Course Accreditation
Looking for a practice–based university course that will give you all the technical and production skills you need while ensuring you gain all the experience and abilities you need to succeed in the workplace?
Skillset's course accreditation scheme, devised in consultation with industry and education providers, recognises courses within the UK that provide exceptional standards of training. Rigorously assessed by industry professionals, these courses have gained the backing of over 50 companies from the UK games industry.
Skillset welcomes applications from institutions wishing to get their games courses accredited – Click here to Apply for Skillset Accreditation of your Computer Games course.
Skillset also accredits undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Film and Animation.
Nine computer games degree courses have been accredited by industry and Skillset – click the links below for more information on each course and case studies of what it's like to study these accredited courses:
BA Game Art Design, De Montfort University Leicester
MSc Games Software Development, Sheffield Hallam University
BSc (Honours) Computer Games Programming, Teesside University
BA (Honours) Computer Arts, University of Abertay Dundee
BSc (Honours) Computer Games Technology, University of Abertay Dundee
MSc Computer Games Technology, University of Abertay Dundee
BA in Computer Animation, University of Glamorgan - Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries
MSc Games Programming, University of Hull
BSc (Honours) Computer Games Technology, University of the West of Scotland