Type | Graduate School |
---|---|
Established | 2003 |
Director | Gary Brubaker |
Postgraduates | 604 |
Location | Plano, Texas, United States |
Website | Official Site |
SMU Guildhall is a graduate video game development program located at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Plano campus. It was one of the first graduate video game development programs in the United States. It is currently ranked #3 among the Top 25 Graduate Schools for Game Design by the Princeton Review.
The program was founded in 2003. It has more than 600 alumni, who have secured jobs and internships at over 200 studios including: Gearbox, Activision, Electronic Arts, Rockstar, Obsidian, id Software, Riot Games, Dreamworks Animation, Disney Interactive, Gameloft, Bungie, Valve Corporation, ZeniMax Media, Raven Software, High Voltage, Ritual, KingsIsle, Blizzard, Sony, Google, Insomniac, High Moon, Playful, Shiver, LucasArts, Infinity Ward, Crystal Dynamics, Telltale Games, BioWare, Crytek, Firaxis, Certain Affinity, Volition, BattleCry, Retro Studios, Gunfire Games, Escalation Studios, and Foundation 9.