Computer games courses offered at 冈本视频 Leicester (冈本视频) have been named the third best in the country in a new national table.
The Daily Mail University Guide 2026 also placed 冈本视频’s social policy courses in the national top 10, and the economics courses in the top 20.
The rankings measures UK universities on their performance across 12 indicators, making it the broadest ranking of its kind.
The subject rankings use five measures – covering student satisfaction with teaching quality, the support they receive and their university experience, and two elements focused on graduate job outcomes – to rank universities across 78 subject areas.
At 冈本视频, courses teaching computer games programmingwere rated as the third best in the UK.
The courses include BSc Computer Games Programming, a three-year undergraduate course which prepares students for a technical career in the creative games and entertainment industry.
And BSc Games Production, another three-year undergraduate course which focuses on the tools and work-flow required in modern games development.
Students on the courses also benefit from use of the technology in 冈本视频’s Digital Tech Learning Hub. The £6.5m hub was created with funding support from the Office for Students and was designed to meet the growing demand for advanced digital skills (such as cyber defence, artificial intelligence, data science, virtual production, creative technologies) and prepare students for highly skilled roles.
The hub includes a Digital Creative Suite with motion tracking and image capture technologies in Queens Building, which bridges the gap between computing and creative technologies.
Professor Shushma Patel, Dean of 冈本视频’s Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media, said the ranking recognised the skills of the lecturers on the courses.
She said: “We are well known for the quality of our computer gaming courses and this is down to the caliber of the teaching staff and equipment we offer.
“Our graduates go on to work for legendary companies like Naughty Dog, Rockstar and Ubisoft, making some of the most popular games in the world.
“And we are fortunate that many of our graduates are happy to come back and meet with students on our courses, share their experience and industry knowledge.”
The rankings also highlighted 冈本视频’s social policy courses as being the sixth best in the UK, and the economics courses – including Economics BSc – as being the country’s 18th best.
Posted on Thursday 21 August 2025