BA (Hons) Game Design and Production

Learn to harness your creativity and push the boundaries of game-making by studying in Dundee, the UK’s first UNESCO City of Design and home to over a third of the country’s games companies.

Developed for creative and technically minded people who want to become a key part of the games industry, this degree delivers high-quality opportunities to prepare you for working in games. You’ll cover topics such as game concept and level design, game prototyping, and production, alongside communication and leadership skills.

5 reasons to choose Game Design and Production at Abertay

We're industry leaders

Abertay has been ranked the TOP games university in the UK and the second TOP in Europe by the prestigious Princeton Review.

We're the Top Scottish Modern University for teaching quality and overall student satisfaction

That's according to the most recent National Student Survey 2023.

Top industry accreditation

All of our Computer Games Degrees are accredited, mostly by Creative Skillset - the quality mark for excellence in media education.

Entrepreneurial spirit

Many of our graduates have successfully set up their own games companies, including Guerilla Tea, Hyper Luminal Games, Pixel Blimp, and Tag Games.

You'll be sought after by the industry

Abertay graduates are in high demand in the UK and across the world. Many of our graduates have worked for the industry's heavy hitters.

What do our Game Design and Production graduates say?

Our Game Design and Production graduates will always be our strongest advocates, so check out what Eilidh MacLeod, Systems Designer at Epic Games had to say about her time at Abertay University.