Overview

The MA Games Design programme at University of the Arts London (UAL) critically examines the concept of play in relation to the practice of games design. You will produce playable prototype gaming experiences and use games design as a means to test critical ideas from broader culture.

What can you expect?

The course is particularly interested in how games design principles are being used more generally and how these ideas impact upon our increasingly digital culture.

MA Games Design will enable you to understand and articulate the unique value of game experience to an increasingly interested design industry and allow you to understand the value of your game experience prototypes.

Building on LCC's resources, in digital, time-based and interactive media, alongside printmaking, graphic design and visual communication, the course encourages experimental and reflective practice that echoes the cross media nature of the design, communication and media industries.

The course also supports progression to research at MPhil/PhD level as well as to advanced self-directed experimental practice.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Design and Prototyping

Understanding Gaming Experience

Critical Play and Experimental Development

Collaborative Unit
Analysing the Gaming Experience

Final Major Project and Thesis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 15 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-04-03 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Design Game Design View 368 other Masters in Design in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Required

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Honours degree in either games design, animation, illustration, visual communication or graphic design or closely related subject

Possession of equivalent qualifications

Prior experiential learning, the outcome of which can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required

Or a combination of formal qualifications and experiential learning which, taken together, can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required
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CV

Personal statement

Portfolio

Study proposal/project proposal

Tuition Fee

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International

28570 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 28570 GBP per year during 15 months.
National

13330 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 13330 GBP per year during 15 months.

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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