Game Design Uppsala University

Overview

Nowadays large games companies often have employees with research expertise working in development teams in order to evaluate player interaction and behaviour patterns and understand long-term effects and economic aspects of their produccts. 

In the design and development of games for entertainment, and games which have a primary purpose other than entertainment, there is a demand for game developers who can see and communicate the link between the reality that is portrayed in the game, the level of abstraction in the game, as well as its effects. 

Career opportunities

The Swedish game industry currently employs about 5 000 people, and the industry organisation predicts continued growth. 

The Department of Game Design at Uppsala University retains a close relationship with former students, wherever in the world they are currently working or studying, through the game design alumni network.

Our long-standing mutual relationship with the game industry is cultivated through active participation in industry events and discussions on envisaged future needs in terms of the desired skills of game designers.

As a means of nurturing active contacts with valuable representatives in the game industry and the academic world we host the annual Gotland Game Conference and the yearly event of the Alumni Days.