Bachelor's degree in Video Game Design and Development

Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Centre (CITM)

The bachelor’s degree in Video Game Design and Development will develop your ability to conceptualise, design and program video games and content for an interactive digital world, providing you with the knowledge and skills needed to create material for different platforms and mobile devices. The curriculum is designed to develop the multidisciplinary skills involved in creating video games and interactive material. The course will give you a solid grounding in key technologies, programming on multiple platforms, artistic and graphic design, modelling, and 2D and 3D animation. You will develop a series of video game projects individually and in groups, gain a broad knowledge of the industry, and – thanks to the active participation of companies involved in the industry – learn about entrepreneurship, financing systems, and approaches to monetisation in the sector.

General details

Duration

4 academic years

Study load

240 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis). One credit is equivalent to a study load of 25-30 hours.

Delivery

Face-to-face

Admission mark 2025-2026 academic year

5,000

Language of instruction

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Fees and grants

€ 6360 (academic year)

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Location

Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Centre (CITM)

Official degree

Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

Places: 40
Pre-enrolment code: 31074
Places via a change of degree: 2
Admission mark 2025-2026 academic year: 5,000. Admission mark
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Curriculum

First course

3D Modelling 6
Computer Architecture and Operating Systems 6
Concept Art 6
Fundamentals of Design 6
Mathematics 6
Physics 6
Programming I 6
Programming II 6
Project I 6
Video Game Industry 6

Second course

Third course

Fourth course

Communication and Leadership 6
Data Analysis 6
Financing and Business Models 6
Networks and Online Games 6
360 Creativity Lab 6
3D Environments 6
Advanced 3D Modelling and Animation 6
Advanced Business Project 6
Advanced Sound Design 6
Advanced Visual Programming 6
Animation and Stop Motion 6
Creation Lab 6
Creative Lab 6
Data Display 6
Data Visualisation 6
Documentary Animation 6
Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation 6
Fundamentals of Sound and Sound Design and Editing 6
Generative Art with Processing 6
Generative Art with Processing 6
In-Company Industrial Training 12
Level Design 6
Mobile Game Development 6
Modelling and Advanced 3D Animation 6
Photogrammetry 6
Postproduction and Visual Effects 6
Real Time Narrative 6
Real-Time Narratives 6
Serious Game Design 6
Serious Games Design 6
Stop Motion 6
Transmedia Production 6
Transmedia Production 6
Virtual Community Management 6
Bachelor's Thesis 12

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Quality accreditation

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