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Video Games Art and Design

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-Time
  • 20 September 2027
  • Undergraduate
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Course summary

Video Games Art and Design (BA)

Study Video Games Art and Design BA at Royal Holloway to gain the skills to work at the top level of the gaming industry. Or develop your abilities as a digital artist for smaller, bespoke indie game products.

The games industry is booming, with innovation across mobile, PC, console, and cloud gaming. There’s huge demand for new artists, designers, writers, coders, marketing teams, and animators.

You’ll combine 3D modelling, world building, game development, and design with virtual production, animation, and post-production. And we’ll show you how AI is reshaping expectations so you can tackle the changing environment.

Keep ahead of the curve

  • Gain practical experience in facilities like our Game Art and Design Lab, Virtual Production Studio, and Film Studios

  • Benefit from being close to London and our connections within the gaming industry

  • Boost your CV with one-to-one support and the opportunity to work with leading companies like Final Pixel

Develop your voice

Create a piece in Unity for a 2D Indie platform game. Or make real-time ray-traced photoreal content in Unreal as part of a bigger production. Whatever your focus, we’ll teach you the skills you need to succeed and find your place in the digital industry.

We sometimes make changes to our courses to improve your experience. If this happens, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.

Modules

Course Modules

Core Modules

Year 1

  • Coding for the Arts

  • Game Engines: Interactive and Immersive Environments

  • 3D Digital Art

  • Introduction to Media Histories 1

  • Introduction to Media Histories 2

Year 2

  • Game Art, Design and Story

  • Indie and Mobile Game Design

Year 3

  • Game Art, Design and Story: Portfolio Piece

  • Advanced Digital Media Communications Project

Optional Modules

Below is a taster of some of the exciting optional modules that students on the course could choose from during this academic year. Please be aware these do change over time, and optional modules may be withdrawn or new ones added.

Year 2

Choose from an exciting array of optional practice and theory modules. Some are directly related to BA Video Games Art and Design while others will enable you to broaden your studies into film, television, and digital media.

  • Virtual Production Industry & Workflows

  • Videogames Politics Culture and History

  • Digital Aesthetics

  • Creative Industries

  • Race and Power in Film and Media

  • Creative Digital and Social Media

  • Advanced 3D Modelling

Year 3

  • Animation and Visual Effects

  • Advanced Virtual Production

  • Music Video

  • Film Form

  • Advanced Screenwriting

  • Advanced Editing

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/undergraduate/media-arts/video-games-art-and-design/

Assessment method

Teaching on this course is delivered through lectures, workshops, labs and one-to-one supervision.

You will be asked to develop game artwork, storyboards and scripts, prototypes and designs alongside a range of written and oral assessments, including social media, reports and essays.

You will have the opportunity to work in agile development labs with students from electronic engineering and computer science where you will rapidly develop your game ideas to prototype.

You will have access to our newly furnished video games and immersive labs, as well as a range of media production facilities, including motion capture, a TV studio, and editing and post-production suites.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 20 September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
W6V1
Institution code:
R72
Campus name:
Main Site
Points of Entry:
Year 1

Royal Holloway, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

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:
W6V1
Institution code:
R72
Campus name:
Main Site

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
BBB-BBC

Where an applicant is taking the EPQ alongside A-levels, the EPQ will be taken into consideration and result in lower A-level grades being required.
Socio-economic factors which may have impacted an applicant’s education will be taken into consideration and alternative offers may be made to these applicants.

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

Scottish Higher
BBBBB

Access to HE Diploma
Distinction: 24

remaining level 3 credits at Merit.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

Required subjects:

We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)

Scottish Advanced Higher
BBB-BBC

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

in a relevant subject plus one A-Level at grade B.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 30

5,5,5, at Higher level OR 30 points overall

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

in a related subject.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H3H3H3H3H3

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

Plus A Level Grades B,B

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)

Requirements are as for A-levels where one non-subject-specified A-level can be replaced by the same grade in the Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

Applicants with the Cambridge Pre-U are strongly encouraged to apply to Royal Holloway. Offers will be made on the basis of equivalent A-Level grades as can be found on the Royal Holloway website.

Combinations of qualifications will be considered on an individual basis, please contact us on admissions.enquiries@rhul.ac.uk to discuss your situation.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At Royal Holloway, we know every student approaches university with different experiences and backgrounds. We look at each application individually, and different factors can affect the exact offer a student receives. For instance, our contextual offer scheme means students from disadvantaged socio-economic background can receive a different offer. For full details please see our website.

Learn more on the Royal Holloway, University of London website

Historical entry grades data

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.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
EU & International£26800*
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Channel Islands£9790*

* 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.

Additional fee information

Other essential costs: Students are recommended to purchase a laptop before starting their course, to assist with their studies. The optional residential field courses incur an extra fee.

*The tuition fee for Home (UK) undergraduates is controlled by Government regulations. This figure is the fee for the academic year 2026/27 and is shown as a guide. The fee for the academic year 2027/28 has not yet been confirmed.

*This figure is the fee for EU and international students starting a degree in the academic year 2026/27 and is shown as a guide. The fee for the academic year 2027/28 has not yet been confirmed.

Royal Holloway reserves the right to increase tuition fees annually for all students. For further information see fees and funding: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/fees-and-funding/

Sponsorship information

Scholarships and bursaries 2

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/undergraduate/feesandfunding/bursariesandscholarships/home.aspx

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