International master’s degree in video games and interactive media (taught in English)

The master’s degree in video games and interactive media (international program) will open in September 2026. 

The International Master of Video Games and Interactive Media has been designed for undergraduate students willing to specialize in video game design and development – from indie projects to AAA blockbusters – and study in an intercultural environment while benefiting from the French Know How. All courses are Face-to-Face and taught in English by renowned academics and industry professionals.

Students enroll in one of the six proposed specializations:  

Game Art

Courses specific to this specialization

Various aspects of the image in interactive digital media through different seminars:  

• Artistic direction  
• Virtual and augmented reality  
• Links with other visual arts (cinema, comics, etc.)  

Job openings

• 3D modeler
• 2D Animator
• Video game designer
• Multimedia communications designer
• Art director - video games
• Creative director - video games
• 3D Animator
• Graphic designer
• 2D graphic designer - video games
• 3D graphic designer
• 3D texturing modeler - video games...
• Computer graphics designer

Useful information

The school seeks to recruit a wide range of profiles, so as to mix very good technicians (3D, animation, etc.) and creative people (artists, illustrators, concept designers, etc.) in the same class. The aim is to create complete students by the end of the Master's program: by sharing their knowledge, they can complete what they lacked on entering the school. The school is equipped with a motion capture studio, enabling them to work in real-life conditions.

Game Design

Courses specific to this specialization

• Advanced game design problems and concepts  
• Industrialization-oriented game and level design methodologies  
• New and current topics in game design  
• Industry game design techniques, with an introduction to large-scale video game design issues, and techniques for rationalizing and formalizing game and level design  
• Links between game design and financing  
• Teaching evolving each year, on current video game topics (e.g. Twitch integration, transmedia, open-world, interactive storytelling, serious games, ubiquitous games). 

Job openings

• Level designer - video games  
• Game designer - video games  
• Game designer - online web games  
• Level designer - online web games  
• Lead game designer - video games  
• Interactivity designer  

Useful information

This course focuses on game design and level design. Game designers are responsible for the coherence and mechanics of the game. They ensure that the mechanics work, that everything fits together.  

Core courses and collaborative projects enable them to be “jacks-of-all-trades”. For example, they can do a bit of gameplay programming. 

Game Programming

Courses specific to this specialization

• AI  
• Optimization  
• Gameplay programming  
• Procedural generation  
• Procedural animation  
• Tool development  
• Game engines  
• Network  

Job openings

• Developer - video games  
• Programmer - video games  
• Lead programmer - video games  

Useful information

Immersed in the midst of other specializations, programmers know how to technically implement the ideas of the whole team, and provide them with the appropriate tools. 

Project Management

Courses specific to this specialization

Production organization and team management: “advanced training” for project managers  

• Piloting their pre-production project in the second year  
• Project management references to prepare them for their professional internship environment  

Job openings

• Level designer - online web games  
• Game designer - online web games  
• 3D texturing modeler - video games  
• Lead game designer - video games  
• Level designer - video games  
• Creative director - video games  
• Art director - video games  
• Game designer - video games  
• Video game designer  
• Multimedia creation group leader  

Useful information

Training focuses on the ability to manage schedules, budgets and marketing concepts, but also on managing human relations within the team.  

The project manager must be the coach who keeps the teams motivated and fosters a serene atmosphere and more effective collaborative work.  

Sound Design

Courses specific to this specialization

• Advanced aspects of sound design, such as 3D sound, mixing and mastering for virtual or augmented reality, or localization and professional rendering formats for video games.  
• Dynamic spatial sound writing  
• Managing audio parameters in 3D cartographic representation  

Job openings

• Sound artist  
• Sound designer  

Useful information

The school has a professional sound studio and a fully-equipped classroom reserved for students on this course.  

These facilities enable students to work in real-life conditions.  

UX/UI Design

Courses specific to this specialization

• UX/UI and accessibility   
• Ensuring that everyone is able to use the digital products or services offered  
• Interests, issues and principles of inclusive design  

Job openings

• UR (User Researcher)  
• Expert in IT methods and quality  
• UI designer (User Interface designer)  
• UX designer (User eXperience designer)  

Useful information

Nowadays, it is impossible to design a game without having someone on the team whose role is to represent the player's experience.  

Ergonomists are there to represent the player in the development process. They will guide the choices based on the state of the art in psycho-cognition, but also set up tests to obtain information on what is understood by the players.  

The school has a playtest room equipped with cameras, gaming machines (computers, consoles, etc.) and various sensors (pulse and perspiration sensors, etc.), enabling them to work in real-life conditions.  

Important note: in September 2026, only Game design, Game programming and Game art will be available. 

Project-based learning   

Students are trained in a collaborative environment, learning to work together and coordinate even if they come from different backgrounds.  

Several projects are carried out throughout the 2 years: 3 projects of increasing scope (nano-project, first-year mini-project and second-year project), workshops (“included and connected” workshop, “art and game” workshop with art students from ÉESI, etc.) and course projects (at least one project per teaching unit).  

These projects are specifically designed to foster, nurture and grow their creativity.  

Aïda DEL SOLAR, artistic director of the master's program, and Antonin FOURNEAU, multimedia artist, are part of the teaching team, helping to instill a spirit of creativity and technique.  

Teaching team  

Half of the teaching staff are researchers and the other half are professionals.  

This enables students to have both a field-focused vision from the professionals and a broader perspective from the teacher-researchers.  

For each specialization, there is an academic manager and a professional manager, who together coordinate all course content.  

PhD  

If students so wish, they can pursue a doctorate: Cnam-Enjmin can welcome them for a doctorate directly after the Master's degree.  

Studios

Our unique pedagogy, perfected over more than 20 years, enables us to train creative people who are highly appreciated by the industry, both in France and internationally.  

Here are a few examples of studios that have hired our alumni:  

• Riot Games (Tencent Interactive Entertainment)  
• Blizzard Entertainment (Microsoft Gaming)  
• Electronic Arts  
• Epic Games  
• Rockstar Games (Take-Two Interactive)  
• Ubisoft  
• Square Enix  
• Bandai Namco Entertainment