Computer Games Production (Hons) University of Portsmouth

Overview

You’ll also develop the essential business expertise to start your own indie games studio and tackle the challenges that arise – from funding and protecting your innovative ideas, to team and project management, marketing, and leadership. By working with fellow students from our Computer Games Technology degree course, you’ll gain experience in all areas of game development.

The Computer Games Production (Hons) course at University of Portsmouth emphasises collaboration and has strong ties with the South Coast games industry, so you'll have many opportunities to work with games companies, culminating in a year-long shippable development project in your final year.

The independent games industry is skyrocketing. According to Ukie, the trade body for the UK games industry, video games contributed a record £2.91 billion to the UK economy in 2019 and the pandemic has created a huge revenue opportunity. Now’s the golden time to make your mark.

Key facts

• Learn current industry standards by studying modules created with eminent games companies such as Rare
• Build your industry contacts by collaborating with games companies
• Learn from a teaching team with a mix of managerial experience and industry expertise
• Attend guest lectures by industry speakers to increase your industry knowledge
• Take advantage of a self-employed placement year to gain valuable professional experience

• Showcase your work at our annual Graduate Show to attract potential employers and the wider public

Careers and opportunities

The UK games industry has boomed despite the pandemic. Between 2019 and 2020, its generated revenue increased by 20% to £907 million, accelerating the UK's gross domestic profit to £2.2 billion (£4 million more than the previous year). In addition, almost 31,000 new jobs related to games studios were created – over 4,000 more than before the pandemic (TIGA, 2020).

Over the next few years, revenue and job opportunities in the UK games industry are expected to rise, so as a graduate, you'll be well-positioned to help further expand this exciting, innovative industry.

Our graduates have worked at some of the biggest names in the games industry, including:

• Black Rock
• Climax
• Codemasters
• Creative Assembly
• d3t
• Electronic Arts
• Frontier
• Jagex
• Kwalee
• Rebellion
• Sony