Esports Production and Gaming

Develop industry-ready skills for Esports, gaming and digital content production.

Step into the fast-moving world of Esports and gaming by learning how to create live broadcasts, produce digital content, shape game concepts, and build communities that players genuinely care about.

You’ll develop practical production skills across streaming, Esports event production, games design, branding, marketing and community engagement, all through hands-on projects that mirror the industry. Every brief is designed to help you grow your creativity, confidence and technical ability.

Work in creative production teams with students across games, animation, digital media and creative technologies, reflecting the way Esports and gaming projects are developed in industry. By the time you graduate, you’ll have built a portfolio that showcases your strengths, style and ambitions across Esports, gaming and digital entertainment.

Why study this course

Produce Esports and gaming experiences: learn how to plan, produce and share Esports and gaming content and build skills in live production, streaming, content creation, branding and audience engagement.

Build a broad creative and technical skillset: develop capabilities across Esports production, broadcast, streaming, games design, content creation, branding, marketing and community engagement, helping you explore different routes into Esports, games and digital media.

Learn through hands-on projects: make, test and refine your ideas through live briefs, collaborative projects, simulated industry scenarios, prototypes, presentations, broadcasts and public-facing creative outcomes.

Collaborate like you would on a real production team: work alongside students from other creative technology courses, gaining experience of the interdisciplinary teamwork undertaken in production studios, digital agencies, games teams and creative organisations.

Create work that strengthens your portfolio: develop practical work, from prototypes to broadcasts and campaign materials, that showcases your skills, interests and creative direction through portfolios, presentations, reflective work and project documentation.

Study close to a major UK games cluster: learn in a region near Leamington Spa, widely known as Silicon Spa for its concentration of games companies and studios. This places you close to a recognised games and creative technology ecosystem, helping you understand how Esports, gaming, production and digital creativity connect to real industry activity.

Coventry University, part of Coventry University Group, is a modern, globally connected university with a mission to create better futures. Founded in 1843 through innovation and enterprise, they continue to work closely with industry to equip their graduates with the real-world skills and creative thinking they need to make a difference.

Coventry is also a Top 5 Student City in England (QS Best Student Cities Index 2026), and they guarantee accommodation if you apply through Clearing. With campuses across Coventry, London, Scarborough, Dagenham, and Greenwich, you can choose to study where it suits you best.

They're rated overall Gold in TEF 2023, recognising the quality of their teaching and student experience. From academic and wellbeing support to their Phoenix+ programme of employability activities and dedicated Success Coaches, they’re with you every step of the way.