Overview

While you study, you’ll benefit from top quality teaching at Kingston University . Not only are we ranked Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework, our staff are leading practitioners and researchers at the cutting-edge of their discipline.

Throughout the Game Development (Programming) course from Kingston University, you’ll have access to a dedicated games laboratory. Facilities here include Sony PlayStation 5 development consoles plus software like Visual Studio 2022, Unreal Engine 5, Unity and git. You’ll also find high-tech equipment such as gaming PCs with 12th gen intel i7 processors, 1TB SSD drives and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 GPUs.

Careers opportunities

After you graduate

You’ll complete this course with the skills you need to progress to an exciting future – whether that’s in the games industry or in the wide computing sector. Previous graduates have gone on to roles including game programmer, AI programmer, VR game developer, VR developer, software engineer and technical programmer.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Digital Media Final Project

3D Game Programming

Digital Studio Practice

Connected Games Development

Machine Learning and Deep Learning

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Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-14 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-11 00:00:00 , International

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The university encourages you to apply as soon as possible. Applications will close when the course is full.

Language

English

PTE Academic

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Game Design Software Engineering View 123 other Masters in Software Engineering in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

PTE Academic

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

The typical offer for this course is a 2:2 or above honours degree in information technology, computer science, mathematics or physics. We also accept equivalent qualifications.

You’ll also need to demonstrate a solid understanding of digital media. You could do this through your qualifications, or through a portfolio.
If you don’t have a first degree but do have five years’ professional experience and a strong portfolio of work, we’ll consider your application individually. You’ll need to show strong motivation to work at this level and complete the course.

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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

20000 GBP / year

≈ 20000 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

11900 GBP / year

≈ 11900 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part-time

UK students: £6,545 per year

International students: £11,000 per year

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 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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Duration

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Credits

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Disciplines

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What students do after studying

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English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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London

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