Overview

Key Features

The Game Design program delivered at New York University is a 4-year Bachelors of Fine Arts program. We are located inside NYU’s famous Tisch School of the Arts, and like other Tisch programs in film, dance, and theater, we look at games as a creative form of art.

The program structure first introduces you to the fundamentals of games through the lenses of design, technology, and culture. As you progress in the program, you have the flexibility to discover and pursue your own interests, taking courses that range from collaborative game production to critical analysis to specialized elements of visual and audio design. At the conclusion of your BFA study, you complete a senior project, either as an individual or with a group.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Game Studies – Academic, scholarly, and journalistic approaches to games
Game Design – Creating the rules of the game and the player experience
Game Development – Production processes for creating games
Programming – Interaction, graphics, AI, and other game programming
Visual Design – 2D and 3D animation, graphic design, and art direction
Audio Design – Music, sound effects, and audio programming
Game Business – Marketing, revenue models, and the game industry

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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IELTS

7.5

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Credits

128 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New York City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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135

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100

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7.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Portfolio: Your portfolio can be anything you want, as long as it shows off your creativity for games. It could be a film you made or a story you wrote. It could be the rules for a card game or a prototype computer game. Or it could be a song you composed, sculpture you constructed, or play you wrote.
Nonrefundable $80.00 application fee.
Standardized test scores (see NYU’s standardized testing requirements). Standardized testing is optional for the upcoming application term.
A Self Reported Academic Record (SRAR). All applicants will be invited to complete this after submitting their application.
Records of all college work that you have received academic credit for and does not appear on your high school transcript.
The Common Application Mid Year Report with updated academic record if mid-year grades are available. This should show your first semester senior year grades.

Tuition Fees

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72082 USD / year

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72082 USD / year

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72082 USD / year

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Living costs

New York City

United States

1819 - 3968 USD / month

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Living costs

New York City

Funding

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