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Games Academy

We create real games and digital products every day, using professional-standard studios and equipment. You’ll learn from tutors with experience at companies like EA Games and Square-Enix, and develop industry-level creative and technical skills.

Creating unique games means working in a unique way. So we anticipate the future of the industry, and collaborate with skill sets from across the creative world. As a game, app or immersive content developer, you’ll have the chance to work with actors in motion capture suites, artists, writers, composers, and business experts who can train you to market and profit from your games while you’re studying.

Our courses

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Artificial Intelligence for Games MSc

Are you fascinated by artificial intelligence? Do you want to explore the applications of AI in games? At Falmouth, you’ll join the people breaking...

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Computer Science BSc(Hons)

Taught by experts from the Games Academy and the School of Entrepreneurship, this course will help you become a daring computer scientist, capable of...

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Computing for Games BSc(Hons)

Master the skills needed to shape the games of the future by studying games through the lens of computer science. Building upon industry-standard ...

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Creative Virtual Reality BA(Hons)

Learn to design and create virtual reality environments and applications in one of the fastest moving arenas in the tech industry. This course is...

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Game Animation BA(Hons)

Become a creative and confident game developer with a specialist animation skillset. Working in a live studio environment and learning from industry...

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Game Art BA(Hons)

Join our game art degree and develop your creative capabilities while honing the skills you’ll need to make it as a successful artist in the games...

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Game Art MA

Are you an artist with a passion for games? Do you want to develop your skills to meet the challenges of the games industry? At Falmouth, you’ll work...

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Game Design MA

Are you passionate about games and keen to make them better? Do you feel curious about what makes a game engaging and meaningful? At Falmouth, you’ll...

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Game Development BA(Hons)

Join a community of people who live and breathe games. From day one, you’ll work as you would within a team in the industry, developing your own...

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Immersive Computing BSc(Hons)

Working across the whole spectrum of extended reality, learn to develop mixed, augmented and virtual reality experiences across a variety of contexts...

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Indie Game Development MA (online)

Learn how to integrate design tools, programming languages and game engines to become a confident and daring indie game developer.

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Robotics BSc(Hons)

You’ll build interactive robots that respond to the rapid growth of the Internet of Things and the global market for smart devices. Challenged with ...

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User Experience Design MA (online)

Learn how to apply key principles of UX design to create original artefacts based on your own intellectual property.

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Web Development BSc(Hons)

Begin your career as a capable innovator in an area of computer science that permeates every aspect of our daily lives. We’ll build your specialist...

"As a student at Falmouth University I consider it a key part of the journey that got me to where I am now, and although this was before digital studies were taught there, I have been very impressed with the facilities, staff and students I have met when returning in more recent times. I’m really quite jealous of what is happening there now!"

Rex Crowle

BAFTA Winning Game Artist and Designer, Media Molecule

 

Our games

Working in professional studios and learning from industry leaders means our students are making real games from year one. Read on to play some of our student-made games and discover how we'll prepare you for your career in games. 

Play student-made games

Games Academy facilities

Our students prepare for the industry in one of the largest dedicated game development studio spaces of any UK university.

News

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Falmouth University Provost releases ‘Serious Games’ book

27 November 2020
Professor Minhua Eunice Ma, Falmouth University Provost, Professor of Games Technology and a world-...
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Professor of Digital Games Awarded Fellowship

21 July 2020
Tanya Krzywinska, Professor of Digital Games and chair of the University's Digital Economy research...
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Games Academy Students Compete on Global Stage

9 July 2020
Students from the Games Academy at Falmouth are rallying support for their entries in The Rookies,...
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Building believable worlds

15 May 2020
On the Game Development BA(Hons) course, students start building their own games from day one and...
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Success in GradsinGames 2020

1 May 2020
Games Academy graduates achieved success in the GradsinGames 2020 Search for a Star competition in...
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Certified by The Rookies

17 April 2020
The Games Academy has been certified by ‘The Rookies’ allowing us to showcase students work across...
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Students in Jamfuzer Game Jam

14 April 2020
Games Academy students took a break from their development projects a few weeks ago to take part in...
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Guest Live-stream at Games Academy

7 April 2020
Guest appearances don’t stop because of lockdown. Last Friday the Games Academy ran a live-stream...
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Games Academy in Top 50 Worldwide

27 March 2020
Falmouth University's Games Academy has once again been featured as one of the top 50 games schools...
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New Shops for Diagon Alley

6 March 2020
First year Game Art students have been using the Games Academy Virtual Reality Lab to produce a...
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Four BAFTA Nominations for Alumnus

4 March 2020
Alumnus Rex Crowle is up for four awards at this year's British Academy Games Awards.Knights and...
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Graduate Completes First Game

2 March 2020
It's all go for Game Development graduate Isobel Ackrill, not only has she recently started working...
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Global Jam at the Games Academy

13 February 2020
Students, staff and other 'jammers' took part in the Global Game Jam® 2020 recently. The jam was...
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Graduate Games Studio Wins National Prize

17 December 2019
Studio Mutiny, a team of Falmouth graduates, has won a major competition and scooped £25,000 from...
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Propelled in to the Real World

13 November 2019
Former BA(Hons) Games Development: Writing student, Arah Collins has made quick progress since...
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Class of 2019 Graduate!

19 July 2019
We've been honouring our 2019 graduates this week (16 – 19 July).Undergraduates and postgraduates...
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Student Hired by Supermassive Games

10 June 2019
Landing a role at a leading games company is an accomplishment regardless of where you are in your...
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Games Students Impress Mediatonic's Marketing Director

25 April 2019
Being able to hear the expert advice of industry practitioners is just one of the benefits of...
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Games Graduate Hired to Design Sea of Thieves

21 February 2019
Conall Blake only graduated from BA(Hons) Game Development in 2018 but he’s already forging a...
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Gamers Go Global

30 January 2019
Falmouth's gaming community got creative this weekend (25-27 Jan) when they took part in the 2019...
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Still from a game of a japanese fish market.
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