Think back on your education. You probably remember a ton of tests. You remember classes where you learned things you never used again. You remember being bored a lot of the time, maybe even frustrated.But what if things didn’t have to be that way?

What if you could get a degree without taking any exams—or following a linear path? 

If your gut reaction is to think that’s impossible, a small university nestled on a leafy campus in the Netherlands is determined to prove you wrong. 

With 80% of its graduates hired within 12 months and alumni working for the likes of Ubisoft, EA, and Guerilla Games, the Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) is redefining what it means to get a creative education. 

Breda’s Creative Media and Game Technologies Program teaches both masters and undergrad students how to make a game from start to finish. Teachers are recruited directly from the industry. Students are given the space to focus on their own areas of interest rather than having a set of predefined topics to learn. And of course, there are no tests.

Cultivating the creative spark

For Breda’s Prof. of Creative & Entertainment Games, Mata Haggis-Burridge, this unusual approach to education is key to keeping students inspired. He explains that rather than having predefined topics to learn or tests to pass, each student at Breda simply gets a specialized foundation in one of three groups: programming, art, or design.

Source: Unreal Engine Blog