From 2025 also at the Berlin and Munich locations!
From 2025 also at the Berlin and Munich locations!
The Game Design degree programme teaches you how to design games. The focus is on video games, but board and card games, educational games and serious games are also considered. In particular, you will learn
As a game designer, you can work in existing game studios, set up your own game studio or work independently or freelance. You can not only set out, pitch and present your ideas and visions in writing, but also present them artistically and graphically, e.g. as concept art, develop, test and balance prototypes of your games and implement prototypes in industry-standard game engines.
You understand past and current developments in the games industry and feel at home in all genres. You can be involved in the development of games, but you can also write about games or research video games in other professions, for example.
If you don't want to go straight into a job, your state-recognised Bachelor's degree will give you access to numerous Master's degree programmes in Germany and abroad, for example in game design and computer game science.
Since 2010, we have been offering the modern, practice-oriented bachelor's degree programme "Virtual Reality & Game Development", which focuses on the development and design of virtual worlds.
On your Game Design degree programme, you can expect a varied curriculum that prepares you optimally for creative game development. You will start with the design of virtual worlds and the basics of game design, carry out project work and deepen your knowledge of 3D modelling and game engines. In the final semesters, you will work on your final project and write your Bachelor's thesis.
In addition to technical and methodological skills, social and personal skills are crucial today. SRH University 's innovative, successful and award-winning CORE principle promotes independent and active learning so that you can apply your knowledge directly in practice - for a clear competitive advantage.
Our VR/AR lab offers you countless development and test systems that can be borrowed or permanently installed. A wide variety of VR goggles, graphics tablets, a holographic projection system, a fully equipped VR corner, a sound station, a large collection of magazines and much more: whether you want to chill out comfortably on the couch, play multiplayer games on the large-screen TV, immerse yourself in virtual worlds, concentrate on projects or work diligently on your own development in group work with additional monitors - our VR/AR Lab is optimally equipped for the development of video games, virtual worlds and VR simulations!
We are a partner of the VR-First initiative.
In 2007, SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg was one of the first universities in Germany to offer a "Game Development" degree programme. This was followed in 2010 by "Virtual Reality", the first degree programme in Germany to deal explicitly with virtual reality as a mass and entertainment medium. These years of experience, combined with the innovative CORE study model, form the foundation for the solid and practice-oriented education of our students.
Yves Masullo and Robin Mächtel show just how successful our graduates can be with their game "Orbital Bullet", which won the most important prize for games in Germany - the German Computer Game Award, in the "Prototype" category for young talent (endowed with € 15,000). Shortly afterwards, the game received another award at the GermanDevDays (endowed with €5,000).
