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Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
BA (Hons) On-Campus Full-time find out find out £9250 per year £13900 per year
FDA On-Campus find out find out find out £9250 per year £13900 per year
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About Games Art, BA (Hons) - at Nottingham Trent University (NTU)

The global games industry is a rapidly expanding technology driven industry with a growing demand for graduates with industry specific creative software skills combined with the ability to be innovative, adaptable, self-directed and demonstrate problem solving abilities within an artistic workflow. This BA (Hons) Games Art degree responds to those needs by giving you the opportunity to focus your study on establishing a career in a practical, industry relevant environment.

The course content is focused on specific software applications vital to games art, which is enhanced by student-focused investigation into industry specialisms. This enables you to develop an understanding of the core areas of games art production including; pre-production visualisation, production concept art, asset production and project management, alongside personal investigation of key artistic technologies such as 2D, 3D, VR and AR.

This course is taught at Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies in Nottingham.

The modules of this course will allow you to form a solid understanding of the role of the artist in the current global games industry.

Key features

Be trained on the latest industry standard software and hardware such as Autodesk suite, Adobe Creative Cloud and games engines such as Unreal and Unity.

The course includes elements of project management and industry workflow that will enhance your career aspirations.

Study in IT suites with industry standard software, designed to provide a professional games studio environment.

Benefit from regular guest lectures and workshops from industry professionals working in both AAA and independent markets.

Have access to Confetti's annual Industry Week, where previous guests have included Rockstar and Playstation.

Benefit from our partnership with the National Videogame Arcade.

Take part in enrichment activities including expo trips and game-jams.


Entry requirements for this course

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