Bachelor's degree in Design and Development of Video Games and Serious Games

Introduction

Objectives and competences

Objectives

What you will learn

- How to develop and produce interactive digital content and how this knowledge can be applied to relevant areas of the economy.
- How to find employment in the video games and applied games sector ¿ the largest area of the culture industries ¿ and build a successful career in Spain and abroad.
- How to offer experiences adapted to different users and environments, including recreation, sport and physiotherapy (Exergames), recovery of historical memory, culture and education (Edugames), medicine (Games for health), and journalism and communication (Newsgames), and how to apply alternate reality games (ARGs) and location-based entertainment (LBE) to a wide range of sectors and businesses.
- The importance of talent and creativity in generating an internationally renowned applied entertainment and video games cluster in Catalonia.

Competences

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

Access requirements and conditions

Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.

Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.
 

Pre-enrolment

Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.

For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.
 

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Món UB portal. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.

Academic information

• Documents required for enrolment
• Procedure to formalize enrolment
• After enrolment
• Grants and financial aid

Welcome

Support and guidance

Pre-enrolment information and events

• Welcome portal
• Student Support Service (SAE)
• Open days
• Informative sessions

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

List of subjects

Previous years

Teaching staff

Teaching staff

Placements

Placements in a company or another type of organization are an integral part of university studies, providing first-hand experience of working methodologies in students' chosen professional fields. They offer invaluable practical experience for the transition into work after graduation.

Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment. They are therefore included in the academic record.  There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 500 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.
 

Institutional information

• Regulations on external placements
• FeinaUB

Career opportunities

What can you work on ?

- Video games and mobile apps development: videogame design, programming and artwork design.
- The audiovisual sector: graphic effects programming and creation of 3D content.
- Education: design and development of digital educational contents.
- Advertising and the mass media: design, creation and development of interaction products for marketing and digital communication.
- Health, defence, tourism and engineering: design and development of interaction simulations for training and communication purposes.

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