Lesley University's BFA in Game Design and Immersive Technologies

Become a Game Designer with a BFA from Lesley University

Have you always wanted to bring a character to life through animation? Or create an immersive virtual reality environment for users to explore? Turn your creativity, knack for technology, and love of video games into a career with our Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Game Design and Immersive Technologies. 

Our interdisciplinary program integrates the digital arts, virtual production, immersive technologies such as virtual or augmented reality, interactive media, and studio courses to provide a hands-on environment where you'll creatively apply your skills.

Choose from 4 specializations

All Game Design students at Lesley specialize in at least one of these areas:

  • Game Art: Learn 3D graphic skills and building content in real-time environments using powerful platforms such as Unreal Engine.
  • Game Audio: Learn fundamental digital audio production skills, as well as digital music production and mixing, sound design in synthesis and Foley techniques, music theory and composition, and game engine audio design and implementation. 
  • Game Design: Learn design fundamentals for an interactive user experience and how to design interesting and engaging real-time game environments, assets, and content.
  • Virtual Production: Learn how digital cinematography and live-action combine with emerging real-time technologies that include visual effects (VFX), 3D animation, 3D modeling, and virtual sets.

Our location in dynamic Cambridge, MA

Being situated in dynamic Cambridge, MA—a few miles from Boston—you'll be in the hub of game development in New England. With studios such as WB Boston, Rockstar New England, ZeroFX, Northern Light, Demiurge Studios, Harmonix, FableVision, and Proletariat nearby, there are many opportunities to find internships during your program and work after graduating. 

I'd like to learn more about the Game Design and Immersive Technologies program

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Email an admissions counselor at admissions@lesley.edu to apply

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Small Art School, Big University

We're a premier art and design school of about 700 students, but we're also part of a dynamic university with a liberal arts college. This means you'll have the small studio, hands-on experience of a professional art school where you'll gain industry-specific knowledge. And, you'll benefit from a broader perspective of a liberal arts educational experience—something most art schools can't provide.

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Our small average class size means more personal attention and bigger opportunities for learning.

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92% Placement Rate

We're one of only 3 Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) art schools in a larger university. As a BFA student at Lesley, you'll develop industry-specific skills within a broader liberal arts education. And our 92% placement rate for 2020—the percentage of our bachelor's degree graduates who are employed or in graduate school—is one of the highest of any AICAD school in the country.
Applying to Lesley

Lesley University is SAT Blind

Great art has never come out of a standardized test. And we know that a single standardized test can't sum up your accomplishments and abilities. That's why we don't require SAT scores when you apply as a first-year student. Instead, we'll focus on the strength of your application, including your essay, portfolio, and activities.
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