Game Art Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Game Art Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Bring life to narratives, concepts, characters, and environments.
Game artists work within multidisciplinary teams to create visionary worlds from the past, present and future. They are skilled visual communicators, working with moving image, animation, concept art, project management and image making to help realise fictional worlds into visually and sensorially immersive experiences.
Our Game Art degree will prepare you for a highly competitive and rapidly growing field, spanning the entertainment, immersive technology, web, and media industries....
Bring life to narratives, concepts, characters, and environments.
Game artists work within multidisciplinary teams to create visionary worlds from the past, present and future. They are skilled visual communicators, working with moving image, animation, concept art, project management and image making to help realise fictional worlds into visually and sensorially immersive experiences.
Our Game Art degree will prepare you for a highly competitive and rapidly growing field, spanning the entertainment, immersive technology, web, and media industries. You will be equipped to navigate and specialise within this diverse multidisciplinary context through a combination of visual communication, moving image, visual effect, virtual reality, immersive environments, storytelling and narrative, and 2D and 3D modelling.
You'll develop industry-standard skills and competencies through collaborative projects and live briefs, developing your project management and leadership skills. With access to our cutting-edge facilities and fully equipped computer studios, immersive technologies and environments, you'll graduate with the freedom and confidence to forge your own creative identity.
You'll explore collaborative and interdisciplinary learning experiences which are designed to shape you into an adaptable graduate driven by creativity, social responsibility, and entrepreneurial thinking.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
2027-09-21
Campus
Cardiff Met - Llandaff
Application Details
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
A71-F50
Institution Code
C20
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
A level
C,C,C
B,B,B
Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two A levels.
UCAS Tariff
Access to HE Diploma
offer-distinction: 33.0, offer-merit: 0.0, offer-pass: 12.0
96 - 120 points, other grade combinations accepted.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Five GCSEs at grade C or above/grade 4 or above to include English Language and Mathematics. For Welsh applicants we will accept either GCSE Mathematics or Mathematics-Numeracy. Five Scottish National 5 subjects at grade C or above to include English Language and Mathematics
Scottish Advanced Higher
D,D,D
C,C,C
Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two Scottish Advanced Highers.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
96 - 120 points, considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications.
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
96 - 120 points, considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
24 points to include portfolio.
WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales
Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as the third subject
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two H2 grades. Minimum grade H4 considered within points.
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate considered as the third A level
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, Republic of Ireland | £9,790 | 2026/27 | Year 1 | |
| EU, International | £16,000 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |
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