2. What are the entry requirements?
3. What are the areas of specialization?
4. What are the career opportunities?
5. How do employers feel about this course?
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The game and entertainment industry is growing fast and IT plays a key role in its rapid development. This course helps you specialise in game design and development and equips with the relevant knowledge and skills to be a part of this exciting industry.
2. What are the entry requirements?
5 GEC 'O' Level subjects including:
| English Language (EL1)* | Grades 1 - 7 |
| Mathematics (E or A) | Grades 1 - 6 |
| Any two other subjects, excluding CCA | Grades 1 - 6 |
| Any one other subject, excluding CCA | - |
To be eligible for selection, you must have sat for at least one of the following subjects:
Additional Science, Additional Combined Science, Chemistry, Combined Science, Design & Technology, Engineering Science, Integrated Science, Physics, Physical Science, Science (Chemistry, Biology), Science (Physics, Biology), Science (Physics, Chemistry), Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology).
*SPM/UEC holders must have a minimum of grade 6 for their Bahasa Inggeris (Paper 122/Paper 322)/ Communication English or English Language (for UEC holders).
3. What are the areas of specialization?
Graduates will not only learn how to use the latest hardware and software multimedia technologies like .NET, DirectX, OpenGL, OpenAL and various game engines to create commercially viable games and digital entertainment applications. You will also learn the languages of game design to communicate your original game ideals.
4. What are the career opportunities?
With the positioning of Singapore as a trading and distribution hub for computer games, and the increasing number of computer game companies setting up their development centres here, your job prospects in this niche industry are promising. You can look forward to a rewarding career as a game content developer, game software engineer, mobile game content developer, mobile game software engineer, graphics software engineer, multimedia specialist or multimedia application developer.
This course also equips you with the foundational IT skills to take up positions as a web application developer or e-commerce application developer.
5. How do employers feel about this course?
"These are exciting times for Singapore's game industry and there is a good demand for expertise in this field. The Diploma in Game & Entertainment Technology will help supply the kind of professionals who would be able to contribute to the technical and management aspects of the industry."
Irene Chua
Vice-President, Asia
Electronic Arts Asia Pacific
