Games Short Courses

At Falmouth, we offer a range of opportunities to study at our Games Academy and use our industry-standard facilities.
Browse our Short Courses below and find the perfect study opportunity for you.
Explore our Games short courses

Build a Robot: Introduction to Robotics
An immersive introduction to the world of robotics.

Making a game with codeless programming
Get to grips with the basics of games development.
Upcoming Games Short Courses

Mon 04 Aug 2025
5-day course | 4 - 8 Aug | £650
Build a Robot: Introduction to Robotics
In-person
This intensive, fun and challenging course will take you from robotics beginner to creating your own...

Wed 20 Aug 2025
2-day course | 20 - 21 Aug | Price: £300
Making a game with codeless programming
In-person
Come and get involved with this fast-paced 2-day course where our Games Academy team will teach you ...
Bespoke Corporate Training – anywhere any time.
We offer bespoke training courses that can be tailored to your business or organisation's needs and drive productivity through the power of creativity and technology.
Our expert-led programs are available on-campus, online, at your workplace, or any location that suits you. Empower your team with training designed to spark creativity and drive growth. Together, we’ll craft a solution tailored to your needs.

Discover our facilities
Falmouth has one of the largest dedicated game development studio spaces of any UK university. Our students have access to spacious, team-focused, professional-standard studios; as well as a dedicated craft room, breakout spaces, and a range of industry-standard software, management tools and game engines.
Find out moreLatest news & research at Falmouth

Fine Art students create English Heritage-commissioned works inspired by Pendennis Castle
20 May 2025
‘Monuments of Anticipation’ is a new short film, publication and exhibition that has been commis...

Online Indie Game Development graduate on studying from Dubai
15 May 2025
After nearly five years as a Games Design lecturer in Dubai, Anna Tookey decided it was time to inve...

Professional Writing MA alumna set to release debut novel with HarperCollins imprint
15 May 2025
After writing freelance for Devon Life, BBC Countryfile Magazine, and as a host blogger for The Huff...

Online Film & TV graduate on the benefits of studying online
13 May 2025
In order to push her career to the next level and scratch her creative itch, studying had to fit aro...

Third year acting student is nominated for this year’s prestigious Spotlight Prize
13 May 2025
Chosen from a pool of hundreds of graduating drama students across the UK and Ireland, third year Ac...

Meet User Experience Design lecturer Mazy Burns
13 May 2025
With a career that spans household names like IPC Media, Dennis Publishing and NatWest, Mazy Burns b...

Falmouth graduates collaborate to secure 5 book deal with children's publisher
12 May 2025
Since graduating, Sarah Oliver has gone on to become a Sunday Times bestselling author, publishing o...

Games students support Great Ormond Street Hospital
09 May 2025
Developed by a team of Games Academy students, Fireside Fables is more than just a final-year projec...

Online Film & TV graduate on studying from Hong Kong
07 May 2025
From professional dancer to director, educator and NGO founder, Elissa Rosati has spent her career i...

Falmouth final-year project mixes retro FPS mayhem with Cornish scenery
06 May 2025
Slippery sea creatures, battered cod, and cannonball chaos – welcome to BRINE, the chaotic Cornish...

Documenting the sustainability of farming: Photography BA student Joe Day
06 May 2025
After visiting Yeo Valley Organic, The Milk Stand at Kingston Seymour Farm, and Dowstall Farm, secon...

“Your job is to bring the sparkle”: Creative Advertising alumnus gives students advice
06 May 2025
Since graduating in 2020, Jonah Campbell has worked on everything from television adverts for Burt...

George MacKay and Callum Turner on the set of Rose of Nevada. © Ian Kingsnorth
New student-backed films from Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab
06 May 2025
Here’s a look at some of this year’s standout student-supported releases.

“When we support each other, we create magic”: Interior Design Online student Gabriella Horvath
01 May 2025
When the Employability Service advertised an internship with The Live Design Project, a role intende...

Conkers reimagined: a look into the new game created by students
25 April 2025
Meet the Games Academy students behind Conked Out, a heartfelt twist on the deck-building genre that...

Studio Kiln: the Falmouth alumni with global clients
25 April 2025
Nathan Smith and Charlie Hocking met by chance in a shared workspace and quickly realised they had a...

Journalism student lands new role with London Daily News
23 April 2025
Maisie Milward’s enthusiasm for writing has led to her securing work as a writer for London Daily ...

Online television student takes final project to the Rome Prisma Film Awards
23 April 2025
Seb Morgan had only just submitted his final project of his Film & Television MA(Online) course befo...

Nahlia Loren Couto on crafting a surf film across time zones
17 April 2025
Cornish folklore and green storytelling unite in An Mór: Where the Tides Speak, a poetic eco-advent...

Animation students scoop RTS award
15 April 2025
When second-year Animation BA(Hons) students Faith Evans and Dylan Pierce first came up with the ide...
Any questions?
If you have any questions about our Games short courses, get in touch with our Short Courses team.