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Game Art (Taught)

Course details
  • MA (PG)
  • 1 Years
  • Full-time
  • 21 September 2026
  • Postgraduate
Course location
Wrexham
Awarded by:
Wrexham University (Prifysgol Wrecsam)

Course summary

This course delivers the expertise required to professionalise the production of artistic elements for highly polished game projects. The course facilitates graduates in character production, environmental design, 3D design software, game engines, and game-based research to build a professional art portfolio with an enhanced specialist skill set.

You will:
Gain valuable experience and insight by having the creative freedom to manage the development of your own game projects
Have full access to the Creative Industries Building, including primary access to our modern Game Development Suite, Design Studio, Podcast Suite, and TV Studio
Enjoy the benefits of close industry engagement with regular visits, notable guest speakers, presentations, discussion groups, and social events
Benefit from our internal Mentorship system, providing the opportunity to be matched with an experienced postgraduate student
Build a strong set of critical employability skills across technical and professional areas to support you into industry or self-employment
Join the flourishing network of Welsh creatives

Key Course Features:
This course emphasises projects and portfolio work to allow you to demonstrate skills through content development and portfolio pieces.
The course will train you in the character and creature production workflows, from the concept phase through to full game engine implementation.
Explore Game Engine technologies with a focus on the use Unreal Engine 5 to create highly detailed real-time Environmental Art.
Develop strong 2D & 3D design work, including Software packages such as Adobe Suite, Autodesk Maya, Substance Painter, and ZBrush.
Collaborate with students across the Games and Media department to put together highly specialised teams with strengths in programming, design, art, and audio.

Modules

Please refer here: https://wrexham.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-courses/game-art/#panel2

Assessment method

Please refer here: https://wrexham.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-courses/game-art/#panel4

Entry requirements

Please refer here: https://wrexham.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-courses/game-art/#panel3

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

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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

For international fees, please refer to https://wrexham.ac.uk/international-students/international-fees/

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