Overview

As the technology in the games world advances at pace, programmers are in demand to tackle live issues facing the field. Our staff are actively engaged in research, ensuring you’re learning in line with sector developments. Crucially, staff are fully invested in your potential - in the National Student Survey 2025, Computer Science ranked top in Yorkshire for assessment and feedback. This course will set you up for the career you want, whether that is as a games programmer, working in gameplay or AI, or within the wider computing field.

The Computer Science with Games Programming with Foundation Year (Hons) course at University of Huddersfield is designed for students who have the capability to pursue a degree at Huddersfield but do not yet have the required qualifications.

Your Career

Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Engineering Manager, XDEV Producer, Senior DevOps Engineer, Technical Designer and Lead AI Programmer in organisations including Playstation, Rockstar Games, IBM, Sony, King and Spotify.

Additionally, you may gain skills that are transferable to other industries and may be able to pursue any career that requires a good honours degree. You could go on to further study and the University has many options available for postgraduate study (including postgraduate teacher training) and research which may interest you.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Computing Science and Mathematics

Project

Computer Organisation and Architecture

Computational Mathematics

Team Project

Relational Databases and Web Integration

Algorithms and Data Structures

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-13 00:00:00

Language

English

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87

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

480 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Game Design Computer Sciences View 255 other Bachelors in Game Design in United Kingdom

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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

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

87

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

CC at A Level.
64 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
MPP in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.
Pass at T Level, D or E grade on core.
Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above.
64 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

17600 GBP / year

≈ 17600 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

10050 GBP / year

≈ 10050 GBP / year

Living costs

Huddersfield

United Kingdom

600 - 1000 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Overview

Your Career

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Huddersfield

Funding

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