Course content

CMGT offers you a broad introduction so you can really experience the different aspects of the industry. You can experiment with different roles before you specialize in interactive media or in games. And it looks like we are doing a good job, since we are officially qualified as a 'good' programme.

Contact moments 20 hours
a week
Self-study 20 hours
a week
Additional costs € 250
(laptop not included)

THE FIRST YEARFinding out what you are really good at

In your first year you will have every opportunity to experiment and find out what role in the industry suits you best. You will learn about tools and improve your skills and immediately apply what you’ve learned in awesome projects. The Creative Media and Game Technologies programme is structured around the three most important professional roles in the field: artists, experience designers and engineers. In the first year you can experiment with these roles and subsequently choose the one that suits you best.

Study load

30% Theory
60% Practical and group work
10% Study career counseling

CMGT is structured around the three most important professional roles in the field:

Artist
The Artist is a talented illusionist. The most important task an artist has, is to create content that really excites the user.
Experience Designer
The Experience Designer is the creative jack-of-all-trades who invents and develops experiences that create value for the user.
Engineer
The Engineer is a realist who is great at seeing and creating structure. He is especially good at the technical realization of interactive media and games.

Engineer:

Game Programming
Physics Programming
Algorithms
Input Output
Web
Unity Scripting
Programming
Design Thinking
Game Design
UI / UX
Behaviorism
Imagery
Projects
Personal projects (prof. skills)

Designer

Web
Unity Scripting
Programming
Design Thinking
Game Design
UI / UX
Behaviorism
Imagery
Sound Design
3D Modelling
Cinematics
Projects
Personal projects (prof. skills)

Artist

Programming
Design Thinking
Game Design
UI / UX
Behaviorism
Imagery
Sound Design
3D Modelling
Cinematics
2D Animation
Concept Art
Unity 3D
Projects
Personal projects (prof. skills)

More about the study structure

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Extended Reality Lab

In the lab you will find a wide range of equipment available for experiments and the building of prototypes. This includes state-of-the-art virtual and augmented reality devices, computers, motion capture solutions, cameras, audio equipment, etc.

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THE SECOND YEARChoose your role and start your portfolio

After the first year you will specialize in either interactive media or games and will further develop the skills and gain the knowledge you need to grow in your role. You will build a portfolio evidencing your skills and will prepare for your minor or internship.

Engineer:

C++
3D Math
3D Rendering
Software Architecture
Advanced Tools
Networking
Procedural Arts
UI / UX Advanced
Business Thinking
Projects
Individual competences

Designer

Advanced Web
Immersive Storytelling
Prototyping
Media Literacy
Multimodal Interaction
Gamification
Procedural Arts
UI / UX Advanced
Business Thinking
Projects
Individual competences

Artist

Adaptive 3D Audio
Rigging
3D Animation
Visual Research
VFX
Sculpting
Procedural Arts
UI / UX Advanced
Business Thinking
Projects
Individual competences

THE THIRD YEARDoing your minor and internship

In your third year you will specialize further by doing your internship and minor. You are free to make your own choice. In your minor you can focus on a specific part of role. Your internship could be in a Dutch company or in one of the well-known companies elsewhere in Europe, the US or Asia.

WeXist

A new take on "They Are". This group of hard working students decided to take the "They Are" project and add their own twist to it. Adding and removing from the old project they created we Xist.

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Period Box

Period Box, shaping the powerful woman of the 21st centry

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Project Myron

Project Myron is by definition what CMGT stands for, "Pushing the boundaries of reality". Most of us in the past have imagined playing a full body videogame sometime in the future but we all expected that to take at least another 20 years. The young professionals of project Myron decided not to wait.

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The Monster Project

Dragons, big dangerous beasts, hideous and frightening creatures, mutants, giants and freaks; they are all monstrosities.

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THEY ARE

'Project: They Are' is a project based at Saxion University of Applied Sciences in 2016, aimed to create an office-like environment. This to offer the last connection between education and work environment. The goal is to develop a Virtual Reality game experience aimed to explore the possibilities of the Virtual Reality medium, HTC VIVE hardware and push the boundaries of students.

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Project I-M

Project I-M is a collaboration between students of the CMGT study program and the Thales company from Hengelo. The purpose was to create a high-quality VFX production for one of the Thales radar systems.

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THE FOURTH YEARPrepare for graduation

In the first half of the fourth year you will continue to specialize yourself in your chosen role and gain an even more in-depth understanding. In the second half of the fourth year you will prepare for graduation by designing and developing an interactive solution or game for an organization.