Master of Science in Digital Games
Whether you are looking to break new ground in game design, drive innovation in game artificial intelligence or understand how games can move us through in depth research in game studies, our multidisciplinary Master of Science in Digital Games at the University of Malta provides a dynamic environment where you can learn from world-class researchers.
The Institute is ranked in the top 10 institutions active in technical games research, above technology leaders such as Google, New York University, and Georgia Tech.
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World-class Research
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The faculty at the Institute of Digital Games are regarded as some of the leading figures within their respective international research fields with over 22,000 citations and the h-index of 170 collectively across all staff members. Prof. Yannakakis ranks in the top 0.5% of Artificial Intelligence researchers in the world (ranked 1096th out of 215,114 scientists in the field in 2020).
Passionate about Making Games
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Making games is at the heart of the faculty: Will Love Tear Us Apart by Prof. Gordon Calleja was nominated the Innovation Award at the Festival Du Cinema Nouveau in Montreal, an Interactive Award at the Webby Awards in New York, and an Innovation Award at SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin. Prof. Stefano Gualeni’s philosophical games have been covered by Kotaku, Atlas Obscura, and are featured in Nicky Case’s Explorable Explorations.
Growing Dynamic Community
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The island has studios both large and small. Large studios based in Malta include Exient, 4A Games, and Dorado Games. And small and start-up level studios are emerging such as Draw and Code and Anvil Games. The government is hugely supportive of the video game industry which finds itself at the crossroads of two national strategies and more studios join every month!
Education and Opportunity
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Our 5:2 student-to-faculty ratio means that you may find yourself researching with your professors in the field, presenting with them at international conferences or co-creating games. The Institute does research with global industry leaders such as Ubisoft and runs multi-million euro EU projects with IBM and Zaha Hadid Architects.
English-speaking
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English is the official language in Malta, so students will have no problem settling in and getting around.
Island Life
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Malta is surrounded by the sea and is the country that gets the most days of sun in Europe.
Play meets Art and Science at the University of Malta.
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