Computer Science for Games Programming

Overview

We’ve been providing the games industry with quality graduates for more than 20 years, so many of our graduates are company directors and technical leads.

This relationship helps us improve our course and keep it current. It also means there is an extensive network of Hull alumni working in senior positions in the games industry across the world.

All our Computer Science undergraduate courses offer a guaranteed, paid year in industry, between the second and third year, as a recognised part of your degree.

We are a friendly department, at a friendly university, in a friendly city. There are lots of extra curricular opportunities to socialise and pursue your interest in gaming beyond the lecture theatre. Games jams, hackathons and programming competitions are all part of the Hull experience and there are numerous societies to get involved with - Hull Computer Science Society , Hull Gaming Society and the Robotics Society to name just three. We host frequent in-person and online talks by industry experts, many of them our own graduates working around the world.

This Computer Science for Games Programming programme at University of Hull is accredited to the maximum level available by the British Computer Society. The highly sought after skills, experience and technical expertise you’ll gain will prepare you for a career in the multibillion-pound games industry.

Your future prospects

• Games developer

• Mobile app developer

• Software engineer

• IT security specialist

• Computer systems analyst

• Web developer

The skills, experience and technical expertise you’ll gain at Hull will put you in high demand when it’s time to enter the job market in this fast-evolving industry.

The graduates have been recruited by the likes of Codemasters, Criterion (Electronic Arts), Dynamo Games, Eutechnyx, Rare (Microsoft), Lionhead Studios (Microsoft), Pi Studios, Sony and Bohemia Interactive.

Computer Science graduate Adrian Hirst, founder of Leeds-based Weaseltron Entertainment, blogs about his unique career in games and what it takes to succeed in the industry.