Professional Masters in Games Development

Program Overview

Professional Masters in Games Development (MProf)

Overview

The Centre for Excellence in Computer Games Education at Abertay offers this unique, world-renowned programme. It’ll give you a skillset that encompasses far more than basic technical excellence.

Programme Overview

The result offers an unparalleled opportunity for subsequent employment in leading creative and technological industries - specifically within the fields of coding, digital art, game design and audio - as demanded by the multi-billion pound games industry.

Learn from experienced games industry practitioners

Get set to develop core skills through applied project work, supported by experienced games industry practitioners. Enhance your skills in interdisciplinary communication and collaboration through teamwork with students and staff from other areas of games development.

Entry Requirements

UK Entry

• Applicants must have a minimum of upper second class (2:1) honours degree in Art, Code, Design, Game Production or Audio.
• We will also consider applicants with a lower second class (2:2) in these subjects, if there is sufficient evidence of ability demonstrated in the Portfolio of Evidence supporting their application.

International Entry

• We accept a wide range of qualifications from applicants from across the world.
• Please select the country of your qualification from the searchable list below to view entry requirements.

Academic Requirements

• All applicants must submit a personal statement that includes a Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) for review as part of their application.
• The purpose of the Portfolio of Evidence is to allow the Programme Team to determine whether there is satisfactory evidence of ability - or potential ability - within at least one key computer games development role.
• These key roles are Programming, Game Design, Art and Animation (preferably digital), Software, Project or Team Management, Digital Audio and Sound Design.

How the Course Works

Produce Innovative Games Solutions

• As a postgraduate student, you’ll work with other highly-talented individuals within games development teams towards the production of innovative computer games solutions.
• Working closely with a team of full-time staff who are highly-experienced in both the games industry and academic teaching, and under the guidance and mentorship of computer games industry representatives, you’ll develop professional skills and knowledge relevant to key roles within the industry and beyond.

Learning and Assessment

• The goal of the MProf in Games Development is to turn you into a professional developer by placing you into a development team, with industry-relevant project goals and deliverables.
• Your team will enjoy a high level of independence in how it meets the game design briefs and how it approaches the development process.

Modules

Year 1

• Game Prototyping and Critical Skills Development (DES510)
• Applied Games and Research Practice (DES511)
• Studio Games and Research Practice (DES512)

Fees & Funding

• The course fees you'll pay and the funding available to you depends on factors such as your nationality, location, personal circumstances and the course you are studying.

Scholarships

• The scholarships below are open to international students and those applying from England, Wales and Northern Ireland with a 2.1 or above for a postgraduate course.
• Abertay Postgraduate Taught rUK Scholarship
• International Postgraduate Abertay Scholarships

Careers

• This programme prepares you for a career as a creative professional, typically within the games industry but not confined to it.
• The exact role will be determined by your own area of study and aspirations – such as Programmer, Artist or Producer.

Occupations

• Former graduates of the MProf course have had outstanding success both in gaining employment within the industry and in pursuing their own game development plans.
• Graduates from the course can now be found working at studios across the UK with companies such as Sony, Traveller’s Tales, Codemasters and Blitz, as well as further afield in mainland Europe, America, China and India.
• Many graduates pursue their own projects for the rapidly-developing Indie market.