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TAMK Games Academy

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At TAMK Games Academy, aspiring game artists and game programmers study, create, and grow together. Our reimagined structure brings both disciplines into shared courses and real projects from day one. Whether your passion lies in visual design or coding, you’ll collaborate across roles and gain a common understanding of how the game industry truly works — from business to production.

Learn by Creating

Students work in cross-disciplinary teams to design and build playable games for real clients. These projects are developed to a professional standard and showcased every spring at Tampere-talo’s Game Expo, where the best teams often go on to publish their games.

Our teaching combines expertise from TAMK’s Media and Arts and Information and Communication Technology units. You’ll learn from experienced teachers, game developers, and visiting industry professionals through workshops, mentoring, and guest lectures — open to all Games Academy students.

Pathways into Games Academy

There are several ways to become part of the Games Academy community:

  • Applying Business Information Systems (TIKO) studies and selecting games production path from opintopolku.fi

  • Being a Media and Arts student in the Game Design, Animation, or Interactive Media minors you can apply to study in Games Academy after 1st year of studies.

  • Having previous experience in game art, programming, or related creative/technical fields

How It Works

The academic year is divided into four teaching periods (TP1–TP4):

  • Autumn (TP1–TP2) focuses on 2D game development

  • Spring (TP3–TP4) moves into 3D game creation

Most Games Academy courses are worth 5 ECTS credits, and students can start with an Introduction to 3D Modelling (3 ECTS) to build foundational skills. The primary development environment is Unity, complemented by modern tools for art, sound, and project management.

Why Choose TAMK Games Academy?

You won’t just study games — you’ll make them.
You’ll build a portfolio that reflects teamwork, creativity, and technical excellence, supported by teachers and mentors who are active in the industry.

Join a community where art, design, and technology collide — and start building the games of tomorrow.

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