Game Creation BA (Hons)
Kingston UniversityKnights Park, Penrhyn Road
Course overview
Investigate, instantiate and iterate the future of gameplay Take an expansive journey in making interactive, narrative and experiential worlds that balance playful and professional mindsets. Games are one of the fastest-growing creative industries, shaping how we play, learn, and connect. The BA (Hons) Game Creation at Kingston School of Art is not a typical game design course.
Inspired by the spirit of early creators, it prepares you to broadly understand, apply and experience all aspects of game creation, from ideation and design to development and deployment. You will take a transdisciplinary approach, learning by combining creative, design driven, narrative and systems thinking with technical and audience driven application. Where other courses focus on niche specialisms, Game Creation develops connectors who see the bigger picture.
Ultimately, this course aims to empower you to extend your impact beyond existing markets – using games not only to entertain, but also to create solutions, speculate, and play with undiscovered possibilities. You will graduate as an adaptive, ambitious, and inclusive creator, ready to shape the future of interactive media and a world through games.
Key highlights
- Covers every stage of game creation, from ideation to deployment
- Transdisciplinary approach combining creative, narrative, systems and technical thinking
- Broad generalist training rather than a single niche specialism
- Explores games for problem-solving and speculation, not only entertainment
- Taught within an art school setting
Entry requirements
- UCAS tariff points: 112-128 — Text: Qualifications needed for 2027: Open UCAS tariff points: 112-128 The typical offer for this course is 112-128 UCAS points from Level 3 qualifications in Art & Design subjects. You could achieve this with: A-levels: BBC or A*CD
- A-level: BBC/A*CD — Text: Qualifications needed for 2027: Open UCAS tariff points: 112-128 The typical offer for this course is 112-128 UCAS points from Level 3 qualifications in Art & Design subjects. You could achieve this with: A-levels: BBC or A*CD
- BTEC: DMM — BTEC Extended Diploma: Distinction Merit Merit
- Other qualification — Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: Distinction
- Access to HE Diploma: Pass — 112 UCAS points, normally with 21 Distinctions, 21 Merits and 3 at Pass
- Additional condition: portfolio — …requirements for Game Creation BA (Hons): Open Students will submit a portfolio of 10 to 15 curated contributions to game related projects or a range of creative outputs identifying relevance to this degr…
- International Baccalaureate: 26-28 — IB Diploma: 26-28 points. Additional requirements for Game Creation BA (Hons): Open Students will submit a portfolio of 10 to 15 curated contributions to game related projects or a range of creative outputs identifying relevance to this degree course. The portfolio can include both online and offli…
Scholarships
Family Bursary
The family bursary is a 10% tuition fee discount for international students with a direct family connection.
Up to 10% of feesInternational Success Support Scholarship
The International Success Support Scholarship provides £2,500 towards tuition fees.
Up to £2,500Sanctuary Scholarships
Careers this course leads to
- Game designer
- Narrative designer
- Game developer
- Technical designer
- Indie game creator
- Producer (games)
Cost of study
UK/Home: £10,050 per year | International: £19,200 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Kingston University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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