At Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, HD in Game - Development is offered as a higher diploma in Digital Media & Game Development programme. The programme runs for 6 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 20,417 per year (CAD 6,601 per year for local students).
This three-year advanced diploma aims to develop game designers capable of creating and developing their own titles, building technical literacy alongside the capacity to push forward the conceptual and cultural possibilities games offer. Coursework centres on how the game production process works in practice, covering its artistic, managerial and technical sides, and introduces 2D and 3D design processes alongside the foundations of computer programming. Students learn to communicate within teams of artists and programmers to design, prototype and iterate fully playable 2D and 3D games, with particular attention to mobile game development, working individually and as part of a team.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status at 19 or older, Grade 12 English at the College or University level or a pass on Centennial's own English Admission Test, and Grade 11 Mathematics at the Mixed or University level, or Grade 12 Mathematics at the College or University level, or a pass on the college's Engineering Math Skills Assessment for Admission. The programme page states only that English language proficiency is required, without publishing IELTS, TOEFL or other test scores, so international applicants must consult the college's general language-proficiency page. After an offer, admitted students must submit a resume or complete an intake questionnaire and attend a mandatory online Program Welcome Session before the term begins.
Application Details
Start Date:January
Application Deadline:Centennial publishes no application deadline for this program; what follows is the Ontario college cycle that governs it. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for a program starting in Fall 2027 the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and applications arriving after it are still assessed, but first-come first-served while places remain. Across the Ontario college system the application opened on 26 September 2026, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. One $150 fee covers up to five program choices. International applicants apply directly to Centennial through its own international application process and are assessed on a rolling basis across the Fall, Winter and Summer intakes; the college publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
