NYU Game Center

Graduate Program

The Game Center MFA

The Game Center MFA is a 2-year Masters of Fine Arts degree that explores the design and development of games as a creative practice. The curriculum is centered on the creation of games and includes game design, criticism, programming, and visual design.

Over the course of two years, students will find their voices as creative practitioners working on individual and group game projects, as well as through rigorous scholarly study of the theoretical and cultural aspects of games, all within the thriving community that is the NYU Game Center at the Tisch School of the Arts.

The application deadline for Fall 2013 enrollment has passed. We will begin accepting applications for Fall 2014 in September 2013. Check back for information about upcoming events and information sessions.

See more details in the MFA FAQ.

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Summer classes at the Game Center

This summer the NYU Game Center is offering several of our undergraduate courses. Classes are open to students and non-students alike. Come study with us! Learn more here..

Game Center MFA

The Game Center MFA is a 2-year Masters of Fine Arts degree that explores the design and development of games as a creative practice.

Established in 2008, the NYU Game Center is part of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. We celebrate game design as a creative practice, and offer courses and public programs on the design, production, and study of games as an aesthetic and cultural form. It is part of our mission to establish New York City as a center of innovation in this important field.
Contact us at gamecenter@nyu.edu or 212-998-1973
We are located at 721 Broadway 9th Floor, New York, New York 10003.

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Open Library

The Open Library serves as a location where students of all colleges within the university can gather to experience first hand the enormous range of artistic expression available in games. Its purpose is to provide access to digital games within a context of critical analysis and discussion. The Open Library currently catalogues nearly 1,000 titles between 14 systems.

The Open Library is also a community center for the Game Center, hosting events including the NYU PLAY! Club, student librarian curation events, tournaments, and more.

The Open Library is currently closed for the summer. It will reopen at the beginning of the Fall 2013 semester.

Click here to see our collection of games.