So Many Reasons To Choose FIEA
Choosing the right grad school is important. And we think FIEA gives you many reasons to come here. From our Princeton Review #1 ranking from 2020 through 2022, to our $81,000 average starting salary, check out why picking UCF for your education can be a great decision.
Ranked Graduate Game Development Program from 2020-2022 by Princeton Review
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Number of companies that have hired our grads
Awards
Unreal Academic Partner Gold Status
Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy is proud to hold the Unreal Academic Partner Program, which recognizes university programs that have committed to providing ongoing, high-quality educational opportunities with experienced faculty, proven curricula, sufficient facilities, and resources to create positive outcomes for students with a variety of personal growth and career objectives.
UCF Downtown & Creative Village
About Orlando’s Creative Village
Orlando’s Creative Village was born in 2005 when the doors opened for 12 students to the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, a unique graduate program established in partnership between the State of Florida, City of Orlando and University of Central Florida with a mission to create high-wage talent for the growing video game development industry. Today, FIEA’s enrollment has grown to over 130 annually and Orlando is one of the fastest-growing video game and simulation development regions in the world. The collective impact is defined by the creation of UCF Downtown, a new 7,000 student campus focused upon Communication, Games & Interactive Media, Film, and Innovative Education in the core of a next-generation metropolitan city. In 2021, Electronic Arts opened a new studio and located all Florida operations to the Creative Village with UCF Downtown. Orlando is quickly becoming a destination for creative talent.
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Studio 500
Launched in 2008, Studio 500 is the stage production facility of UCF Downtown. It boasts a 3,300 square foot motion capture stage, one of the largest on the East Coast, and a 3,500 square foot soundstage.
This world-class facility provides motion capture and video data for FIEA capstone games, student films, UCF research projects, and select commercial clients.
Testimonials
“UCF’s graduate program in game design has consistently made the top 5 on our list of the nation’s best graduate schools offering game design programs. This year, UCF’s undergraduate program in game design made our undergraduate list as well.”
“FIEA is a major source of talent for our EA SPORTS development studio in Orlando, resulting in 1 out of every 2 new graduates hired over the past 2 years”
Student Interviews
Joey Llobet a producer from FIEA’s graduating 2015 class speak about his experience attending FIEA. He is currently a Technical Designer at Electronic Arts (EA) located right here in Orlando at the EA Tiburon studio.