Bachelor in Game Technology
Are you passionate about game development and coding? Study in Norway's most vibrant, collaborative and innovative community for games and technologies, where you gain the skills to design games, simulations and interactive worlds or work as a programmer in any tech company.
- Campus
- Hamar
- Duration
- 3 years
- Structure
- Full time
- Credits
- 180
- Teaching language
- EN
- Startup
- August
- Price
- Semester fee
- Application deadline
- Apr. 15, 2027
- Application deadline
- Dec. 1, 2026
About the Programme
The Bachelor in Game Technology combines artistic innovation with advanced programming to prepare you for a future in game development, simulation, and interactive digital solutions.
You will learn how to design and build powerful game engines, visual systems, and interactive applications – the same skills used in everything from entertainment to simulation, visualisation, and AI-driven industries.
Choose your path
In your second year, you will specialise in one of two exciting tracks:
- Game Programming: focus on advanced programming, engine development, game mechanics, databases, and networking
- Computer Graphics: focus on 3D programming, shaders, visualisation, simulation, and mathematics for modern game engines
Hands-on experience
From your first semester, you will work on creative and technical projects in teams – just like in the industry.
By your final year, you can choose between an internship in a company, a research project, or entrepreneurship, finishing with a bachelor project that brings together programmers, artists, and designers to make something truly original.
Curricula and courses
In the study plan, you will find information about the programme, including an overview of courses, learning objectives, and assessment methods. Choose the study plan for the year you will start the programme to find information relevant to you.
What can I be
You will be qualified for a wide range of exciting careers – not only in the games industry, but also in sectors that rely on simulation, visualisation, and interactive technology.
Graduates are in demand wherever creativity meets computing – from entertainment and education to engineering and artificial intelligence. Game Technology graduates are creative problem-solvers who understand both code and creativity.
Career opportunities
With this degree, you can work in roles such as:
Game programming and software development
- Gameplay programmer
- Engine programmer
- Tools or systems developer
- AI programmer
- Network / multiplayer developer
Visualisation and simulation
- Simulation engineer
- Real-time 3D developer
- Visualisation programmer
Applied technology and research
- AI / machine learning engineer
- Data visualisation specialist
- Research assistant in AI, simulation, or game technology
Many graduates find work in game studios, tech companies, digital agencies, film/animation studios, or in startups developing interactive tools and applications.
International students
The bachelor's in Game Technology is an international programme, and the teaching language is English.
Are you interested in becoming a full-degree student?
International students can apply to do the full three-year study programme. See the section below regarding the application deadlines and requirements.
Are you interested in becoming an exchange student?
Exchange students from our partner institutions can select individual courses from the whole programme. Courses can be combined based on personal preferences. All courses in this programme are eligible for exchange students. We will assist in creating a learning agreement tailored to the students' preferences and abilities, and to avoid scheduling conflicts.
Application deadline and admission
Applicants must meet the requirements for Higher Education Entrance Qualification, including the English language proficiency requirement. Applicants are exempted from the Norwegian language proficiency requirement.
In addition, mathematics equivalent to level R1 from Norwegian upper secondary school is required.
Please note that applicants with upper secondary education from the Nordic countries, and all applicants who meet the Norwegian requirement, are to apply on Samordna opptak.
For exchange students:
Contact the International Office/Department at your home institution to find out if you are eligible for exchange studies at the University of Inland Norway.
Nomination deadline: 5 April / 1 October
Application deadline: 1 May / 15 October
How much does it cost?
This programme is free for exchange students from our partner institutions. Full-degree students have to pay a semester fee of approximately NOK 1000. To obtain a study permit, sufficient money for subsistence is required. Please refer to the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) for more information.
Students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland are required to pay tuition. See information about tuition, and the fees for each individual programme here.
PC/MAC and software
It is expected that students have their own laptop with updated software. The university can help advice students on what equipment and software to choose. Questions regarding equipment and software can be sent to spillskolen@inn.no.
Contact us
If you have questions regarding application and admission requirements, you can contact our admissions office at opptak@inn.no, or by phone at +47 62 43 00 04.
For other questions about the study programme, you can get in touch with the Game School at gameschool@inn.no, or by phone at +47 62 43 00 00.
- esperanza.johnson@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 43 07 05
- lene.minge@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 43 08 22
Student stories
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Studying in Hamar is "supermakkelijk"
Flo den Haan and Jonas Valstar are both INN University students from the Netherlands. Why did they move 1000 kilometers away to study game development in Norway?
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Specialising in virtual reality
As a student specialising in VR and AR at the Game School in Hamar, Aedan Soellaart has discovered a world of possibilities in games and technology. Not only does it qualify you to become a game developer or digital artist, it also opens doors to sectors like healtcare and machine industry.
