MA/MS in Digital Creation is a master's degree in Digital Media & Game Development programme offered by Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. It carries 45.0 credits. Tuition for international students is CAD 808 per credit (CAD 104 per credit for local students).
This professional master's program in digital creation at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue is designed to be completed in one year of full-time study on campus. It builds conceptual, managerial, and technological competencies across the digital content production pipeline, with coursework organized around research-creation projects spanning cinematographic and audiovisual work, interactive and immersive devices, artistic installations, video games, visual effects, applications, and experience design. Students carry out a capstone creative project set in a work environment resembling professional studio conditions, supported by access to specialized facilities including a motion-capture studio, and by ties to cultural events and festivals that connect coursework to the wider creative industry. The program is aimed at graduates who already hold relevant undergraduate training and are seeking to move into leadership or specialized roles in digital media production, such as producer, creative director, game designer, technical director, or digital strategist. It suits those looking to deepen practical and strategic skills in content creation for entertainment, audiovisual production, and gaming, as well as emerging applications of digital media in communications, education, health, and design.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.20 / 4.33
Admission Requirements: Standard entry requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field touching digital creation (multimedia, digital creation, 3D creation, video-game creation, 3D animation and image synthesis, film and television studies, media studies, video-game studies, graphic design, or visual and media arts) or a related field, with a cumulative average of at least 3.2/4.3 or equivalent; candidates must also pass a selection interview and present a portfolio or a video demo of their best work at that interview. Applicants without a bachelor's degree may instead apply on an experience base: relevant knowledge, appropriate training and experience judged pertinent, assessed at interview and evidenced by an employer letter and academic transcripts, with a required 300-word motivation letter and possible admission by exceptional file review at the programme committee's discretion. Cohort size is capped at 25, with surplus applicants wait-listed.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:UQAT's admission page states only that online applications open each term - September for Fall, 1 March for Winter and June for Summer - without giving a closing date for any of its bachelor's programmes (Mining Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Digital/3D/Video Game Creation, Social Work). No separate international deadline, and no programme-specific deadline for engineering or digital-creation programmes, is published on the general admission, international-student, or engineering-school pages; UQAT directs both domestic and international applicants to contact the registrar or the relevant program office for exact timing. The university does not describe its admission as rolling in these terms, but no fixed closing date for the 2026-2027 cycle appears anywhere checked. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
About Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Tuition Exemption for French and Francophone Belgian Students
UQAT Doctoral Scholarship for International Students (100% Tuition Supplement)
UQAT Welcome Bursary for International Master's Students (Professional Profile)
UQAT Welcome Bursary for International Master's Students (Research Profile)
Frequently asked questions
What degree does MA/MS in Digital Creation award?
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue awards a Master's Degree in the field of Digital Media & Game Development on completion of this programme.
How long does MA/MS in Digital Creation take?
The programme runs for 1 year.
How much does MA/MS in Digital Creation cost?
Tuition for international students is CAD 808 per credit (CAD 104 per credit for local students).
Can MA/MS in Digital Creation be studied online?
No — the programme is taught on campus at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
