Game Design and Development - Computer, Communication and Information Sciences, Master of Science (Technology)

Game Design and Production is a multidisciplinary major that tightly integrates students from different backgrounds. Students of the programme get to create and analyze games, experiment with new technologies and design approaches, and meet brilliant people with whom to build the future. In addition to a deep understanding of games, graduates will have a portfolio of completed projects, which helps in getting into the games industry. The teaching staff includes both game industry professionals and game scholars.

Study contents

The Game Design and Production major is organized in collaboration with the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (ARTS), and both schools offer a major that share a large portion of the courses. However, the mandatory courses differ, and the CCIS students have more technical courses on topics, such as computer graphics and artificial intelligence.

Structure of the studies

The Master's degree (120 ECTS) is composed of studies in major (40-65 ECTS), possible minor (20-25 ECTS), elective studies (25-35 ECTS), and Master's thesis (30 ECT).

Students can select their minor either from the other majors in the Master's Programme in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences or from the other Master’s programmes offered by Aalto University. The elective studies can consists of an additional major courses, additional minor, multidisciplinary courses, or studies abroad.