About Bsc (hons) Games Development in University of Suffolk
The experience you will receive on our course is second to none. Our Games Development degree is a fully integrated games studio experience from day one. This means that rather than learning in isolation, you are directly applying your skills to a game within a games studio environment from the very beginning. Industry leaders, senior students and qualified staff are all on hand from day one to provide mentorship as you begin this journey with us.
From the moment you set foot in the door, you are greeted with our Games Development Pathway system. As you work on your games studio game, you will become exposed to the career paths that exist within the games industry. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, you will receive mentorship and career guidance on these paths to help you decide which one to specialise in for the rest of your degree. By the end of your first semester with us, you will know how the industry works, how you fit within the industry and have a fully complete game under your belt for your portfolio.
Towards the end of your degree, you will have the opportunity to submit your games to the UK Games Funded Tranzfuser competition and join our Games Hub, of which we have had finalists every year since 2016.
We are home to the biggest games festival in the East of England: Game Anglia. Games studios from across the UK attend this festival, and part of the festivities includes the indie development zone, where students on our degree can showcase their work. Have your games played by those in the games industry and win awards!
Career opportunities
Our Ipswich-based students have worked on games such as Horizon Zero Dawn, Killzone Mercenary, Watchdogs 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands and Star Citizen.
Graduates from the BSc (Hons) Games Development degree have been employed by top games studios in the UK and abroad. Graduate destinations include: Ubisoft (Romania), d3t Ltd, Guerilla Games, Rockstar,Electronic Arts (Romania), Spil Games (Netherlands), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Splash Damage, Sliding Pixel, The Imaginati, Dreadnought Studios, DGForm (Italy), Imaginarium Studios, War Hungry Games, Firelight Games, Betdigital, Aeria Games (Germany), GmbH, Techland, Hammer Studio (China).
Graduates have been employed in a wide variety of job roles within the games industry, demonstrating the high standard and flexibility of the course content. Positions which our graduates have achieved after graduation include: Level Designer, Lead Game designer, Technical Designer, Assistant Producer, Game Designer, Software Developer, Full-Stack Engineer, Gameplay programmer, Quest Designer, Game Designer, QA Games Tester, QA Team Lead, Content Designer, Games Master, Product Co-ordinator, Assistant Pipeline Director, Indie Developer.
Games graduates have been employed in technical and design roles by Derivco, Conga, Coderus, Orbital and Media, Betdigital Ltd.
There are regular opportunities for internships linked to your course of study. These are made available through companies in the video games industry and other creative sectors.
You will have access to a free games business startup course delivered by the Ipswich Games Hub. The course will help you understand the requirements for marketing, accounting and legal issues for starting your own games company. In collaboration with the Ipswich Games Hub, the games course team have a proven track record with assisting students applying for funding to publish their own game, having finalists in every year since 2016.
Entry requirements
- IELTS 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components) where English is not the students' first language.
