DigiPen Institute of Technology

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DigiPen Institute of Technology
motto A serious education for a serious career
founding 1988
Sponsorship private, for profit
place Redmond , Washington , USA
president Claude Comair
Students 933
Professors 77
Website www.digipen.edu

The DigiPen Institute of Technology is a private commercial ( for-profit ) college in Redmond , Washington (USA) that trains computer game developers. DigiPen is on the same campus as Nintendo of America .

history

The forerunner of today's university was founded in Vancouver ( Canada ) in the early 1990s to train developers for 3D computer animation . To this end, individual courses were held for DigiPen Corporation . In cooperation with Nintendo, a two-year game programmer course was developed in 1994, which ended with a diploma. In 1998 they moved the campus to Redmond and received from the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board approval, Associate and Bachelor offer diplomas. The first master’s degree was introduced in 2004.

An offshoot was established in Singapore in 2008 and in Bilbao in 2010 .

Education

DigiPen offers courses from the main areas of computer science with specializations for game development in important areas such as computer graphics or computer simulation :

  • Bachelor of Arts in Game Design
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
  • Bachelor of Science in Game Design
  • Bachelor of Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation
  • Master of Science in Computer Science

Tuition fees were US $ 29,000 for the 2019/2010 school year. For room and board on campus, US $ 11,375 is added. The 6-year graduation rate is comparatively low at 43%, i.e. H. a disproportionate number of students do not complete their training as planned; more than half of the students drop out to change to another school. DigiPen graduates earn an average of US $ 85,700 for 10 years after graduation (national mean: US $ 34,300).

organization

The university is divided into the following academic departments:

  • Department of Animation and Production
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Digital Arts
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Department of Fine Arts
  • Department of Game Software Design and Production
  • Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Department of Life Sciences
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Physics

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DigiPen: At a Glance (English). Accessed October 23, 2011
  2. ↑ DigiPen: History (English). Accessed October 23, 2011
  3. ↑ DigiPen: Degree Programs (English). Accessed October 23, 2011
  4. ↑ Digipen Tuition and Fees. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Digipen Housing Costs. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Graduation Rate at DigiPen Institute of Technology (DIT). Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  7. ^ DIT Student Outcomes. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
  8. ^ DigiPen: Faculty (English). Accessed October 23, 2011

Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '14.1 "  N , 122 ° 8' 32"  W.