Education
Situated in the heart of Stockholm lies Futuregames Academy. It´s an 90 week Advanced Vocational Education (KY/YH) in 3D Graphics and Game Design.
During the education students form teams to tackle challenging assignments under genuine production conditions. The first students graduates in September 2010 after 30 weeks of placement.
Futuregames are carried out with close ties to the computer games industry, which are present both in the form of teaching as well as on the board of education.
Futuregames has two programs: Game design and 3D-graphics
The Game design programme covers:
Illustration, Communication, UnrealEditor, Game design, Level design, Scripting, Interaction design, Cognitive psychology, Storytelling, Object design, 4 game projects and a Specialization project.
Tools mainly used:
Unreal Development Kit, Unity3d, Photoshop
The 3D-graphics programme covers:
Illustration, Communication, Low poly modelling, Modelling, Scripting, Animation, Character modelling, Rigging, Skinning, Rendering, Shaders, 4 game projects and a Specialization project.
Tools mainly used:
Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, Nuke
Facts in general:
Educational type: Qualified Vocational Education (KY)
Educational length: 90 weeks (2 years full time study), of which 30 weeks consist of vocational training (internship/placement).
Total cost: 5000 SEK for literature and material
Next start: Tuesday 21 September 2010
Last day of application: 15 May 2010 (to be confirmed)
Number of students: 35 (in total for both programmes)
CSN: Futuregames Academy entitles student loans
Premises: Berghs School of Communication, Sveavägen 34, Stockholm
