• Re:Creation
• Game Specialism 2
• Game Programming
• Professional Development and Employability
• Interdisciplinary Practice

Year 3
• Pilot Major Project
• Major Project
• Research Project
• Professional Practice and Portfolio

How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W212
Institution code:
L75
Campus name:
LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2

International applicants

English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants: IELTS 6.0 (the minimum score required in each skill area is 5.5) or TOEFL IBT 80 ( the minimum score required in each skills areas are: Reading 18, Listening 17, Writing 17, Speaking 20) or Pearson Test of English Academic 52 (the minimum score required in each skill area is 51)

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 112 points

A level

112 UCAS Tariff points from A levels

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

112 UCAS Tariff points from BTEC

Access to HE Diploma

112 UCAS Tariff from an Access to HE Diploma

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted 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.

Data from:
This course and 7 other creative arts and design courses
Date range:
2022-2024

Offer rate for UK school & college leavers

74% Students aged 17/18 who applied to this course were offered a place.

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Student Outcomes

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60 Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

95 Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England£9535Year 1
Northern Ireland£9535Year 1
Scotland£9535Year 1
Wales£9535Year 1

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.

Additional fee information

Read fees and funding information at https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/fees-and-funding

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