MA Game Art

at Wrexham Glyndwr University

Areas covered include advanced character and creature design along with professional 3D modelling & sculpting skills. Students will also enhance their knowledge of 3D topology and optimisation of assets, to ensure that the products and content they create are game-ready. 
 

Students will also have the opportunity to work in multi-disciplinary teams, to analyse and design unique game prototypes that explore the impact of design decisions on user experience. 
 

MODULES

• Character & Creature Production 
• Dynamic Environments & Surface Art 
• 3D Design & Optimisation 
• Game Analysis & Optimisation 
• Games Enterprise & Management 
• Post Graduate Study & Research Methods 
• Dissertation (60 credits) 
• Mentorship in Technology (Optional)

The standard entry requirement for this programme is an honours degree of at least 2:2 classification in a Games, Arts & Design or Computer Science related subject area, or equivalent in any science-based degree with a strong creative digital element.  
 

Applicants with substantial commercial or industrial experience, or graduates coming from non-Computing backgrounds can be accepted, subject to interview and references. 

The fees for MA Game Art may vary from £12,000 to £25,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

Once you successfully complete the MA programme, your newly enhanced skills in character, environment and asset design, along with pre-production and digital sculpting, will qualify you to work in a variety of higher level roles within many mainstream creative digital industries. 
 

Given the business and entrepreneurship skills acquired on the course, some postgraduates opt to start their own game studios with the support of our business incubation centre, as part of the Business Accelerator programme. 
 

Our graduates have a good record of employment, forging successful careers as character/environmental artists, games technical artists/animators, level designers/developers, producers or scrum masters.