Game development and researchpart time degree programmes for professionals, international course

  • Master of Arts

    Master
    Degree

  • 4 semesters

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Köln

    Location

  • July 2024 (Germans and inhabitants)

    June 2024 (EU), June 2024 (Non-EU)
    Please enquire

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

Multimedia

Focus

Game Design & Storytelling, 3D-Modeling & Animation, Prototyping, Sound Design & Composition, Media Research and Media Education, Media Law and Media Economics, Video Game & Media Theory

Target group

Professionals from the games, film and TV sector\; Designers\; Creative artists\; literary authors and journalists\; academically educated and artistically talented applicants from related areas.

Annotation

Pass in the aptitude test at Cologne Game Lab. Please inform yourself about the costs as well as the possible taking up of a scholarship on the website of the TH Cologne.

Admission modus

open admission

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Bachelor's or at least equivalent degree. -Evidence of practical employment relevant for the course of at least 12 months. --Evidence of proficiency in English (level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference).

Lecture period
  • 20.03.2023 - 14.07.2023
  • 23.09.2024 - 07.02.2025

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.04.2024 - 30.06.2024

    Please apply via our service partner Uni-Assist. For more information, please see www.uni-assist.de. Please note the differing application deadlines of the individual Master's degree programmes.

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.04.2024 - 30.06.2024

    Please apply via our service partner Uni-Assist. For more information, please see www.uni-assist.de. Please note the differing application deadlines of the individual Master's degree programmes.

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    02.05.2024 - 15.07.2024

    Please note the differing application deadlines of the individual Master's degree. For more information, please see https://www.th-koeln.de/studium/alle-studiengaenge-auf-einen-blick_76.php

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    15.08.2024 - 15.09.2024

    Further information on how to apply for admission in a higher study semester can be found at https://www.th-koeln.de/studium/bewerbung-zum-hoeheren-fachsemester_5324.php

Tuition fee

Languages of instruction

Main language

English

Further languages

German

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