Overview

Interactive Media and Game Development is offered by Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Our interactive media and game development degree prepares professionals who can balance sophisticated design and technical expertise in developing immersive, interactive environments.

Key Facts

You may tailor a program to suit your interests and career goals as you learn from and work alongside world-renowned faculty researchers and industry advisors. Students in our game design master's program come from various backgrounds, including college graduates continuing their education, game industry professionals aiming for leadership roles, and professionals from other fields retooling their skills.

Through our interdisciplinary game development program, you will take core courses that provide a base of knowledge in the design of interactive media while specializing in one of three focus areas:

Technical: for students with a software development background who wish to expand their understanding of Interactive Media & Game Development (IMGD)
Serious games: for students who want to apply IMGD in such areas as education, healthcare, simulation, and social sciences
Production and management: for students who intend to work on the business side of gaming after pursuing their MS in game development degree.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Tangible & Embodied Interaction

History & Future of Interactive Media

Design of Interactive Experiences

Production Management for Interactive Media

Serious and Applied Games
Multidisciplinary Research Methods in Computational Media

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-11-06 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

28 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Worcester, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Three letters of recommendation from individuals who can comment on your qualifications for pursuing graduate study are required. Please invite your recommenders to submit their letters electronically via the online application.
Applicants to the MSIT are also required to have at least one prior college-level programming course with a grade of B or better

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

30420 USD / year

≈ 30420 USD / year
Out-of-State

30420 USD / year

≈ 30420 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

30420 USD / year

≈ 30420 USD / year

Living costs

Worcester

United States

1100 - 1620 USD / month

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