Abertay University in Dundee has cemented its place at the top of the European leaderboard for studying video game design.
It is the only European university named in The Princeton Review’s prestigious ranking list of places to study, and launch a career, in video game production.
Abertay’s School of Arts, Media and Computer Games is listed 12th out of the top 25 postgraduate schools and 22nd out of the top 50 undergraduate schools.
In the postgraduate list, Abertay has scored a huge improvement on the 20th place it secured in last year’s ranking.
Abertay is the only university in the postgraduate list not based in the USA, and one of only three schools in the undergraduate list not in the USA.
As well as its courses, the university also hosts the world-renowned annual Dare to be Digital game design competition.
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The Princeton Review chose the schools based on its 2015 survey of 150 institutions in the USA, Canada and abroad offering game design degree programmes or courses.
The 40-question survey gathered data on everything from the schools’ game design academic offerings and lab facilities to their graduates’ starting salaries and career achievements.
More than 40 data points in four areas academics, faculty, technology, and career were analysed to compile the lists.
Robert Franek, The Princeton Review’s senior VP-publisher, said: “For students aspiring to work in game design, the 58 schools that made one or both of our 2016 lists offer extraordinary opportunities to hone one’s talents for a successful career in this burgeoning field.
“The faculties at these schools are outstanding. Their facilities are awesome. And their alumni include legions of the industry’s most prominent game designers, developers, artists, and entrepreneurs.”
Professor Gregor White, head of Abertay’s School of Arts, Media and Computer Games, said: “This is fantastic news and a testament to the hard work of my colleagues in the school and across the university in sustaining and delivering such a consistently high standard of learning experience for our students.”
The Princeton Review has reported its games design rankings programme since 2010.