Program Overview

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Games Arts BA (Hons)

Overview

Is your imagination bursting with concepts for new worlds and characters? Then our practice-based BA (Hons) Games Arts degree course at UCA Farnham could be for you.

Course Entry Options

• BA (Hons) Games Arts
• BA (Hons) Games Arts with Integrated Foundation Year
• BA (Hons) Games Arts with Professional Practice Year
• BA (Hons) Games Arts with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year

Games Arts BA (Hons)

Our standard three year undergraduate degree for those who meet the entry requirements for higher education.

• Institution code: C93
• UCAS code: W280
• Campus: Farnham
• Start date(s): September 2025, September 2026
• Duration: 3 years full-time
• Entry requirements:
  • 112 UCAS points
  • International equivalent qualifications

Games Arts BA (Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year

A four year degree programme, including a foundation year to help develop your creativity before you embark on year one of a degree.

• Institution code: C93
• UCAS code: W28F
• Campus: Farnham
• Start date(s): September 2025, September 2026
• Duration: 4 years full-time
• Entry requirements:
  • UK: 32 UCAS points
  • International / EU: 12 years of schooling (with good grades)

Games Arts BA (Hons) with Professional Practice Year

A four year programme, which sees you spend an entire year gaining valuable industry experience prior to your final year of study.

• Institution code: C93
• UCAS code: W283
• Campus: Farnham
• Start date(s): September 2025, September 2026
• Duration: 4 years full-time
• Entry requirements:
  • 112 UCAS points
  • International equivalent qualifications

Games Arts BA (Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year

A five year course, including a foundation year to help develop your creativity before you embark on year one of a degree, and a year on a professional placement gaining valuable industry experience prior to your final year of study.

• Institution code: C93
• UCAS code: W28G
• Campus: Farnham
• Start date(s): September 2025, September 2026
• Duration: 5 years full-time
• Entry requirements:
  • UK: 32 UCAS points
  • International / EU: 12 years of schooling (with good grades)

What You'll Study

Integrated Foundation Year (if undertaken)

UCA’s Integrated Foundation Year is designed to give you the skills you’ll need to start your degree in the best possible way – with confidence, solid knowledge of creative practice, study skills and more.

Year One

• Launch Week
• Introduction to Games Arts 1
• Equality Diversity and Inclusion
• Board Game Design
• Opportunity Week
• Introduction to Games Arts 2
• Client Brief
• Interactive Narratives
• ATOM Activities
• PLE Digital Outcome 1

Year Two

• Launch Week
• Games Art Workflows
• The Conscious Practitioner
• Opportunity Week
• Games Art Pathway
• Industry Brief
• ATOM Activities and PLE Digital Outcome
• Elective units:
  • Conceptual Interdisciplinary
  • Immersive Media
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Hardware Projects using Arduino
  • Life Drawing
  • Virtual Production Studio
  • Pervasive Game Studio
  • Creature Animation
  • Motion Capture Technologies
  • Environmental Storytelling

Professional Practice Year (if undertaken)

If you opt to complete a professional practice year, this will take place in year three. You will undertake a placement within the creative industries to further develop your skills and CV.

Year Three

• Launch Week
• Final Major Project: Pre-Production
• Final Major Project: Critical and Conceptual Influences
• Professional Practice
• Final Major Project: Production

Facilities & Equipment

We have studios with high-end PCs with Alienware towers, 4k dual screen monitors and Wacom Cintiq graphics tablets, all dedicated to games design, with software including Unity and Unreal games engines. There is also a VR development studio, and a dedicated Games Incubator Studio for graduate entrepreneurs looking to set up their own companies or looking to release games to market. In addition, our Farnham campus has sound production and Foley studios, pro tools and a specialist library.

Opportunities

• Industry links
• Careers
• Further study

Taking advantage of our proximity to the UK’s largest games hubs, our course connects directly with some of the best-known names in the industry, including:

• Supermassive Games
• EA
• Sony
• Creative Assembly
• Supergonk
• Two Point Studios
• Zappar
• Hangar 13
• Atom Republic
• Rebellion
• Miniclip

We also regularly welcome input from active industry practitioners, who can offer expert advice and guidance to students about the realities of working in the computer games market.

Many of our graduates have gone on to establish themselves in the games industry, with recent alumni landing roles such as Junior Character Artist at Guerrilla Games, Junior Games Designer at Creative Assembly, Lighting Artist at Splash Damage, Associate Designer at Hangar 13, Concept Artist on AAA BAFTA award-winning PlayStation 4 titles (Until Dawn, Hidden Agenda, The Dark Pictures: Man Of Medan, and Rush of Blood), Environment Artist at Bohemia Interactive, as well as entrepreneurial independent developers of games for iOS, Android and Steam projects from our dedicated Games Incubator Studio.

Skills taught on this course are highly transferable, making our graduates valuable assets in a number of industries, such as:

• 2D and 3D Concept design
• Serious (Applied) Games
• Programming
• TV and Film Post Production VFX
• Pre-visualisation
• Interactive Technologies (VR, AR, MR).

You may also like to consider further study at postgraduate level.

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees - 2025/26

• UK: £9,535 (Integrated Foundation Year), £9,535 (BA course)
• EU: £9,535 (Integrated Foundation Year), £9,535 (BA course)
• International: £16,950 (Integrated Foundation Year), £17,500 (BA course)

If you opt to study the Professional Practice Year, for 2025 you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee of £1,900 (UK), £3,390 (International). You will also incur additional travel and accommodation costs during your Professional Practice year.

UCA Scholarships and Fee Discounts

At UCA we have a number of scholarships and fee discounts available to assist you with the cost of your studies.

Financial Support

There are lots of ways you can access additional financial support to help you fund your studies - both from UCA and from external sources. Discover what support you might qualify for.

Additional Course Costs

In addition to the tuition fees there may be other costs for your course. The things that you are likely to need to budget for to get the most out of a creative arts education will include books, printing costs, occasional or optional study trips and/or project materials.

Entry & Portfolio Requirements

We’ll need to see your portfolio for this course:

• UK applicants: We will invite you to attend an Applicant Day so you can have your portfolio review in person.
• International applicants: We will ask you to submit an online portfolio.

Select country to find the equivalent requirements:

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Standard Requirements

The standard entry requirements for these courses are one of the following:

• 112 UCAS tariff points
• Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4)
• Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma / BTEC National Extended Diploma
• Merit at UAL Extended Diploma
• 112 UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject
• 27-30 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma with at least 15 IB points at Higher level

And four GCSE passes at grade 9-4/A*-C including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).

Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply.

Foundation Year Requirements

The standard entry requirements for foundation year entry are one of the following:

• 32 UCAS tariff points
• Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4)
• Pass, Pass, Pass at BTEC Extended Diploma / BTEC National Extended Diploma
• Pass at UAL Extended Diploma
• 32 UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject
• 24 points from the International Baccalaureate

And four GCSE passes at grade 9-4/A*-C including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).

Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply.

Undergraduate Requirements

For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have a Grade 14 Diploma with 60% overall.

Foundation Year Requirements

For our International Foundation in Creative Practices and our Integrated Foundation courses, we usually require that you have a Grade 12 Graduation Certificate with 60% overall.

English Language Requirements

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If you take the IELTS test you will need to achieve the following scores (or an equivalent from other UCA-approved English tests):

• Undergraduate degree (BA/BSc/BMus): 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section
• Undergraduate degree with international foundation year: 5.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section

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Our Staff

• Neil Brewis - Programme Director of Games
• Tony Mayor - Lecturer Digital Communication Design
• Dr Ewan Kirkland - Senior Lecturer in Critical Studies: Digital and Interactive Art
• Andy Bossom - Industry Engagement Lead
• Dr Maggie Li - Lecturer in Games Theory
• Dr Digdem Sezen - Senior Lecturer in Games
• Dr Tonguc Sezen - Senior Lecturer in Games
• Dr Darren C Fisher - Senior Lecturer: Games, Comic and Concept Art

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Course Statistics

• BA (Hons)
• BA (Hons) with Professional Practice Year
• BA (Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year
• BA (Hons) with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year

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