Diploma in Game - Design and Simulation is a diploma in Digital Media & Game Development programme offered by Georgian College in Barrie, Canada. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,619 per semester (CAD 1,387 per semester for local students).
Study builds a foundation in game programming, design and simulation, developing technical problem-solving skills for designing games and simulations across multiple platforms. Hands-on projects cover multiplayer systems, artificial intelligence, real-time rendering and game mechanics, with the curriculum progressing from basic game art, programming and design concepts toward more advanced topics such as artificial intelligence, multiplayer design and immersive technologies. Students are also given the chance to build a full 3D game combining simulation and virtual reality elements. Project management and production workflow skills are built alongside teamwork and problem-solving ability through long-term group projects, resulting in a portfolio of work by graduation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Georgian College's own admission-requirements page for Game – Design and Simulation asks for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-student status, with Grade 12 English at the C or U level. Mature applicants 19 or older without an OSSD, non-secondary-school applicants, and home-schooled applicants can also be considered through equivalent courses, upgrading, a completed GED, or equivalency testing, with post-secondary coursework from a recognized institution also assessed. The page lists no standardized English-language test scores (IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL) and no portfolio requirement. Before the programme starts, students must obtain a personal laptop meeting specific hardware minimums — an Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen 9 processor, an NVIDIA RTX 3070 GPU, 16GB RAM, and Windows 11 — since Chromebooks, ARM-based devices such as Microsoft Surface, and MacOS machines are not supported.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall 2026 (Barrie campus) and Fall 2027 (Barrie Downtown)
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: 1 February 2027 is the equal-consideration date for Georgian's highly competitive programs, which now covers Fall 2027, Winter 2028 and Summer 2028 entry, and later applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats last; offers of admission for this 2026-2027 cycle must be accepted by 1 May 2027. Programs outside the highly competitive list carry no equal-consideration date and are assessed on a rolling basis year-round. International applicants apply directly through Georgian's own portal with no published closing date and are assessed on a rolling basis while seats remain, though Georgian warns a program open when applied to may close before assessment. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
