Master of Arts - Game Design

1,5 years: Duration

13,250 EUR: Price

Oct 2024: Start

June 2024: Deadline

Master: Degree

Campus: Format

Hamburg / Germany: Location

Berlin School of Business and Innovation: School

Program description

Degree awarded by University for the Creative Arts (UCA)

Our dynamic, immersive, 18-month MA in Game Design is an interdisciplinary program designed to advance your knowledge in the quickly changing field of interactive entertainment. We want you to become an expert researcher, develop a strong visual language for communication, and be equipped to specialize in the fascinating topic of game design through further study.

Our MA in Game Design prepares students for the fast-paced, highly skilled, and innovatively driven digital game business. This course explores game development in an industrial setting, taught by academics with expertise in game studies and professionals from the industry. As a lone developer or team member, you will expand your portfolio, leading up to a big project to produce a digital game.

Program structure

Three terms of study and six months of dissertation work make up this 18-month (Level 7) MA in game design.

In order to help you with the comprehensive creation of your project proposal later in the course, you will begin to explore your creative practice throughout the first two terms of the course, which will involve a variety of lectures and seminars.

You start working on your MA project in the third term, analyzing and testing the objectives of your proposal over an extended length of independent study.

The last step involves applying the knowledge you've learned from your research to produce a final body of work. For this part, you can choose to either take a general approach or focus on one of the three specializations: Illustration, animation, or graphic design.

All of the program's modules are available and taught entirely on campus. Through the University for the Creative Arts portal, students will also have additional access to reading materials and course materials.

Modules:

Expressive Game Design: Games Research and Professional Contexts 1
Prototyping Lab: Genre and Affect Games Research and Professional Contexts 2
Games Design Project

Price

The fee for 18 months of education is 13250,00 EUR for international students.

Requirements for applicants

The following requirements apply for the start of a Master's degree:

Minimum age: 21
Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree from a recognised university
Consideration will also be given to applicants with a minimum of 3 years relevant managerial experience, demonstrating an ability to study at postgraduate level.

If you do not meet the academic requirements, you may be assessed based on 3 years of relevant work experience (illustration, animation, graphic design or general visual communication), demonstrating your ability to study at postgraduate level.

English language requirements:

Official English Tests
- IELTS – minimum OS 6.0 (with min 5.5 in each component);
- Password test – minimum OS 6.0 (with min 5.5 in each component);
- PTE (Academic) – minimum OS of 56 ( with min 51 in each component);
- TOEFL IBT OS 80 (Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17);
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency OS 69 (min 162 in each component)
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT OS B2 Communicator High Pass (min 33 in each component)
- Duolingo test with an overall score of 105
Applicants who have an insufficient score in one component (i.e. 5.0 instead of 5.5) but overall meets the required threshold, can sit for an English diagnostic test online. Students based in Germany will also be able to sit for an internal assessment, free of charge, with a successful passing rate of 50%+.
West African Certificates (WAEC AND NECO only) as a stand-alone with a minimum of C6 in English and issued within the last 5 years. Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is also accepted with an overall grade C or above. For Tanzania and Cameroon, we request an IELTS (or equivalent certificate).
WAEC/NECO must be enhanced by a successful (50%+) Internal English Assessment if issued more than 5 years ago.
You have completed a Bachelor’s Degree in one of the majority English speaking countries within the last two years.
You have achieved a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised university (according to ECCTIS UK), where the Method of Instruction was entirely in English (teaching and assessment).

Exceptions

You do not need to prove your knowledge of English if you have completed a qualification equivalent to a UK degree in: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago, UK, USA

About the university

Berlin School of Business and Innovation was founded in 2018.

School has a main campus located in the heart of Berlin and focuses on helping graduates to become exceptional leaders in their chosen field. Our campuses are spread throughout Europe (Berlin, Hamburg, Potsdam, Iserlohn, Barcelona, Paris, and Amsterdam), including Dubai, where we are the only university in the United Arab Emirates to offer German degrees.

Every program we offer is focused on enhancing your practical business abilities and understanding of industry since every course we offer is created with these ideas in mind.

We will provide you with the resources and knowledge you need to succeed in your career, as well as support from academics who are leaders in their fields and have industry-focused research agendas.

All of our courses employ active learning techniques like case studies, field trips to exhibits and businesses, guest lecturers, and in-class debates.