Master of Arts [M.A] [Computer Applications] From Goldsmiths, University of London

The programme offered by the Goldsmiths, University of LondonÊis a fast-growing multi-billion dollar worldwide business, with games platforms from handhelds and mobiles including iPhones, iPads and Android phones, through consoles such as the Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintento Wii U, to PCs and massively-multiplayer online games involving tens of thousands of people.

This MA will produce graduates who are well-positioned to have a career in this exciting worldwide industry, meeting the strong demand for graduate computer games designers and artists in the UK and abroad. The programme is delivered by aÊmix of professionalsÊfrom the games and effects industries and from the research world.

The influence of computer games is spreading to other digital industries, with gamification and games-based learning, social machines and interactive visualisation of scientific and financial data all exploiting techniques from computer games, and all fields where graduates from this MA could make their mark.

You'll be well equipped to pursue a career in the computer games industry, covering mainstream computer games for mobile, PC, tabletÊand console platforms, through to gamification and 'serious games'.Ê

Or you could choose to work in the broader entertainment industries Ð includingÊadvertising,Êspecial effects, television and web/design studios.

Graduate employment destinations ofÊour computing programmesÊinclude:Ê

- Games development studiosÊ(includingÊRebellion,ÊSupermassive,ÊCreative Assembly,ÊMindCandy)

- Games publishersÊ(includingÊEA,ÊUbisoft,ÊMicrosoft,ÊZyngaÊandÊSony SCEE)Special effects and TV companiesÊ(includingÊFramestore,ÊDouble Negative,ÊThe Foundry)

- The advertising industryÊ(includingÊM&C Saatchi,ÊJWT)

- Web development and design companiesÊ(includingÊDock9,ÊWe R Interactive)'Serious games' companiesÊ(includingÊPlayGen)

- Start-up companiesÊfounded by students