GAMES COURSES AT SAE
Our extensive range of 2-year games degrees cover all aspects of games development – from games design and programming to game art and animation.
As a leading educator for the creative media industries, we take creativity seriously. And when it comes to gaming in particular, SAE is where it’s at.
With courses covering the entire games development process – from Game Design and Games Programming to Game Art and Animation – you’ll gain a complex understanding of the industry as a whole, whichever specialist area of gaming you choose to study.
With a mix of practical and theoretical learning, you’ll get hands on with cutting-edge gaming technology such as Steam Deck, PlayStation 5 and PCs with NVIDIA RTX graphics, as you design, create and build video games alongside other SAE creatives.
With collaboration actively encouraged, you’ll develop an impressive network of peers and talented gamers you can call on to help across your creative projects. You’ll also be guided every step of the way by SAE’s Experts – highly successful creative professionals ready to offer advice as you take your first steps into an exciting games industry career.
With courses covering the entire games development process – from Game Design and Games Programming to Game Art and Animation – you’ll gain a complex understanding of the industry as a whole, whichever specialist area of gaming you choose to study.
With a mix of practical and theoretical learning, you’ll get hands on with cutting-edge gaming technology such as Steam Deck, PlayStation 5 and PCs with NVIDIA RTX graphics, as you design, create and build video games alongside other SAE creatives.
With collaboration actively encouraged, you’ll develop an impressive network of peers and talented gamers you can call on to help across your creative projects. You’ll also be guided every step of the way by SAE’s Experts – highly successful creative professionals ready to offer advice as you take your first steps into an exciting games industry career.
£11.9b
UK’s gaming industry is the largest in Europe (valued annually US$15.02 billion)
*Statista, May 2024.
37.7m
Gamers in the UK, with more than 55% of the UK population embracing gaming.
*Statista, May 2024.
35k
Individuals are employed in the UK gaming industry.**
**UK Gaming Industry, Datacity.
Games Courses
If you’re looking for a career in gaming, SAE is the place to be. With courses covering the whole spectrum of games development at all our campuses, you’ll develop a thorough understanding of the way the games industry works.
Whatever your chosen area of focus – from design and programming to art and animation – you’ll create video games using the best industry-standard software out there. Diving head first into new worlds, you’ll build games with engines such as Unreal Engine 5, using programming languages like C++ and C# – all the while collaborating creatively with the industry’s best and brightest.
Whatever your chosen area of focus – from design and programming to art and animation – you’ll create video games using the best industry-standard software out there. Diving head first into new worlds, you’ll build games with engines such as Unreal Engine 5, using programming languages like C++ and C# – all the while collaborating creatively with the industry’s best and brightest.
Software, tools, and industry partners
