Overview
This page covers Games Design with Games Development with Foundation Year across the departments we work with, including what each asks for and what it charges. It is a three year undergraduate degree, with the specialism widening as you move through the years.
Teaching in Computer Games and Animation lets you specialise partway through, usually between security, data and software engineering.
Applications open around a year ahead of the intake. Getting the documents together early is what keeps the September date realistic.
Careers opportunities
Employers in this field test what you can build, not what you were taught, and a technical interview is standard. A portfolio of projects, open source contributions or an industrial placement carries more weight than the grade in almost every hiring process.
Roles graduates go into
- Software engineer
- Data analyst
- Data scientist
- Systems or platform engineer
- Security analyst
- Technical consultant
Where they work
- Technology and software companies
- Banks and insurers
- Consultancies and systems integrators
- Government and health service digital teams
- Startups and scale-ups
After the course
There is no register. Vendor certifications in cloud, security or data platforms are what most employers pay for in the first year, and they carry real weight in this market.