Overview

The Games Design programme, offered by Teesside University , develops your prototyping skills and knowledge in relation to game design to prepare you for a career in the games industry. You gain advanced practical skills required for complex mission design and implementation, as well as the ability to create advanced gameplay scenarios and professional design documents.

You learn to tackle complex game development scenarios and apply advanced game management techniques, ensuring projects are organised in a professional manner from pre-production through production, delivery and project closure.

You study advanced concepts relating to optimisation of games and create a game prototype with consideration for industry level design roles.

Career opportunities

They prepare you for a career in industry. In addition to your taught classes, we create opportunities for you to meet and network with our industry partners through events such as the ExpoSeries, which showcases student work to industry. ExpoTees is the pinnacle of the ExpoSeries with over 100 businesses from across the UK coming to the campus to meet our exceptional students, with a view to recruitment.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Game Mechanics

Advanced Mission Design

Game Design Optimisation

Game Design Roles

Game Group Project

Games Management

Master's Project

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-25 00:00:00

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Language

English

PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

You will normally have a first degree (2.2 minimum) in a relevant subject such as games design, games development, games programming or computer science.

In addition, international students will require IELT

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

17000 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

8365 GBP / year

≈ 8365 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part-time Fee: £930 for 20 credits

Living costs

Middlesbrough

United Kingdom

600 - 1000 GBP / month

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

Funding

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General requirements

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