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UndergraduateBachelor of Arts (with Honours)UCAS: W433

Game Art

Cardiff Metropolitan University
Cardiff, Wales
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3 yearsDuration
£16,000Per Year (Intl)
£24,500Avg. Graduate Salary
71%Satisfaction

Course Overview

Offered by Cardiff Metropolitan University, the BA (Hons) Game Art provides a comprehensive undergraduate education in engineering and technology. Based in Cardiff, Wales, this programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical application, with a 3-year full-time structure. Bring life to narratives, concepts, characters, and environments. Game artists work within multidisciplinary teams to create visionary worlds from the past, present and future. They are skilled visual communicators, working with moving image, animation, concept art, project management and image making to help realise fictional worlds into visually and sensorially immersive experiences. Our Game Art degree will prepare you for a highly competitive and rapidly growing field, spanning the entertainment, immersive technology, web, and media industries. International tuition fees are £16,000 per year, home/UK fees are £9,790 per year, and a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 is required for admission.

What You'll Learn

Social responsibility
Entrepreneurial thinking
Bring life to narratives
concepts
characters
and environments.
UCAS Code:W433
Academic Year:2026-27 entry
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Entry Requirements

📋 Academic Entry Requirements

A-Level

CCC - BBB

Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two A levels.

International Baccalaureate

24 points

24 points to include portfolio.

UCAS Points96

🗣️ English Language Requirements

TestOverallLRWS
IELTS Academic65.55.55.55.5
PTE Academic59————

L = Listening, R = Reading, W = Writing, S = Speaking

Tuition Fees & Funding

International Student Fee

£16,000

per year

Total Course Cost (3 years)£48,000

Home Student Fee

£9,790

regulated fee

Scholarships available for eligible students

Tuition Fees, Student Finance & Additional Costs What’s included?

📊 OFFICIAL UK DATA

Graduate Outcomes

Based on official HESA Graduate Outcomes survey data

💰 Graduate Salaries — Cardiff Metropolitan University

Time After GraduationLower Quartile SalaryMedian SalaryUpper Quartile Salary
15 months£23,000£24,500£28,500
3 years£21,000£26,500£32,000
5 years£24,500£33,000£44,000

UK subject average: £25,000 — sector benchmark across all UK universities

Graduate Salary vs UK Subject Average

This course
UK average
Salary 3 years after graduation▲ Close to UK average salary
This course
£26,500
UK average
£25,000
Salary 5 years after graduation▲ 32% above UK average salary
This course
£33,000
UK average
£25,000

Salary trend: ↑ up £6,500 from year 3 to year 5

Indicative Data

Salary figures are based on national sector benchmarks for the CAH11-01-06 subject area and do not represent outcomes specific to this course or provider. These are indicative figures to aid comparison. For official graduate outcomes data, visit Discover Uni at Discover Uni.

💼 Employment Breakdown

70%Working
30%Work & Study
90%Professional Jobs
Official Data

Graduate employment outcomes are sourced directly from Discover Uni for this specific course and provider. For full details, visit Discover Uni at Discover Uni.

Student Satisfaction

Subject area average

National Student Survey (NSS) results — undergraduate final-year students only

Teaching on my course
71%
Learning opportunities
73%
Assessment and feedback
83%
Academic support
84%
Organisation and management
72%
Learning resources
89%
Student voice
75%
Continuation rate% students continuing to year 2
70%

National Student Survey via Discover Uni.

Official Data

Source: Subject-group average for this provider

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About Cardiff Metropolitan University

Cardiff Metropolitan University offers Game Art as part of its comprehensive programme offerings.

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