Master of Engineering in Game Design,
Development and Innovation
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Duke’s Master of Engineering in Game Design, Development, and Innovation helps turn your passion for gaming into a purpose-driven career. Accelerate your programming and design proficiencies while refining your leadership acumen so you can apply elements of game design in new ways to advance and support fields like healthcare, education, science, and business.
Our fast-paced and intense curriculum instills in students the practical and technical expertise they need in a short period of time.
- Ernesto Escobar, Director,
Duke’s Game Design, Development
and Innovation Program
Our curriculum, rooted in industry insights, equips students with a strong foundational knowledge encompassing both design and technical skills, paired with business acumen. Students will have the opportunity to create a portfolio of work that demonstrates real-world application.
This degree helps you:
Earn a game design degree that not only equips you with the skills to craft captivating games, but also empowers you to harness your technical and creative expertise to drive tangible change. Your designed games have the potential to create a meaningful impact in areas such as:
At Duke, you not only earn an MEng in Game Design, but also get to work on industry-sponsored projects and create industry-quality work.
These comprehensive, industry-informed courses complete your MEng in Game Design experience:
Our faculty want to see you succeed, and they’ll make sure you have the hands-on skills you need to succeed in this fast-growing industry, whether you work in entertainment, medicine, business, policy, or beyond.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Duke’s Master of Engineering in Game Design program is led by industry experts who are well-known for working with big-name gaming and tech companies. They will provide you with the skills you need to rise to the top — and stay there.
Our dedicated Duke Engineering Master’s Career Services & Professional Development team helps you land game design roles that align with your skills and goals.
For the good of users, for the good of design, we want people trained in this rapidly advancing field to spread these innovations throughout the business world.
- Greg Maletic ’90,
Director of Special Projects, Panic, Inc.;
MEng in Game Design Advisory Board Member