Bachelor of Arts - Game Art (Honours) (with placement year)

Join the Bachelor of Arts in Game Art at DMU! Accredited, hands-on learning with placements and industry connections. Apply now for a creative career!

Program Description Game Art at DMU gives students a distinctive mix of creativity, talent and the very latest technology. Accredited by ScreenSkills, the course was the first industry accredited game art design course in England. Game Art is a specialist art degree which develops high-level 3D modelling skills, as well as further developing your existing 2D traditional art skills by learning industry-standard digital tools and techniques. Reasons to study Game Art at De Montfort University (DMU): DMU has achieved Gold, the highest ranking possible under the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF): Indicating the outstanding learning and teaching on offer at DMU. [ Office for Students, 2017] Accredited by ScreenSkills: The first industry accredited Game Art course in England, reflecting the high quality and relevance of industry skills you will learn Support from the Leicester Media School Drawing Centre (LMSDC): The LMSDC provides extra-curricular support to help develop fundamental drawing skills that will benefit studies Game Art was awarded 98% Overall Student Satisfaction: In the latest National Student Survey 2018 Graduates make the games that they play: DMU Game Art graduates have gone on to exciting careers working for major game developers, working on titles such as Red Dead Redemption 2, Grand Theft Auto V, Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves, Star Citizen, Homefront: The Revolution, F1 2018, Dirt Rally, Tom Clancy's The Division, and many others 94.4% of Game Art graduates from summer 2017 are in work or further study after graduating: According to the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education ( DLHE) 2016-17 report Incredible student success: Game Art teams from DMU have won the prestigious Crytek/British Library ‘Off the Map’ competition several times in recent years, coming first in 2016 Benefit from special guest lecture: Enhance understanding of industry and learn directly from professional 3D artists, producers, art directors and studio heads Develop practical and professional skills in dedicated facilities: Including a specialist games studio with a range of high-spec PCs for producing 3D game content, a drawing studio and a suite of Cintiq graphics tablets Dedicated work placements: Enhance your practical and professional skills with a range of placements, including Rare and Criterion. Past placements have included Bulkhead, BMW (Munich), Dambusters, Exient, Polyamorous (Warsaw), Sumo Digital and Ubisoft Enjoy an international experience with #DMUglobal: All students have the opportunity to take part in a #DMUglobal experience, which can enrich their studies and expand their cultural horizons. Game Art students have recently visited San Francisco for the renowned Game Developers Conference, participated in the Berlin Games Festival, and taken part in the GREAT Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong