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Turn your passion for games into a successful career with an undergraduate degree at London College of Communication.

Games: an industry full of opportunities

Choosing the right undergraduate degree is crucial to enjoying your time at university, so a good place to start is looking at what really interests you.

If you have a passion for games, an undergraduate degree in this subject might not only help you study what you love, but it will also help you develop the transferable skills needed for a successful career in a thriving, fast-paced industry.

Worth a staggering 5.3 billion pounds, the UK market is continuing to grow, and is now the 5th largest market in the world. So with software skills such as coding and programming in high demand, there really is no better time to study a degree in games.

So why study a games degree at London College of Communication?

At London College of Communication (LCC), you’ll have access to bespoke games computing labs with software including Unity, Flash, Adobe Creative Cloud, Maya, and more!

With expert support from our highly experienced course teams, our career-orientated games degrees will ensure you develop skills sought after by industry, such as storyboarding, coding and narrative design.

As a games student at LCC, you’ll collaborate with BA (Hons) Animation and BA (Hons) Virtual Reality students to create original, exciting, playable experiences, developing vital industry skills around teamwork.

Not forgetting, UAL ranked as one of the Top 2 universities in the world for art and design (QS World University Rankings 2020), for the 3rd year in a row, meaning there really is no better time to study a degree in games at London College of Communication.

Our courses

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    BA (Hons) Games Art

    On BA (Hons) Games Art, you’ll learn to create the visuals of a game such as characters, environments and other artefacts that inform the game’s overall design and objectives. You'll develop core skills and principles in games art such as drawing, colour theory, concept and character design.

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    BA (Hons) Games Design

    On BA (Hons) Games Design, you’ll learn to understand game play and how to design the mechanics of playable objectives. You’ll develop core skills in games design such as storyboarding, coding and play testing which will enable you to translate your ideas into playable games.

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    BA (Hons) Animation  

    Still looking for the right course for you? BA (Hons) Animation is a practice-led course, enabling you to choose one of three specialist pathways that reflect industry specialisms: Animation Arts, 3D Computer Animation or Visual Effects (VFX).

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    BA (Hons) Virtual Reality

    Stuck between studying games or animation? Well, by studying BA (Hons) Virtual Reality, you'll develop immersive projects and experiences and across the fields of live-action 360* filmmaking, animation and games design.