Video Games Art and Design

This course offers a unique focus on the art and design of video games, with an emphasis on developing your creative and critical skills in story form. you will explore new areas of social and immersive gaming while gaining key business skills to forge successful careers in the creative industries. this course is run by the department of media arts as part of our new centre of digital creativity, fusing collaborations between arts and science students. you will have the opportunity to work in a lab environment alongside computer science and electronic engineering students, where you will develop your understanding of how hardware, art, design, software and narrative interact.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

Over 120 gaming companies are located within 30 minutes of royal holloway. the games sector employing over 12,000 people in the uk, and this course draws on significant industry leadership and experience that spans the hollywood of gaming in nearby guildford and aldershot. you will develop a number of transferable skills which are highly prized by companies working in the creative-technology industries.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Royal Holloway, University of London has partnerships with the following companies: