134 Master's in Game Design in Europe

The Games Design and Development Master of Design at Heriot-Watt University offers you the opportunity to turn your game ideas into reality.  

This Game Studies MSc programme from Tampere University is particularly targeted at training experts on games and play. We approach games and play from the interconnected perspectives of games, game players, production of games, and games in cultures.

The Games Enterprise programme from University of South Wales is an innovative course that will give you the opportunity to develop artistic, design, technical, production and enterprise skills. 

The Virtual Reality programme at University of the Arts London (UAL) is a master level course delivered through a public study mode. This intensive postgraduate degree focuses on immersive technology and creative practice, equipping students with advanced technical skills to lead innovation within the global digital media sector.

This course in Orchestration for Films, Games and TV at ThinkSpace Education takes you from first sketch to the final recording with a live orchestral session, giving you all the knowledge you need to turn an idea into a professionally recorded orchestral score.

Composing for Video Games at ThinkSpace Education will prepare you to enter the industry as a video games composer and give you all the skills you need to compose and implement fully interactive music using industry standard middleware. You will be given the space and support to develop as a composer, finding your voice and raising your production and composition to a professional standard.

The Games Development (Programming) course at Anglia Ruskin University will help you to take your computer game development skills to the next level. Study, plan, produce and test games in our specialist studios. Working alongside students from our Computer Games Development Art course, you’ll gain experience in multi-disciplinary working and create an advanced portfolio.

Game Design and Technology from University of Gothenburg teaches you a blend of the skills and techniques required to work in and around the game industry. 

Video games are rapidly evolving, both technically and creatively, and this is creating enormous opportunities for game audio professionals. There are a lot of trained composers, but few are trained to deal with both the compositional and sound design roles involved with the Video Game Music and Audio at ThinkSpace Education.

Within the scope of Visual Computing, the Computer Science - Visual Computing and Game Development program from Charles University offers training in a wide range of visual sciences, including geometric modeling, rendering (image synthesis) as well as the basics of image analysis and computer vision. 

The New Media - Game Design and Production course at Aalto University is a multidisciplinary major that offers a unique mix of technical and artistic aspects of game development. The major produces visionary, out-of-the-box thinkers who have the ambition to push the boundaries in the world of game design. 

This one-year intensive master of Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games degree at Berklee College of Music focuses on the art and craft of composing, orchestrating, editing, and producing music for the screen using the latest technology.

The User Experience and Interactive Media Design program from Södertörn University provides students with the opportunity to qualify for work in media technology, with a particular focus on interaction design, user experience design, and the design of interactive media.

Fundamental to the philosophy of the MA Design - Games Art course from AAS College is the provision of an opportunity for students to explore and realise their individual aspirations and potential, creating a framework for developing more fully as skilled and informed professional practitioners.

This Cinematic and Videogame Architecture programme at UCL offers students a unique opportunity to design innovative projects at the convergence of architecture, film and videogames. 

Discover ReSound, an innovative Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme that reimagines the role of sound in culture, society, and the creative industries. This two-year, four-semester journey goes beyond the screen, elevating sound as a fully-fledged discipline and a starting point for exploring its profound connection to image, space, and experience. *This programme is subject to validation*

The Virtual Production degree at Nottingham Trent University has quickly established itself in the entertainment industries, connecting specialists across VFX, film and game technology.

The Digital Futures (South East Asia) program at King's College London taught through a blended learning model - nurtures the creativity and critical thinking needed to do just that.

In this professional Game Technology programme at Howest University of Applied Sciences, students are trained to design, assess and implement an innovative energy business plan. In realistic and authentic company case-studies and projects, you can address sustainable energy challenges based on a systems approach.

The Visual Effects for Live Events program from Academy of Live Technology is where art and technology meet with stunning results. Striking digitally generated imagery is created and manipulated by students to enhance incredible live experiences.