The Game Design and Graphics programme at Uppsala University provides skills in developing games for commercial production, as well as a deeper understanding of how games work and how they affect us.
The programme mixes practical game development and theoretical courses within game design and graphics. In the programme, we explore theories and methods in game design, game development and game analysis. Game developers need good communicative skills both to communicate with their team and to shape the experience that the game will provide. To reflect this, the programme provides training in expression through text, imagery and games, as well as verbal communication.
As an artist, you learn to produce art assets for 2D and 3D games, combining theoretical and artistic knowledge with the technical skills inherent to the medium. The programme also trains practical production with other disciplines through several project courses.
The programme has a good reputation internationally thanks to the high level of our students’ productions. Invited professionals and academics come to share their experience and knowledge during recurring events. This provides plenty of opportunities to build a contact network. Past students have a track record of winning prizes at the Swedish Game Awards, the largest Nordic competition for independent developers.
Career
One of the programme’s strengths is its well-established contact with the game industry. This is why the programme’s former students make up an especially useful network. Through yearly recurring events notable individuals from the international game industry, former students and academics are invited to judge student projects and share their experience. This provides an excellent opportunity for you to build your own contact network for your future career.
Former students have gone on to become both business owners running their own studios and employees at some of the most successful game studios in the world. Notable examples of companies where former students have found work include Blizzard Entertainment, Massive Entertainment, Starbreeze Studios, Crytek, Fatshark, Frictional Games, Ubisoft, Avalanche, Lionhead, CCP, DICE and Might and Delight. A number of graduates also work within the Swedish higher education sector, teaching and running game design programmes.
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