BSc/BSc (Hons) Games Development

at Edinburgh Napier University

In your first year you will cover a wide area of computing related subjects.

In your second year, the emphasis is on the development of your software development skills that you will start to apply to games-related problems (real-time Computer Graphics).

The third year builds on the foundation established in the first two years to further your understanding of Games Development concepts and techniques, from Artificial Intelligence to Games Engineering.
In the final year of the degree, you will study advanced topics, perform a deep dive into cutting edge game technologies which interest you, and complete your honours project.

Popular modules

Year 1

• Foundations of Software Design and Development
• Computer Systems 1
• Foundations of Mathematics
• Introduction to Human Computer Interaction
• Mathematics for Software Engineering
• Programming Fundamentals

Year 2

• Object-Oriented Software Development
• Systems and Services
• Database Systems
• Software Engineering Methods
• Algorithms and Data Structure
• Computer Graphics

Year 3

• Data Analytics
• Physics-Based Animation
• Artificial Intelligence
• Games Engineering
• Fundamentals of Parallel Systems
• Group Project

Year 4

• Honours Project
• Concurrent and Parallel Systems
• Advanced Games Engineering
• Computational Intelligence
• Information – Society and Security

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught degrees 

IELTS (Academic)
6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

TOEFL Internet Based Test
80 overall with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing

Pearson’s Test of Academic English
56 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component

Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)
ISEII, ISEIII, ISEIV with a pass in each component

LanguageCert English language qualification
B2 Communicator Test with overall 39 or above, and 25 or above in all skills

Students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland will be invoiced the tuition fees for 3 years of their 4 years of study. Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by mainland EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here. For EU students who commenced their studies prior to 1 August 2022 or hold pre or settled status in the UK, fees will remain the same as Scottish Students.

If additional compulsory costs other than the tuition fees are applicable, these will be detailed in the course details.                    

Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here.

Our course prepares you to join the world of UK game developers, a unique career path which allows creativity and IT know-how to combine and conjure up weird and wonderful realities for global fanbases,

With your degree you could work in:

• Software development
• Games development
• Video game programming
• Artificial intelligence