Best Universities for Game Design and Development in the World

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Game Design and Development. A graph of 3.48M citations received by 171K academic papers made by 995 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Stanford University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

2. University of Southern California

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

3. University of Washington - Seattle

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

4. University College London

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

5. University of Central Florida

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

6. Iowa State University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

7. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

10. Carnegie Mellon University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

11. University of Toronto

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

12. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

13. Nanyang Technological University

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

14. University of Tokyo

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

16. National University of Singapore

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

17. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

18. Delft University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

19. Purdue University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

21. University of Tampere

For Game Design and Development

#5 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
18,400
Male:Female
47:53
Founded
1925

22. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

23. University of Hong Kong

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

24. University of Barcelona

For Game Design and Development

#6 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
64,236
Male:Female
86:14

25. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

26. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

27. IT University of Copenhagen

For Game Design and Development

#7 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
1999

28. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

29. Pennsylvania State University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

30. Imperial College London

For Game Design and Development

#8 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

31. McGill University

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

32. University of Hamburg

For Game Design and Development

#9 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

33. Simon Fraser University

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

34. University of British Columbia

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

35. Columbia University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

37. RWTH Aachen University

For Game Design and Development

#10 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

38. Harvard University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

39. Aalborg University

For Game Design and Development

#11 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
20,353
Founded
1974

40. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

41. Michigan State University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

42. University of Florida

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

43. Clemson University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
84%

44. University of Alberta

For Game Design and Development

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

45. University of Rochester

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

46. University of Ottawa

For Game Design and Development

#6 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

47. University of Amsterdam

For Game Design and Development

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

48. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Game Design and Development

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

49. Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Game Design and Development

#14 in Europe
#2 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
28,450
Founded
1968

50. New York University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

51. Tsinghua University

For Game Design and Development

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

52. University of California - Irvine

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

53. University of Sydney

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

54. University of California - Berkeley

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

55. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

56. University of Waterloo

For Game Design and Development

#7 in Canada
Founded
1957

57. University of Queensland

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

58. University of Texas at Austin

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

59. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Game Design and Development

#15 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

60. Johns Hopkins University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

61. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Game Design and Development

#6 in Asia
#3 in China
Founded
1937

62. University of Melbourne

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

63. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Game Design and Development

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

64. Graz University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#16 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
16,436
Founded
1874

65. Beihang University

For Game Design and Development

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Founded
1952

66. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

67. University of Patras

For Game Design and Development

#17 in Europe
#1 in Greece
Enrollment
21,000
Founded
1964

68. Utrecht University

For Game Design and Development

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

69. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

71. Technical University of Munich

For Game Design and Development

#19 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

72. University of Wurzburg

For Game Design and Development

#20 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Enrollment
27,149
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

73. Nottingham Trent University

For Game Design and Development

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

75. KAIST

For Game Design and Development

#9 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

76. University of Copenhagen

For Game Design and Development

#23 in Europe
#3 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

77. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
13,069
Founded
1956

78. University of Canterbury

For Game Design and Development

#6 in Oceania
Enrollment
17,299
Founded
1873

79. University of Munich

For Game Design and Development

#25 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

80. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

81. Zhejiang University

For Game Design and Development

#10 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

82. University of Twente

For Game Design and Development

#26 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

83. Osaka University

For Game Design and Development

#11 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Founded
1931

84. Korea University

For Game Design and Development

#12 in Asia
Enrollment
24,351
Founded
1905

85. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Game Design and Development

#27 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

86. Yonsei University

For Game Design and Development

#13 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
29,502
Founded
1957

88. Ontario Tech University

For Game Design and Development

#8 in Canada
Founded
2002

89. University of Pennsylvania

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

90. University of California-San Diego

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

91. Cornell University

For Game Design and Development

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

92. National Taiwan University

For Game Design and Development

#14 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
33,882
Founded
1945

93. City University of Hong Kong

For Game Design and Development

#15 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

94. University of Oxford

For Game Design and Development

#29 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

95. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#30 in Europe
#6 in Germany
Enrollment
24,969
Founded
1877

96. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Game Design and Development

#16 in Asia
#8 in China
Founded
1963

97. Vienna University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#31 in Europe
#2 in Austria
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

98. Monash University

For Game Design and Development

#7 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

99. National Chiao Tung University

For Game Design and Development

#17 in Asia
#2 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1958

100. University of Calgary

For Game Design and Development

#9 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966