Develop skills essential to the fast-moving computer games industry with our Computer Games Art BA (Hons) degree in Cambridge.
Accredited by TIGA, our Computer Games Art degree will allow you to develop art skills relevant to the fast-moving computer games industry. You’ll gain 3D computer games skills including modelling, texturing and animation, enabling you to create characters, environments and more.
During your studies, you’ll discover how you can use your visual research, creative experimentation and technical development to forge a career as a computer games artist. You’ll learn how to plan your designs by creating concept art before bringing them to life using interactive software such as Unity 3D.
2020 showreel of work by students on the BA Computer Games Art at the School of Creative Industries at ARU in Cambridge
2019 showreel of work by students on the BA Computer Games Art at the School of Creative Industries at ARU in Cambridge
2019 showreel of work by students on the BSc Computer Gaming Technology course at the School of Creative Industries at ARU in Cambridge
An animation by BA (Hons) Computer Games Art student Amy Hook of Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University, created as part of her degree work.
AMY GREEN
BETHANY GILBERT
BETHANY GILBERT, DAVID LEE & MICHAELA BUTLER
CARISS CICERO
IRA JOSE ROCHA
MAXINE BRADBURY
RHYS ROSE
STEFAN TOMOV
STEFAN TOMOV
TIM BURROUGHS & TAMLA TYRELL
TAMLA TYRELL
TYRONE DOUGHTY
ALAN BUGBY
JOHANNA KLEIN OLSEN
LAURA MENGOT CHAPA
OSCAR PATERSON
OWEN WESTFIELD-BELL
OWEN WESTFIELD-BELL
REYSHAND LUXIMON
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As a Computer Games Art student at ARU, you’ll benefit from:
Our dedicated Computer Graphics Technical Officer will be on hand to offer training and support. You can also get training in the use of all our creative facilities.
Our course is accredited by TIGA, the trade association representing the gaming industry in the UK.
Deputy Head, Computer Games Acting Course Leader, BA (Hons) Computer Games Art
Lecturer Practitioner
Email: dominic.chapman@anglia.ac.uk
Course Leader MA Computer Games Development (Art)
Senior Lecturer
Email: thomas.thompson@anglia.ac.uk
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Senior Lecturer, Computer Gaming Technology
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Email: senir.dinar@aru.ac.uk
81% of the UK computer games industry is educated to at least undergraduate level, rising to 88% for core games production roles in art or programming.
The skills and knowledge you acquire on our Computer Games Art degree course will not only help you to land a career in the gaming industry but also equip you with in-demand skills across other sectors, including film and television production, marketing, and web design.
Through work-based projects, internships and placements, students are can get hands-on practical opportunities. In recent times, ARM, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Frontier and Just Flight have all offered internships and work opportunities to ARU students.
During your studies, you’ll get the chance to take part in our annual festival, Brains Eden. Co-organised by local gaming network Games Eden, this four-day event includes a 48-hour games jam in which teams of students and major studio reps compete to create a game – the perfect way to raise your profile in the industry.
Graduation doesn’t need to be the end of your time with us, of course. You might decide to stay at ARU and continue your Computer Games Art studies with our MA Computer Games Development (Art). Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and get 20% off your fees.
Seeing women succeed in games has made a positive impact on my aspirations and encouraged me to work closely in a field which I now thoroughly enjoy.
SABRINA MINTER
BA (Hons) Computer Games Art
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