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.

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

Have you already completed at least a three- or four-year degree which is similar to Creative Media and Game Technologies? If so, you could be eligible for the short degree programme. You will find specific details of the entry requirements for this programme under requirements.

Depending on your previous education, you can complete the short degree programme in either one or two years. At the end of the process, you receive a full bachelor’s certificate.

The one-year short degree programme for Creative Media and Game Technologies is divided into two periods. In the first half year you study degree-related subjects, work on projects and draw up your individual learning plan. This period looks like this:

Compression assessment and compressed topics of CMGT (5 ECTS)
Project (5 ECTS)
Research (5 ECTS)
Specialisation – personal individual focus subjects (3 X 5 ECTS)

Credits

Degrees in The Netherlands are based around the credit system (ECTS). What are credits? You are awarded a number of credits for each assignment, exam and traineeship that you complete. Each credit is equivalent to a study load of 28 hours. You are expected to obtain 60 credits during the short degree programme, which means that this academic year is equivalent to a study load of 1,680 hours. This should give you a reasonably clear idea of the amount of time involved in completing your degree successfully.

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.

More about the study structure

Would you like more information about the content, courses and tests of this program within the various years? Click on the button and view this training in the Saxion Course Catalog for detailed information.

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THE Second part of your coursePrepare for graduation

In your fourth year you will start with Project Immersive technologies and storytelling. Together with a team of other CMGT students you will experiment in our XR lab to create something awesome for a real client. 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.