The M.Des program at PES University is a two-year, full-time postgraduate program aimed at nurturing strategic thinkers, creative leaders, and technically skilled design professionals. The program offers three specializations that respond to the rapidly evolving landscape of design in India and globally. Students will engage in studio-based learning, interdisciplinary collaborations, and hands-on projects grounded in real-world contexts.

Game and Entertainment Design
This specialization focuses on the design and development of interactive entertainment and serious games. Students will explore game mechanics, storytelling, user experience, and visual aesthetics, while gaining practical skills in prototyping and testing. The program prepares students to work in game development studios, ed-tech, and emerging fields like gamification and simulation design.

Interaction and Interface Design
Interaction Design integrates digital technologies, human-centered design, and user experience to create intuitive and impactful digital products and services. Students will learn to conceptualize, prototype, and evaluate interfaces and systems across various platforms, including mobile, web, physical computing, and extended reality (XR).

Strategic Design Management
This stream combines the disciplines of design, business strategy, and innovation management. Students will learn how to use design as a strategic tool to solve complex problems, build meaningful brands, and lead innovation within organizations. The focus will be on systems thinking, service design, and leadership in the creative economy.

This program focuses on the design and development of interactive entertainment and serious games. Students will learn game mechanics, storytelling, user experience, and visual aesthetics, while gaining practical skills in prototyping and testing. The program prepares students to work in game development studios, ed-tech companies, entertainment, and emerging fields like gamification and simulation design. The program will teach the conceptual, technical, creative, and studio-level skills to enable the students to excel in the game and entertainment industry as professionals later.

Students will learn to create games of different kinds/genres and interactive, fun-filled/entertaining experiences for the users/audience. Students will learn game UX/UI and game sound design. Game AI and game programming are also important components of this program. Students will get to know more about industry best practices and the market dynamics and trends. The program is associated/collaborates with a few known game industries in the country. The program will also focus on research and innovations in game design and the entertainment industry.

PESU has a great legacy in delivering education at the highest level of quality for almost five decades – in fields spanning from Engineering, Technology, Sciences, Medical Science, Law, Humanities, Design, and Arts. It also has a robust Doctoral research program. The M.Des program in Game and Entertainment Design will surely leverage the existing legacy and institutional capability to impart quality education. The infrastructure is superb, and the environment is conducive for the M.Des program as the B.Des programs are running smoothly.

• Immersive/Simulation Design Lab
• Physical Computing/Digital Fabrication Lab
• Ergonomics/Human Factors Lab
• Studio spaces for the three programs and more…

• Students will develop knowledge of game documentary writing, project planning, and project management
• Skills in game programming and coding
• Basic art/sketching/illustration for sketching creative ideas and concepts
• Learn to design 2D games in Unity
• Understanding game engines and how networking games work
• Hands-on work on detailed design documentation and front-end interfaces
• Game art and level design
• Play-testing skills/principles