Overview
Channel your creativity and join a multi-skilled team to develop the next generation of video games. On our arts-based MA, you’ll join the vibrant games and technology community based here in Cambridge that includes ARM, Frontier Developments, Jagex, and Ninja Theory.
Additional Descriptions
- Join a course that scored 100% for overall satisfaction in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2019
- Improve your prospects with guest speakers and live briefs from companies like Sony, Sumo Digital, Jagex, and Frontier
- Take part in events with industry reps like gaming festival Brains Eden, hosted every year by ARU, where games studios snap up the latest talent
- Study in Cambridge, home to developers including Jagex, Frontier Developments, and Ninja Theory, who are currently building a new base on Newmarket Road complete with a gaming pub. The East of England has 135 active games companies.
- Access cutting-edge research materials through our partnership with the Global Science & Technology Forum
- Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team alongside students from our MA Computer Games Development (Computing)
If you have a degree in an art and design or computer games-related subject, our course will allow you to specialize in games art at the Master's level.
Based on the inspiring environment of our new Compass House Games Centre, you’ll learn all about best practices in the games industry. We’ll encourage you to work in design production teams, tackling a series of creative and technical challenges with programmers and industry professionals. You'll develop your design skills and learn how to create and publish successful games across a range of platforms.
Cambridge accounts for nearly 20% of the UK computer games industry, so it's a great place to study as we enjoy excellent links with the major games developers in the area. What's more, our Computer Games Centre offers studio space to local indie developers, who'll share their knowledge and experience with you.
We're partners with the Global Science & Technology Forum, allowing our students access to cutting-edge research materials.
While you're studying, we'll encourage you to take on work placements and collaborate on live projects with the games industry. You’ll also have the chance to enter games events, such as Brains Eden, which Anglia Ruskin hosts every year.
This course runs in parallel with our MSc Computer Games Development (Computing), reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of game creation.
Careers
Our MA gives you the chance to specialize in the design and technical implementation of computer games, whether you already have a games-related degree, or you're a recent graduate of a non-games-related degree who's looking to move into this area. Our course is also suitable if you work in another creative industry and are looking to move into games design and creation.
The skills you'll learn in this course are relevant to other forms of games - including board games and educational games - allowing you to consider a number of career options.
Interactive computer games are a relatively new medium; as the industry grows, you’ll find more and more opportunities to use the computing and creative skills you'll hone while studying here.
Find out more about our placements and work experience, or the faculty's employability support.
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