Northeastern University

Interdisciplinary and Experiential Learning in the Northeastern University Games Ecosystem

Northeastern programs aim to transform students into critical makers with the ability to create high-quality, innovative, and inclusive across a broad array of media, communities, and contexts.

Graduate Certificate in Game Science
Graduate Certificate in Game Experience Design
Master of Science in Game Science and Design
PhD in Interdisciplinary Design and Media

At Northeastern, applying your knowledge and skills to a variety of industries is at the heart of our approach to education. The co-op program is one of the most powerful ways that comes to life. Participating in a co-op means alternating between semesters of academic study with periods of full-time employment.

Learn more: https://camd.northeastern.edu/co-op/

Graduate Student Scholarships

These merit-based scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and are intended to support superior academic achievement at Northeastern. GSS awards are determined on the basis of departmental recommendations and are offered as a percentage tuition reduction.

Admitted full-time master's students are automatically considered for GSS funding as part of the graduate program application review. Submission of additional documentation is not necessary. Tuition reductions typically range from 15% to 60%; however, may include up to full tuition coverage for qualified full-time master's students. The average tuition reduction is 25%.

Visit the Office of Student Financial Services for information regarding other types of financial aid, including loans, student employment, and outside scholarships:
https://studentfinance.northeastern.edu/applying-for-aid/graduate/

Our Boston campus includes a network of creative and physical maker spaces and our offerings are available at more than half a dozen of Northeastern's global locations including Oakland and Vancouver.

The Media Studios Organization (MSO) is the central lab, studio, making, and creative practice ecosystem through which the College of Arts, Media and Design supports experiential learning, cutting- edge research, and diverse creative practices across six undergraduate majors, 56 interdisciplinary majors, and 20 graduate pathways. Game design students will find the following spaces especially useful:

The Immersive Media Lab is the central hub for Extended Reality (XR) at CAMD. Encompassing Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and 360-degree video creation. Students are able to fully immersive themselves in other worlds with high performance VR and MR headsets. Users develop and test games, explore new avenues for storytelling and journalism, leverage 3D scanners for photogrammetry, and engage in grant funded XR research. Our Game Design Computer Lab offers a suite of windows workstations for game-related projects.

Learn more: https://camd.northeastern.edu/media-studios/

Faculty

The games faculty at Northeastern are profoundly cross-disciplinary and are drawn from across the colleges of the university. Their rich experience comes equally from their academic backgrounds and their many years of practical development and use of games and interactive media.

Learn more: https://games.northeastern.edu/faculty-2/