Overview

The School of Digital Art's (SODA) Games Art course aims to empower you with the knowledge and skills to create immersive art for games and the interactive experiences of the future.

It will explore games art in a range of professional contexts, through interdisciplinary investigations in imaginative concept art, dynamic character design, and immersive world-building. It will synthesise industry-standard tools, techniques and processes with emerging technologies, disruptive research and design thinking.

SODA is well positioned within Manchester for building a network and developing your research and practice in the media, games and digital tech industries. It is also home to staff from a wide range of disciplines who are research active and experts in their chosen areas. They enjoy well-established links to the wider creative media, arts and digital tech industries in Manchester, nationally and internationally.

Career

Guided by industry experienced professionals, graduates of Games Art from Manchester Metropolitan University will develop a specialised portfolio that demonstrates the knowledge, skills and creative expertise required to become highly valued employees within the growing games and related industries, both here in the UK and abroad.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Interdisciplinary Practice (Games Art)

Body

Machine

Society

Storytelling

Critical Study

Digital Art Activism

Perspectives

Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-15 00:00:00

More details

You can apply for a master’s course at any time throughout the year, most courses will close for applications in mid to late August.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

89

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PTE Academic

65

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Design Visual Arts Game Design View 92 other Masters in Game Design in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

89

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65

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

You will normally have at least a 2:1 undergraduate UK honours degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. creative/digital arts, management, education, science etc). A 2.2 will also be considered.

Equivalent EU/international qualifications are also accepted. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Other professional qualifications will be considered on merit and/or with relevant professional experience.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

22000 GBP / year

≈ 22000 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

12000 GBP / year

≈ 12000 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part-time:

UK and Channel Island: £2000 per 30 credits studied per year.

Eu and Non-Eu International: £3667 per 30 credits studied per year.

Living costs

Manchester

United Kingdom

645 - 1197 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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