Overview

Launch your games industry career with this master’s course, designed for creatives from all backgrounds. Gain hands-on experience in the full game development process, collaborating with teams to design, build, and market innovative, playable games.Key Games Studio Development course from Coventry University content includes:

Studio-based learning and mentoring: collaborate in a studio model with guidance from industry and academic mentors to build professional skills and networks.
Industry engagement: gain insights through mandatory field trips to Royal Leamington Spa game studios, and optional field trips and masterclasses at game studios further afield.

Comprehensive games production: experience the full development pipeline while honing specialist skills in your chosen area.

Why you should study this course

Our holistic approach to real-world learning is designed to develop your agility as a practitioner. We’ll teach you how to flex across a range of roles in small, independent game studios and become a skillset-specific practitioner with an understanding of the wider workflow in large game studios.

You will have access to state-of-the-art facilities, including experimental immersive studios and digital and electronic hacklabs.
You will benefit from a strong academic base with links to gaming companies in ‘Silicon Spa’ - the nearby hub of game developers in Royal Leamington Spa.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Games in Context
How Games are Made
Researching and Pitching Games Concepts
Immersive Games Production Simulation
Springboard into Industry
Polishing Your Game to Perfection

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-14 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-18 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-03-08 00:00:00

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Language

English

Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Coventry, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

An honours degree 2:2 or above in a related discipline or appropriate professional/industrial experience.
You may be invited to interview or asked to provide a portfolio of work.

Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

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Non-residents

19500 GBP / year

≈ 19500 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

11700 GBP / year

≈ 11700 GBP / year
Applies to you

Applies to you

Free

Living costs

Coventry

United Kingdom

656 - 1057 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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