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Program Overview
Bachelor's Degree in Video Games Design
The Bachelor's Degree in Video Games Design is an official degree aimed at training students to work as specialized professionals in the video games development industry. You will acquire advanced knowledge in video games creation and programming on various platforms, including PCs, consoles, mobile devices, and virtual reality environments. You will use cutting-edge tools and technologies in the Tech Factory, an exclusive space within the university campus, equipped with professional software and state-of-the-art hardware. Here, you will develop everything from the initial idea to the final product, which will enable you to master the entire video games development cycle.
Career Opportunities
You can work in international video game studios or independent studios. You can also create your own team and develop a video game to launch it to the market.
Study Plan
The Video Games Design Degree is for you if you love video games, create stories, handle visual arts, and are crazy about digital and multimedia tools.
Structure of the Curriculum
- First Year
- Ethics and Professional Effectiveness
- Evolution and Historical Perspective
- Artistic Drawing
- Computer Science Basics and Programming Fundamentals
- Video Game Technology and Virtual Scene Design
- Video Game Structure: Gameplay and Levels
- Theory of Color and Light
- Vector Design and Digital Illustration
- Character Design and Concept Art
- Video Game Project I
- Second Year
- Influence and Relational Impact
- Narrative and Scriptwriting for Video Games
- 3D Modeling I: Form
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Introduction to Software Engineering
- Video Game Production
- 2D Animation: Digital
- 3D Development Environments
- Server and Database Technology
- Video Game Project II
- Third Year
- Creative Techniques
- Video Game Marketing
- Sound Design and Music Fundamentals
- Networks and Multiplayer Environments
- UX and User Interfaces
- Rigging
- 3D Modeling II: Characters
- Artificial Intelligence
- 3D Animation I: Layout
- Video Game Project III
- Fourth Year
- Entrepreneurial Leadership
- External Internships
- Final Project
- 3D Animation II: Characters
- 3D Animation III: Facial
- Video Game Criticism
- Visual Effects
- Experimental Game Design
- Game Studies
- Lighting and Texturing
- 3D Modeling III: Organic
- Transmedia Narratives
- Advanced Programming
- Concurrent and Distributed Programming
- Graphic Programming
- Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Serious Games, Edutainment, and Gamification
- Extended External Internships
- University Activities
Internships
Internships in companies are a key element in your training. Gaining experience after what you have learned in your degree is the best way to enter the labor market. There are two types of internships, curricular (included in your curriculum) and extracurricular (those you can do voluntarily).
Employability
The video games market in our country positioned itself in 2015 as the first audiovisual and interactive leisure industry in Spain. Consumption in the video games sector in Spain reached the figure of 1,083 million euros, 8.7% more than in the previous year according to AEVI, the Spanish video game association.
Admissions
You can become a student at Universidad Europea in three easy steps.
- Admission exams
- Place reservation
- Enrollment
Faculty
The Game Design Department has a faculty composed of 48% Ph.D. holders.
Awards and Recognitions
5/5 QS Stars
Excellence in teaching, economic development, online learning, global impact, employability, governance, social impact, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Times Higher Education
Top 5 universities in Spain.
CYD Ranking
3rd private university in Madrid.
Academic Quality
As part of its strategy, the University has an internal quality plan whose objective is to promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement, and which allows it to face future challenges with the maximum guarantee of success. In this way, it is committed to promoting the achievement of external recognitions and accreditations, both nationally and internationally; the measurement and analysis of results; simplification in management; and the relationship with the external regulator.
Frequently Asked Questions
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