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Game Design and Development is a curriculum designed to provide skills for both mobile and PC games development as well as starting up your own game company.

A game designer is a core member of the team, a specialist for developing great game mechanics and captivating gameplay. A game designer is well-versed in software development, computer graphics and business thinking.

EUAS' partners in providing game design studies are among others Uppsala University, Unity Technologies and Estonia's leading games companies Creative Mobile, Reval Indie House, Pyrodactyl Games and Interactive Fate.

Though the curriculum allows for specialisation in game graphics or games software development, main emphasis is on gameplay, game mechanics and monetisation model design.

Criteria for admission:

• average grade of last level of education graduated (30%);
• motivation letter (30%);
• admission interview (suitability to program) (30%);
• entrepreneurship motivation and experience (10%).

As a graduate, there are many positions from which you can begin your career in the games industry. Some include:

• Character designer
• Level designer
• Game designer
• Software developer for games
• Concept artist
• Videogame graphics artist

	"Game Design Curriculum is special because of the inspiring specialists as lecturers. They speak from the experience and share valuable practical knowledge you’d never find on your own. As an added bonus game design skills can also be used in the advertisement industry." Student Taivo Seppa
	"Olen väga rahul EEK Mainor üliõpilastega, kes on sooritanud praktika meie ettevõttes. Taivo Seppa ja Ragnar Rääski teadmised, oskused ja tööeetika on olnud muljetavaldavad." Tööandja Marianna Krjakvina Business Development Manager Creative Mobile Games
	"Töötades programmeerijana ning õppides EEK Mainoris olen täiendanud oma praeguseid programmeerimisteadmisi ning omandanud uusi. Olen saanud algteadmised ja oskused mängude loomiseks, ülevaate arendusetappidest, arendusega kaasnevatest probleemidest ja headest tavadest.Samuti teadmisi kasutajaliidese ja kasutajakogemuse kujundamise osas ning mängumootorite ja mobiilimängude loomise kohta. Tänu meeldivale õpikeskkonnale ning paindlikule õppevormile on õppimine töö kõrvalt väga mugav. Erilist tunnustust väärivad suure kogemustepagasiga õppejõud."  Student Ingvar-Jörgen Kurruk Programmeerija 5D Vision OÜ

IELTS 5.5 or equivalent proof of English proficiency is required.

For EU (and EU visa free) candidates conventional application for the schoolyear 2018/19 has already finished but it is possible to join the study group until September 14 2018 if you get a confirmation from your Head of Curriculum.

For non-EU candidates admission to begin studies in September 2018 has ended. Applications submitted between 1 December 2018 and 31 May 2019 will be considered for admission to begin studies in September 2019.

For more information please contact:
Marge Robam
Head of Curriculum for Game Design and Development
marge.robam@eek.ee