Games Education and Training

Each year secondary school students, people thinking of a career change, and those interested in further training, are galvanised by the CAO deadlines in the Republic of Ireland. Please note that in N. Ireland the UCAS system has different deadlines.

In summer 2014 we updated our database of all of the games related courses at levels 6/7 and beyond that are currently available. If we missed any or you have a new course, do get in touch.

Some of these courses are directly designed for those thinking of entering the games industry, others are less directly targeted at games but are worth a look.

So key questions to ask are: –

1. Are you interested in a course that focuses on core programming and technical skills, or the art, design or business side of things? [Not sure what jobs are available in game companies? See this UK based resource]

2. Are you looking for entry level (levels 6), intermediate degree (7/8) or advanced (postgraduate 9+)?. [don’t know what this means? See here.]

3. Is location an issue?

4. Are their opportunities to work on practical projects to build up a portfolio?

We are now putting online the information that we have to hand, which will let you search for courses by institution, course name/type and location. There are around 150 courses of different levels here from public and private institutions.

We hope that this helps our members to choose the right path for their career, and institutions with courses that are not listed can contact us to get listed.

We do not endorse one course over another and we rely on colleges, staff and students to update us with changes so always check the course website for updated details before making your final choice.

This is a volunteer effort by members of the gd.ie community with special assistance from K. Vesikko. Let us know what you think!