Games Technology

University of the West of England, Bristol · Bristol

Qualification

Degree

Length

4 yrs

UK fees / yr

£9,535

Study

Full-time

Worth knowing: about 20% of students don't make it past first year here - ask the uni what support they offer.

Robin · your guide

Here's the honest picture on this course - what you'd study, whether you'd likely get in, what it pays, and where it leads. Everything's real data.

About this course

BSc(Hons) Games Technology (with Foundation Year) helps you gain industry experience and build a professional portfolio through our studio, PlayWest. 91 % of Animation and Game Design students are satisfied with the teaching of their course overall. Guardian University Guide 2026 Use engines like Unity and Unreal Engine to develop games for various platforms with opportunity to gain first-hand industry experience on live projects.

As well as providing entertainment, games offer creative ways to engage with content. The need to facilitate this - along with the evolution of the internet, multimedia and mobile devices - has led to significant growth in the need for technical skilled developers in the games industry.

Could you get in?

The grades students arrived with

<48 pts5%

64-79 pts30%

80-95 pts5%

96-111 pts30%

112-127 pts5%

128-143 pts5%

144-159 pts5%

How they qualified

100% got in with alevel.

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