Looking for similar idea course in a different university, need some ideas.

Thank you for the insight. I visited University of Derby yesterday and although it is not the highest rank of Unis I really liked the feel of the place and the Computer Games Programming course they offer seems perfect for me. I liked in particular that, like you've said, the first year is predominately the same as a regular computer science degree. On top of this, the further few years are also very similar but however focus on the game aspect. Therefore, I have decided that this will be one of 5 UCAS options.

In regards to the Scottish universities issue, I am looking at Glasgow as one of my options and I am visiting next week. The standard entry requirement for Computing Science here is AAB, so would you say I would possibly need at least A*AA maybe? I should also mention that I am doing a summer placement this summer at University of Northampton developing a Game for Cybersecurity training, so to what extent would this help my chances at Glasgow?

Its sounds as if you've got a real interest in subject area, so that will put you in a good position. As for Glasgow, I would say AAA or above, of course it comes down to your personal statement and AS results. I would say apply for a Scottish one, there is no problem with that just make sure you have some good English backups as well.

I am currently mainly interested in studying Computer Science and one course that has caught my eye is the one at St Andrews.
The main aspect I like about it is that in the 3rd and 4th year I would be able to study Video Games Programming as part of the course which would be very helpful to my goal of becoming a games programmer. The only problem is that I do not particularly like St Andrews as a potential place to live for 4 years.

On a side note about St Andrews, I'm currently at a Grammar School Sixth Form (up there in the tables) and we were told its hard for English students to get into Scottish universities such as St Andrews unless you are an exceptional or extremely high achieving student, so not saying you wouldn't get an offer but just bear in mind to apply to plenty of English universities!

Hello everyone, I am a 17 year old and I've just finished my AS exams in Maths, Business Studies and Geography while also studying Double BTEC ICT as an extra equivalent of 2 subjects and I am looking at applying to uni with a hope of starting September 2015.
I am currently mainly interested in studying Computer Science and one course that has caught my eye is the one at St Andrews.
The main aspect I like about it is that in the 3rd and 4th year I would be able to study Video Games Programming as part of the course which would be very helpful to my goal of becoming a games programmer. The only problem is that I do not particularly like St Andrews as a potential place to live for 4 years.

So my main question is there courses in other unis that people know about that offer the same or similar course structure? I know about dedicated Games Programming courses and I instead would like to mainly focus on Computer Science.

One last thing, if possible I would prefer for it to be at least a top 25 ranked university as I am a fairly high achieving student.

Thanks in advance for any help

Hi,

I am glad that you are interested in St Andrews (and especially the games parts of the course as I teach on these!). Have you visited us? You might like it more than you think.