Why this program?

Make the transition from gamer to games developer, exploring a range of genres for a range of platforms – roleplaying games, platformers, adventure, PC, FPS, mobile, and VR. Our bachelor’s degree starts at the base level and builds your expertise in programming and design.

We consult closely with industry professionals so you can expect a course that’s highly relevant and equips you with sought-after skills. We offer small classes and one-on-one mentoring opportunities you may not find in a larger university.

Graduates from the Global Bachelor’s degree in Games Development gain an enhanced work-ready expertise in games development, iterative design processes, team project planning and management, and games-specific technology. Assessment of your growth as a creative practitioner will rely on completing industry-based projects, building a portfolio to showcase to potential employers or clients.

The Global Degree includes a mandatory international semester at one of the leading schools in the area, such as Abertay University (Scotland), University of Worcester (UK), NTNU (Norway), University of Bradford (UK), and TH Köln (Germany).

With The Global Bachelor in Games Development I will develop and apply advanced techniques and strategies to use industry software like Unreal Engine, Unity3D, and Maya. / I will be developing for technologies such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Android, and iOS. / Each semester is based on a unique and real-world project and briefs, I will have opportunities to build a significant portfolio of six products (games / applications) to share with an employer or first client. / As my skills develop and my work on more dynamic projects, I will apply my capabilities to cross-discipline projects by collaborating with other students across all disciplines of the school. / I will experience what it’s like to work as part of a professional team, finding solutions to complex problems via group projects. / I will learn to speak how the professionals do with expert mentors who will guide me in industry-standard languages C++, C#, Processing, and JavaScript. / I will gain capabilities such as problem solving, critical self-reflection , entrepreneurship, and other industry related skills.

Learning by design

| Every academic program has been designed to provide clear and ambitious learning outcomes. These learning outcomes give you an understanding of what you will be able to do at the end of the course. We develop each academic program by designing modules that grow your abilities towards the learning outcomes and help you to explain what you can offer to employers. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.

Students who complete this degree will be able to:

• Design and develop games, robotics, media science, websites, and apps with a focus on play, learning, experience, and interaction.
• Create the solutions of the future in computer games, learning applications and technologies, simulations for training in Virtual and Augmented Reality and physical interactive technologies.

• Initiate, plan and execute interactive media projects, both individually and collaboratively, using various creative, artistic, analytic, technical, organization and communication skills.
• Select, devise and apply appropriate algorithmic abstractions to model behavior of interactive media artefacts and express such models in computer programming languages.

Who is it for?

Games are now popular entertainment and widely used in healthcare, training, and safety industries to induce behavioral change through gamification and serious games.

This program suited to people who are creative, analytical and logical and who are interested in computers and are passionate about game development. Creative and innovative minded people will be challenged in this program to express their ideas and develop ground-breaking new game technologies.

Where?

The preview of an uninvented future is being commanded by two areas that increasingly converge in their areas of action: creativity and the technological world.

And IADE is clearly betting on this marriage, which is increasingly successful.

Recognized internationally, as part of the 50 best design schools in Europe (Domus Ranking), IADE was a pioneer in the teaching of Design, and is currently a leading institution in this area, with an employability rate of around 96%. The school is a true laboratory of creativity and talent in the areas that integrate Design, Marketing and Advertising, Communication, Photography, Arts and Technologies.

The school’s teaching methodology is based relies on a creative process, in partnership with the business environment and in collaboration with its different departments.

Fábrica is the prime point of contact and sharing between students, teachers and partners, a common ground that links IADE to the market and society, and which has support units such as the Observatory, the Special Projects unit, the Study Lab, the Digital Lab, the 3D Lab, the Media Lab, the Print Lab and the Tech Lab.