Do you want to be a part of the growth of the professional video game industry?
Train to achieve the double profile of videogame designer and videogame programmer - jobs in great demand today, with great prospects.
Your best choice is to study at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
The bachelor's degrees in Video Game Design and Development is a response to the global market of which the international video game and interactive applications industry is a part. With content and teaching made 100% in English and taught in Barcelona.
The objective of the bachelor's degrees in Video Game Design and Development is to train professionals able to conceptualise, design and program video games and content for digital entertainment and appropriate for dissemination on various platforms and mobile devices.
Join the big community of UPC alumni who are already working at many video game companies both in Spain and around the world.
This degree is available at the Tech Talent Center (c / Badajoz, 73-77, Barcelona). You can view the centre and its facilities in this 360º virtual tour.
The aim of the bachelor's degree in Video Game Design and Development is to obtain the multidisciplinary skills required in the creation of video games and interactive materials, with a robust scientific foundation in the technology involved, programming with multiple platforms, artistic and graphic design, and 2D and 3D modelling and animation.
By the end of the degree course, you will have conceptualised and undertaken video game projects individually and as part of a group, as well as obtaining a broad-based knowledge of the industry and the keys to entrepreneurship, the financing and monetisation systems within the sector, with the active participation of the various companies involved.
The bachelor's degree in Video Game Design and Development is an official university degree, complying with the requirements of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
Price: 106 €/ECTS (€6,360 per academic year of 60 credits)*.
Methods of payment and deductions
Information about scholarships, loans and grants
* The discounts indicated by the DOGC on the public part of the price of the credit will be applied.
Applicants are given the option of making a voluntary €5 contribution when formalising their enrolment. As part of the UPC's 0.7% Campaign, this donation will go towards meeting charitable needs in developing countries.
In this section you will find all the information related to the Quality Assurance Internal System.
In this section you will find the academic regulations and support plans that we apply to the degree.
The studies providing access to this official qualification are:
To access our studies by this means, you must:
To access our studies by this means, you must:
Access to any bachelor's degree is possible from undergraduate training cycles, although the access grade (mean grade for the studies) or the weighted admission grade will be taken into account for admission to the studies depending on how the subjects in the specific University entrance tests are related to the knowledge area of the degree course for which access is sought. More information to the Universities Channel of the Generalitat of Catalonia. You can also consult the Table of weightings of the subjects in the degrees of the CITM.
The UPC provides official recognition for subjects and credits is some of the bachelor's degree courses for those who have completed specific undergraduate training cycles. Check which subjects in undergraduate training cycles this recognition of credits applies to on the Government of Catalonia website or by consulting the CITM Degree Validation Board.
To access our studies by this means, you must:
To access our studies by this means, you must:
After you have been awarded a place at our centre, you will have to apply to your home university for an "academic record transfer".
To access our studies by this means, you must do the following:
These students can access the university by different routes depending on the country of origin, the existence of agreements and the situation of residence in Spain.
You will find the detailed information on the website of the Secretaría de Universidades e Investigación de la Generalitat de Cataluña.
People over 40 years of age can access the university by accrediting work or professional experience related to a degree study, if they do not have an academic qualification that enables them to access the university by another access route.
Access to the university for over 40 years is convened once a year and can only be requested for a single study centre of Catalan universities.
The centre will reserve 1% of the places. +INFO
To access our studies by this means, you must do the following:
| ECTS credits | |
|---|---|
| Basic Training | 66 |
| Mathematics | 12 |
| Physics | 12 |
| Graphic Expression | 18 |
| Computing | 18 |
| Business | 6 |
| Compulsory | 138 |
| Design & Entertainment | 30 |
| Development | 36 |
| Animation & Digital Arts | 24 |
| Management & Business | 30 |
| Projects *1 | 18 |
| Elective Training *2 | 24 |
| Elective Subjects | 24 |
| TFG Final Degree Project | 12 |
| Total | 240 |
| Subjects | Type | Term | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Industry | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Mathematics | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Physics | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Programming I | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Design Basics | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Concept Art | Basic | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| 3D Modeling | Basic | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Architecture & Operating Systems | Basic | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Programming II | Basic | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Project I: Casual Games *1 | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Total | 60 |
| Subjects | Type | Term | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Design I | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Interaction & Interface Design | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Mathematics II | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Physics II | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Game Development | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Audiovisual Narrative | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| 2D Animation | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| 3D Scenaries | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Business environment | Basic | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Project II: 2D Game *1 | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Total | 60 |
| Subjects | Type | Term | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Design II | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| 3D Animation | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Artificial Intelligence | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Game Engines | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| MCTile Devices | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Augmented Reality | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Gamification | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Digital Audio | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Marketing and Digital Distribution | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Project III: 3D Game *1 | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Total | 60 |
| Subjects | Type | Term | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication & Leadership | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Networks & online games | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Financiation and Business Models | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Data Analysis | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Elective Subjects *2 | Elective | 1st & 2nd Semester | 24 |
| TFG Final Degree Project (Regulations) | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 12 |
| Total | 60 |
| Elective Subjects *2 | Type | Term | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postproduction and Visual Effects | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Serious-Games Design | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Advanced 3D Modeling and Animation | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Advanced Graphics Programming | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Level Design | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Data Visualization | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Narratives for Real-Time | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Fundamentals, Design and Sound Editing | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Animation and Stop Motion | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Generative Art and Processing | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Creative Lab | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Producción Transmedia | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| In Company Practice | Elective | 1st or 2nd Semester | 12 |
*1 By the end of the course, students will have learnt and will be able to prove their knowledge with the practical exercises for each of the course subjects; furthermore students will participate in a group project every year to strengthen and materialise their curriculum. The first year, students will develop casual games, the 2nd year a 2D Game, the 3rd Year a 3D Game and the fourth and final year students will prepare their Bachelor Thesis (TFG) individually.
*2 In the 4th year of the bachelor's degree in Video Game Development and Design, the 24 optional ECTS can be obtained by studying optional subjects in the syllabus or in two blocks: 12 ECTS of external internships and 12 ECTS of optional subjects.
Clarification notice:
The CITM recommends students to follow the normal itinerary of 60 credits per academic year. The curriculum for this degree programme includes the possibility of external practice work (companies, public organizations…) that is considered as an optional subject area for students. As well, it is possible to take these courses in other foreign universities.
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| Adrián Dorado Garrido | adrian.dorado@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Albert García Belerda | albert.garcia.belerda@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Àlex Perdices López | alex.perdices@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Alvaro Manuel Pastor Sanchez | alvaro.pastor@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Anna Solanas Santacana | anna.solanas@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Antonio Uceda Vera | antonio.uceda@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Beatriz Martínez Navarro | beatriz.martinez@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Researcher working on video image quality measurement systems. External work placement and degree final project coordinator at the CITM. Image Quality Laboratory. Areas of training:
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| Carla Molins Pitarch | carla.molins@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Carlos Monte Salvador | carlos.monte@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Carolina López Caballero | carolina.lopez.caballero@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Presente: Directora de Animac, Muestra Internacional de Cine de Animación de Cataluña. Comisaria de la Sección Oficial Competitiva de Animación de FICG México (Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, México). Comisaria invitada en Animario, Festival Internacional de Animación Contemporánea de Madrid. Anterior: Directora de Xcèntric, el cine del CCCB. 12 años de temporadas anuales de proyecciones, actividades pedagógicas y publicaciones. Comisaria de ciclo audiovisual itinerante From Doodles to Pixels, Over 100 Years of Spanish Animation. (AC/E-CCCB). Proyección en el festival de Annecy, el MoMA de NY y 30 sedes internacionales más. Publicación con Cameo. Comisaria de la exposición Metamorfosis, visiones fantásticas de Starewitch, Švankmajeels Hermanos Quay (CCCB y La Casa Encendida de Madrid). Realizadora de publicidad en Tesauro SL (Madrid y Barcelona) y Group Films (Barcelona) Guionista y realizadora independiente TV (TVE, Canal Plus) Productora creativa y realizadora MTV Music Television en la sede de Miami (USA). Co-creadora, programadora y coordinadora de la sección oficial Anima't. Sitges. Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico de Cataluña. 10 años de programas, exposiciones y publicaciones. Animadora y realizadora independiente Areas of training:
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| Cecilio Angulo Bahón | cecilio.angulo@upc.edu | UPC professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Subdirector de Investigación. Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas. Investigación centrada en el desarrollo de sistemas de aprendizaje y cognitivos que permitan ser aplicados en situaciones donde la información es poco estructurada, imprecisa o subjetiva. Director del GREC Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería del Conocimiento desde el 2014. Director del Máster en Automatic Control and Robotics de la UPC. Areas of training:
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| Cristina Guzmán Anaya | cristina.guzman.anaya@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Daniel Hurtado Torres | daniel.hurtado.torres@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| David de la Torre Sangrà | david.de.la.torre.sangra@upc.edu | UPC professor | |
| David del Campo Sud | david.del.campo@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| David Fernando Sarabia Jacome | david.fernando.sarabia@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| David Font Moragas | david.font.moragas@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Video game programmer, audio specialist. Development of sound systems for GameBoy Advance, Super Fighter Team. Composer and developer for Freak Frog: Yume and The Legend of the Dragon. Founder of Synchrnzr A.M. & A.R. Sound systems: Digital Legends - One Sequel (International Mobile Gaming Award for best technology), Dance Fabulous, Kroll. Effects and dialogue specialist at Kukoo Kitchen (ArtFutura award). Composer for MMA ProFighter and Millionaire City. |
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| Elisabet Fonts Gonzalez | elisabet.fonts@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Lecturer at ENTI-UB, UVIC, Teknós and UPC. CEO at Applicamos Designer of characters and application environments for: Nació Digital, Play Creatividad, Clipouneds, UVIC, Gotika group and Play Attitude. 3D animator for a short film directed by Anthony Wong for Pixar/Disney. Areas of training:
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| Francisco Javier Ruiz Carrasco | francisco.javier.ruiz.carrasco@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Gerard Escudero Bakx | escudero@cs.upc.edu | UPC professor | |
| Ignacio Sabino García-Noblejas López | ignacio.sabino.garcia-noblejas@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Ismael Navales Farreras | ismael.navales@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Jaime Andrés Cárdenas Córdova | jaime.andres.cardenas@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Jesús Alonso Alonso | jesus.alonso-alonso@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Responsable del Área de Videojuegos, UPC. Director del Máster en Diseño y Creación de Videojuegos y del Máster en Mobile Business & Apps Design, UPC School. Más de 20 años de experiencia como desarrollador de videojuegos y 12 años de experiencia docente universitaria en el área de videojuegos. Áreas de expertise: Industria y Desarrollo de Videojuegos. Computación Gráfica. Innovación Tecnológica y Emprendimiento. Areas of training:
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| Joan Arnedo Moreno | joan.arnedo@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Profesor agregado del Departamento de Estudios de Informática, Multimedia y Telecomunicaciones de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya desde el año 2004, donde ocupa el cargo de director académico del Msc. en Diseño y Programación de Videojuegos. Investigador visitante en el Fukuoka Institute of Technology (福岡工業大学) y miembro del grupo de investigación GAME, donde se centra en el estudio de los juegos y el juego en contextos no de entretenimiento para una mejor participación e implicación de los usuarios, principalmente en la educación. Ha publicado más de 60 artículos científicos, varios en revistas de alto impacto indexadas en ISI y ha actuado como co-chair general de diversos eventos académicos internacionales, como las sucesivas ediciones del simposio GamiLearn, o la edición 2019 de la conferencia ACM CHI PLAY. Creador y coordinador del MOOC “Introducción a la gamificación a través de casos prácticos” en la plataforma MiriadaX. Jurado del concurso de emprendedores SpinUOC. Coleccionista de viejas consolas y de todos los videojuegos de la saga Zelda (sí, incluidos los de Phillips CD-i). Areas of training:
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| Jordi García Almiñana | jordi.garcia@upc.edu | UPC professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Profesor en el Departamento de Arquitectura de Computadores y director académico del Centro de Cooperación para el Desarrollo, UPC. Áreas de expertise: Proyectos de sistemas operativos, Fundamentos de informática, Sostenibilidad tecnológica, y Tecnología para el desarrollo. Areas of training:
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| Jordi-Ysard Puigbò Llobet | jordi-ysard.puigbo@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| José Díaz Iriberri | jose.diaz-iriberri@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Actualmente, se dedica a la investigación en el campo de la informática gráfica y es profesor agregado en la Universidad de Vic. También colabora como docente en varios posgrados de la UPC School. Ha sido investigador postdoctoral del programa de becas Marie Curie de la Comisión Europea en el grupo de Visual Computing del CRS4 (Italia). Su investigación se centra en la visualización de datos científicos, la computación paralela y la programación de GPUs, así como en el diseño de aplicaciones en entornos de realidad virtual y aumentada. Áreas de expertise:
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| José Luis Eguia Gómez | eguia@ege.upc.edu | UPC professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: CEO at Digital Work Force. Researcher in Video games and gamification of education. Project Engineering and Construction Dept., UPC. Member of the Digital Games Research Association (DIGRA). Member of the GIE-UPC Research Group. He has published books on gamification and graphic design and articles in academic journals, and gives international lectures on new information and communication technologies. Areas of training:
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| Josep Serrano Recuero | josep.serrano.recuero@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Josep Torelló Oliver | josep.torello@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Postdoctoral Research at St. Petersburg State University (Russian Federation). Member of the Interactive Media Laboratory consolidated inter-university Research Group recognised by the Government of Catalonia (2014 SGR 604). Head of UPC Arts. Areas of training:
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| Juan Carlos García Pascual | juan.carlos.garcia-pascual@upc.edu | UPC professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: A lecturer at the Computer Architecture Department of the UPC-BarcelonaTech since 2002. He has worked with the most important digital post-production companies of Barcelona in distributed rendering projects and custom applications. Areas of training:
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| Juan José Costa Prats | jcosta@ac.upc.edu | UPC professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Lecturer in the Computer Architecture Department. Lecturer and Researcher on Operating Systems. His research focuses on distributed shared memories (DSM) using software and the optimisation of application performance in this environment. He has published several articles in JCR-indexed journals and at prestigious conferences. Areas of training:
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| Juan José Pons López | juan.jose.pons@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | |
| Lasse Löpfe | lasse.lopfe@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Doctor in Environmental Sciences (UAB) Projects and Professional Experience: Professional career: 2010 - 2014: Post-Doc Research fellow UPC, UCIII, CREAF Projects: Danger Room: https://store.steampowered.com/app/852250/Danger_Room_VR/ Janken Cards: https://store.steampowered.com/app/527210/Janken_Cards/ DefyU: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DefyUTechnologies.DefyU Areas of training:
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| Marc Ripoll Tarré | marc.ripoll.tarre@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: CEO and Lead Artist at The Game Forger. Lecturer in 3D design and video games at BAU and ETSEIB and on the UPC School master's degree course in Video Game Design and Creation. Coordinator of video game development courses at TEC in Monterrey, Mexico. Áreas de expertise: 3D animation Game design Areas of training:
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| Marc Torres Jiménez | marc.torres.jimenez@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Marcel Bilurbina Camps | marcel.bilurbina@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Maria Ángeles Fuentes Expósito | maria.angeles.fuentes@upc.edu | UPC professor | |
| Maria Antònia Company Barceló | maria.antonia.company@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Maria Oliver Montroig | maria.oliver.montroi@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Maria Pagès Rovira | maria.pages@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Tras licenciarse en Comunicación Audiovisual y haber disfrutado de una beca en los Maine Media Workshops and College Filmmaking (USA), comienza a trabajar en animación para Fílmax en El Cid: La Leyenda (2003). Ha colaborado con la Filmoteca de Catalunya para la restauración del film de animación Érase una vez… (1950). Su trabajo de investigación sobre el cine de animación le ha llevado a publicar en varios libros y revistas científicas, así como a participar en foros de animación española. Ha organizado dos foros de animación con la Dra. Teresa Martínez y ha coordinado la publicación Mujeres y animación: la industria desde los márgenes (Quaderns Bau, 2016). Como ilustradora, publica a menudo para SdEdicions. Becada por Dones Visuals (2020), actualmente trabaja en un proyecto de investigación para hacer un documental animado sobre la animadora Pepita Pardell y un trabajo sobre actrices cómicas secundarias como Mary Santpere. Áreas de expertise: Cine español. Cine de animación. Animación tradicional/2D. Perspectiva de género. Actrices y comedia durante el franquismo. Areas of training:
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| Marta Fernández Ruiz | marta.fernandez.ruiz@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Investigadora en el área de los Game Studies con interés en la experiencia de usuario y la intersección entre las humanidades y la tecnología. Ha sido docente en el ámbito universitario y en el de formación profesional en el área de videojuegos, medios interactivos y narrativa transmedia. Ha trabajado en la creación y edición de contenidos multimedia, en la implementación de interfaces de usuario y en la gestión de proyectos orientados a la formación deportiva. En 2014 co-fundó Labhipermedia, spin off de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Ha publicado en revistas nacionales e internacionales como Icono 14, Brumal, Teknokultura, Computers and Education y Education and Information Technologies. Areas of training:
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| Miquel Suau González | miquel.suau@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Miquel Sureda Anfres | miquel.sureda@upc.edu | UPC professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering at the ESEIAAT (UPC). Co-ordinator of the master's degree in Space and Aeronautical Engineering. Research in space technology applied to low orbits. Areas of training:
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| Neus Soler Labajos | neus.soler@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Núria Riba Roqué | nuria.riba@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Pablo Fernández Duran | pau.fernandez@upc.edu | UPC professor | Mes info |
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Telecommunications Engineer (UPC) Projects and Professional Experience: Creator of Minidosis.org. Researcher in Artificial Intelligence. Areas of training:
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| Pascual Batalla Duran | pascual.batalla@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Pau Sánchez Penella | pau.sanchez.penella@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Paula Martín López | paula.martin.lopez@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Pedro Omedas Morera | pedro.omedas@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Pere Torrents Poblador | pere.torrents@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Degree Holder in Economics (UB) Projects and Professional Experience: Extensive experience in the online and mobile video games industry. Marketing executive in projects and innovative companies including Zonejeux, Gaelco Mobiles, PlayerX and Softonic. Currently heads Gamebcn, a project by Incubio, the Government of Catalonia and Caixa Capital Risc. Áreas de expertise: Marketing Project Finance Business Development Areas of training:
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| Ramon Oliva Martínez | ramon.oliva@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Ramon Sangüesa Sole | ramon.sanguesa.i@upc.edu | UPC professor | |
| Rodrigo Pizarro Lozano | rodrigo.pizarro@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Romà Patricio Castillo | roma.patricio@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Salvador Bolarin Molina | salvador.bolarin@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Director of The Velocity dot Art, a post-production studio specialising in advanced retouching, CGI and special effects. Areas of training:
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| Sergi Abadal Cavallé | abadal@ac.upc.edu | UPC professor | |
| Sofia Seinfeld Tarafa | sofia.seinfeld@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Experta en aplicaciones de realidad virtual, interacción humano-ordenador, psicología y neurociencia. Doctorada en el Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) i Event Lab (UB), investiga el uso de la realidad virtual para disminuir actitudes racistas, mejorar la empatía en maltratadores y también para mejorar el tratamiento de fobias. Durante sus estudios de doctorado, realiza una estancia pre-doctoral en la Universidad de Maastricht (Holanda) con el fin de utilizar técnicas de neuroimagen para comprender mejor el impacto de la realidad virtual en el cerebro. Posteriormente, lleva a cabo una estancia postdoctoral de casi 3 años en la Universidad de Bayreuth (Baviera, Alemania), donde se centra en aplicar conocimientos de las ciencias cognitivas para mejorar el diseño de interfaces como la realidad virtual o también para el desarrollo de nuevas interfaces basadas en levitación por ultrasonidos para crear contenidos digitales que se pueden ver, escuchar y tocar. Ha trabajado en diversos proyectos de investigación financiados por la Unión Europea como Levitate y VERE. Ha publicado varios artículos científicos en revistas internacionales de alto impacto, centrados en la realidad virtual y en el campo de la interacción humano-ordenador. Ver resumen de estas publicaciones. Áreas de expertise: Desarrollo de aplicaciones interactivas, realidad virtual, interacción humano-ordenador y diseño de aplicaciones que utilizan la tecnología para mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas (salud y educación). Areas of training:
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| Vicente Villalba Palacin | vicente.villalba.palacin@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Advertising account manager, social media strategy manager, content manager, university lecturer and researcher at Blanquerna-URL. Áreas de expertise: Social media Communication, group management and leadership Influencers Content P&R Areas of training:
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| Xavier Manzanares Gonzalez | xavier.manzanares@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
Upon completing the degree you will be able to develop different videogame projects individually and in a group, you will have learnt a large array of knowledge on the industry and you will know the keys to entrepreneurship, as well as the financial and monetisation systems in the industry, by actively participating in the companies participating.
After your training, you may decide to pursue a professional career as a:
