Create worlds!
Expand your skills in audiovisual art, create interactive game worlds and immersive experiences through code and logic and learn to work in a team to market them. Furtwangen University's bilingual Games & Immersive Media degree programme prepares you for a successful career in the international games industry, and far beyond.
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Programme content and structure
The games industry has long since overtaken the success of the film and music industries, and games have become the leading medium. New initiatives such as the Internal link opens in the same window:German Society for Game Sciences (DGSW) are providing important impetus for academic engagement with digital games – not least thanks to the commitment of HFU professor Jirka Dell’Oro-Friedl as a founding member. The technology and design of games are being adopted in many other areas. Immersive media are being used in more and more areas. Serious games are accessible to a broad public. From small startups to very large corporations, companies are looking for the right people with the right mix of creativity, knowledge of technology and management skills. These skills are needed to bring the next generation of games and other digital products to market and delight the customers of today and tomorrow. With project-based teaching and modern teaching methods, you will gain the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in this exciting and rapidly growing business sector.
Entry requirements
You don't need to be proficient in any programming languages to apply for a place with us. But we do expect you to have a deep and long-standing interest in games and immersive media. Perhaps you have already sketched out or implemented a project or two? And you don't just play for enjoyment, you also question the mechanics of the game - and want to make it even better.
The lectures are held in both German and English equally. Accordingly, you should have at least C1 level proficiency in German and B2 level proficiency in English.
GMB specifics
This degree programme offers a particularly innovative teaching concept. We work with block teaching, cohort workshops, eduScrum, and a strong project focus. This approach makes us particularly agile, but requires a high degree of commitment and flexibility from everyone involved.
The learning content and learning objectives can be found in the GMB module handbook. Our lecturers also contribute supplementary topics that keep the programme up to date.
Attendance at the cohort workshop is generally expected from Monday to Friday, from 9.30am - 5.30pm, with a lunch break of course, and exceptions are possible by arrangement. During this time, the teachers come to you and work with you.
The study assignments are designed so that they can be completed during attendance hours. This means that you have evenings and weekends off, with occasional exceptions for special courses, networking meetings, game jams, exhibition visits, and your own exhibitions or presentations.
One morning or afternoon per week at GMB is free of classes and assignments, usually Wednesday afternoon.
The deans of studies accompany you throughout your studies and are available to listen to your suggestions for improvement, or to provide personal advice.
Another special feature at GMB is the portfolio, which is maintained continuously from the start of your studies. This not only helps when applying for internships, but also when looking for a job later on.
What's covered
Semester fees
Your career prospects
The bachelor's degree in Games & Immersive Media equips you with an individual skillset that will enable you to work in a games studio or set up your own company. In addition, exciting careers are also open to you in a variety of companies in a wide range of industries. The more digital our world becomes, the more the technologies and approaches from game development will be used in completely different contexts. So one thing is certain – with a degree in Games & Immersive Media, you are equipped for the future!
Fancy more?
If your thirst for knowledge is not yet quenched after your bachelor's degree – just do a Master of Arts or Science at our faculty!
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