135 Creative Arts and Design BSc Degree Programs in United Kingdom

Our Game Engineering degree will teach you how to create computer games. You’ll learn to design, develop and use computer graphics software on different platforms, including game consoles and advanced 3D reality environments. We’ll focus on the design, development and implementation of software that drives computer games,

Scotland's oldest audio engineering course blends history with innovation, offering expert-led training in music production, game audio, sound design, and live sound. With state-of-the-art studios and industry-focused learning, you'll gain the skills needed to thrive in the ever-evolving world of audio.

This BA/BSc (Honours) in Design and Innovation degree develops your creative thinking, problem-solving and design skills. At the same time, you’ll study a complementary subject that suits your needs and interests, equipping you to generate ideas and address problems in various settings. The design modules feature online design studio spaces, social networking, inspiring study materials, and practical components. You’ll follow either the BA or BSc route, depending on your interests and aspirations.

The BSc (Hons) Games Development degree focuses on the creative development, design, and production aspects of computer game development. Situated within the suite of creative digital programmes offering you the opportunity to collaborate in an authentic creative production pipeline environment working with games designers, animators, and special effect students, along with the wider Media Arts and Institute of Arts community.

This is one of several subject combinations available in our BSc (Honours) Computing & IT and a second subject (Q67). Computing & IT studied with design can open career opportunities in various sectors. Develop creative design thinking to address computer-based technology problems, preparing you to contribute to the design of the digital applications of the future.

Are you excited by design and the creative possibilities of new technology? Digital Design at Kent combines both, allowing you to solve design challenges whilst gaining expertise to work in the creative industries. You'll take a practical and theoretical approach to digital design, allowing you to design and build interactive products and services of the future whilst equipping you with skills sought after by employers.

Creative Computing (Web Technologies) responds to a pressing need in the industry for imaginative individuals with a flair for web creativity. You’ll apply key programming, design experience, and web development skills in creative contexts, and contribute to exciting projects with emerging tech companies and freelance developers.

If you've ever wondered how to code beautiful web apps, bring stories to life through immersive experiences, or build innovative games, our Creative Computing course could be for you. You'll create an original portfolio of creative projects, including mobile apps, websites, games, virtual reality (VR) experiences, and digital stories.

In Digital Arts Computing you will develop artistic work in conversation with critical studies. Through a series of projects for public exhibition you will explore the materialities of creative computing. This degree will prepare you to transform and lead the field of digital art.

If your goal is to create vibrant, immersive audio experiences across today’s evolving extended reality and games landscape, SAE’s BSc (Hons) Game and Interactive Audio is the course for you. This industry-focused degree blends sound design, game engines, audio middleware and adaptive systems, giving you the tools to design, implement and optimise audio for interactive environments.

Our design-led Architectural Technology BSc will give you the skills you need to launch your career in design and development. From architectural composition and technical analysis to the business and management skills you'll need for contract procurement, we'll teach you how to apply technical decision-making to real-life design challenges. Learning in our dedicated Architectural Technology studio and working on real design briefs, you’ll develop a sound understanding of the processes of design and construction and the management tools, particularly CAD, for communicating design information. You'll gain an understanding of the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of the modern construction industry, and will have the chance to work alongside students from all construction courses in Year 1. Studying the Architectural Technology BSc will give you the framework to practise privately, or — on a successful MCIAT chartership — run a business in the architectural and construction industries. All of our courses are delivered using an enquiry-based blended learning approach involving workshops, lectures, tutorials and independent study. We assess your learning through a variety of methods including project work, essays and exams.

Kick off your career in games development with the Game Development BSc (Hons) degree course from Kingston University, ranked No.2 in London for Animation and Game Design (The Guardian University Guide 2025). You will experience all aspects of game development from concept design and prototyping through to programming, production, testing and publishing.

If you’re keen to develop software with a particular focus on sound and audio, SAE’s BSc (Hons) Audio Software Engineering is the course for you. This one-of-a-kind degree blends the technical with the creative, as you learn advanced skills in audio DSP, C++ programming and plugin development.

This BSc Urban Planning and Development programme opens a wide range of exciting career opportunities in planning, development and surveying. Graduates have an excellent track record securing employment in these sectors as well as transport, economic development, environment policy, and housing and urban regeneration. With modules that involve practitioners, you will also have the opportunity to understand how your learning applies to the real world and consider the ways in which you can develop your professional profile and employability.

At the Welsh School of Architecture, you’ll develop a thorough grounding in architecture as a discipline and a strong emerging sense of your own approach to design. Through a combination of design project work and taught modules, you’ll study the varied historical, theoretical, cultural, political, and geographical dimensions of architecture. You will consider how architecture is made, how it performs and how technological choices can support the well-being of present and future generations and care for the planet. You’ll explore issues around professional and ethical responsibility to reflect on the role of the architect in society and in response to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Computer Games Development combines technology and creativity in a multidisciplinary way. The games industry is still an expanding and challenging sector with continually evolving ideas and cutting-edge technologies. It requires practitioners to exercise more flexibility in software specifications and functionality, through adapting their approaches to design and management while keeping abreast of broad changes to technology.