Teeside University (Games Design)

[IchI]

I am having trouble finding a good university in the United Kingdom without having to travel long distances. I live in Leeds and need to find the best course I can for the type of subject I wish to study.

I wish to study games design and mainly in drawing, modelling and animation. I currently have basic drawing skills, quite a lot of modelling skill and zero animation skill. I was wondering which universities I should look at and also courses I should get information about. I am finding it really hard to find anything and I thought I had a perfect games design course in Southampton, but now I am having second thoughts.

http://www.tees.ac.uk/prospectus/ft2005/ft2005_course.cfm?course=4&fos=183

I found this today and in my opinion it seems very good. Does anyone here study games design at any universities inside of England or goes to Teesside university and could help me get more information.

Thanks.

 

[Maxi]

You're lucky that there even exists any universities where you can study anything game related. There aren't any here in Finland.

 

[Onions]

computer games technology at abertay is meant to be shit hot, and scotland's a better country anyway :E

 

[IchI]

http://www.abertay.ac.uk/Courses/CDetails.cfm?RID=1&CID=185

Thats mainly programming based. I need art an art based course

 

[Stormy]

Only 2 i found when looking for uni's was the southampton one and the teeside one. All the others i found just had a small module based on modeling or animation.

I would just apply for both and see what happens. I went for an interview and got shown around southampton its a really nice place and the studios are really nice as well. All seems really moden and new.

 

[IchI]

Ye the Southamptom course only openned I think it was 1/2 years ago. I really need to get my tablet start animation and learn how to skin. I have hit a brick wall at the moment. I need to get over it and start learning new skills.

 

[Venmoch]

I'm currently in the running for Portsmouth's (Fairly new) Computer Games Technology. It is comprised of two main strands one being programming and the other graphic design (3D art) It does however cover design and some other things (Like sound) but it may not be the course for you, that and Portsmouth seems a little far away for you.....

 

[FictiousWill]

If you want more job security and/or options I'd go with a standard CS degree. Even though you'd not specialize as much on game design and production per se, you'd look much better to hiring game dev companies.

 

[Argyll]

...and scotland's a better country anyway :E

:cheers:

I'll be in Scotland in September now for 3 weeks

 

[katarn85]

Teeside looks from what i saw to be a great university for studying that course, they have very new buildings and are currently expanding the cs related areas.
Also, apparently most of the people who join the course have been offered jobs before they finish it.
-might be what you want?
i went to newcastle because i wanted to study computing science specifically (and i live here) but teeside was my second choice if i didnt make it in here.