The Visual Game and Media Design course at the Royal Danish Academy supports students in developing game design and motion graphics skills and offers the opportunity to work on projects with industry experts and colleagues at local schools in Denmark.
Visual Game and Media Design is an intensive two-year program for students ready to immerse themselves in the creative world of game design, visual media, visual experiences and playful interactions.
You combine practical work in the areas of digital games, animation, motion graphics and visual design with cutting-edge approaches to the design of game and story worlds.
Students learn to generate bold game ideas and immersive worlds, develop creative processes and explore business models. All this in collaboration with customers and users from across the visual industry.
During your studies, you will continually combine the practical creation of digital games, animations, motion graphics and visual designs with innovative conceptual approaches to game design and storyworld design.
The Royal Danish Academy is a leader in architecture, design and conservation in Scandinavia. It is centrally located in Copenhagen. Copenhagen is a video game development hub with a vibrant English-speaking game development community and home to both small and large companies such as SYBO Games, IO Interactive and Unity3D.
Students also have the opportunity to work for a whole semester with a large multidisciplinary team on the development of a game or a visual media production with students from other schools as part of the DADIU collaboration, or to work on a film project with students from the National Film School of Denmark.
School: Visual game and media design
Course: Royal Danish Academy
Type: Postgraduate
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Course dates: September 2026 to June 2028
Application deadline: March 1, 2026
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What will I learn in this course?
– High-level knowledge of visual design for games and media, project development, game design, collaboration and work with clients
What are the requirements?
To apply, applicants must have a bachelor's degree in design or a similar relevant discipline from an accredited university or design school.
What facilities and resources are available?
– Each master’s student has their own desk and space for learning and building models
– Teaching and exhibition rooms
– Extensive range of labs and workshops available in person
– Printing and photo labs for portfolio building
– Dedicated architecture and design library
What career prospects await me after graduation?
Our graduates typically find work in game development as visual artists or game designers, in the software and web industries as UI/UX designers, or in the film and media industries as visual or production designers and art directors. Many graduates go on to found their own companies.
Who teaches this course?
– Jakob Ion Wille, associate professor
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