CREATIVE DIGITAL MEDIA AND GAMING courses at Salford

Spend two years gaining industry-ready skills in an area which interests you most through our HND courses.

• HND Creative and Digital Media 
• HND Digital Communications and Graphic Design for Business
• HND Esports Business Management (Taught by Salford Business School)
• HND Social Media Content Creation

The shared Foundation Year provides the perfect opportunity for people who want more time to explore the key principles of art, design and media. The course is designed to help you develop your creative skills, it gives you a chance to build a larger portfolio, and provides a good transition period to familiarise yourself with the School of Art and Media and life as a student at Salford. The following are four year programmes: our shared Foundation Year followed by the degree programme: 

• BA (Hons) Animation with Foundation Year
• BSc (Hons) Creative Computing with Foundation Year
• BA (Hons) Digital Media and Extended Reality (XR) with Foundation Year
• BA (Hons) Games Design and Production with Foundation Year

Spend three years exploring the areas of creative digital media which interest you. You’ll gain an understanding of the general skills you’ll need, and as you progress you’ll get the chance to shape your degree how you want to.

• BA (Hons) Animation
• BSc (Hons) Creative Computing
• BA (Hons) Digital Media and Extended Reality (XR)
• BA (Hons) Games Design and Production
• BA (Hons) Games Design and Production with Industry Placement
• BSc (Hons) Media Technology
• BA (Hons) Post Production and VFX

You can also explore our Film, TV and Radio Courses

These courses will allow you to build on your undergraduate and work experiences to far, to further develop your skills and job prospects in a specific area.

• MA Animation
• MSc Games and Extended Reality (XR)

You can also explore our Film, TV and Radio Courses

The Creative Digital Media and Gaming sector is thriving in Greater Manchester with major employers in cyber security, media, e-commerce and more. The University of Salford is the only university to have a campus at MediaCity, which is one of the leading centres for film, journalism, radio, TV, digital media  and gaming with companies such as the Steamforged Games, BBC, and ITV being based there

Having a campus at MediaCity means our students will be learning in one of the leading technology hubs in the UK. Our lecturers have built great working relationships with our neighbours which often translates into practical work experience or networking opportunities for our students. We also regularly have guest speakers from the media and gaming industries who often go on to offer work experience or internships.

Our courses are also designed to allow and encourage you to undertake live briefs and placements, meaning you could be working on producing real work for real clients while you study.

We understand that choosing a degree can be difficult. Start by thinking about which area of creative media technology interests you, and what job you can see yourself doing in the future. You’ll then be able to see which of our courses match up best with your ambitions.

However, it’s important to remember that with most degrees the skills you learn are transferable to other disciplines and when you graduate with us, you’ll have learnt a full range of skills to prepare you to enter a fast-paced industry.

We recommend you attend our upcoming Open Day to find out more about our campus, courses, and student life at Salford.

Don’t worry, you won’t be expected to spend large amounts of money on professional camera, lighting and development equipment. Everything you need for your studies is available through our facilities and equipment stores. You may wish to purchase their own laptop and hard drive, but these are personal choices as you will have access to computer suites with all the software you’ll need for your projects. You can also choose to loan a laptop through the Library for up to four weeks at a time.