REPLAYREPLAY: The European Game Design Masters
Arts, Media and Design
Route
Where you study each semester.
Semester 1
- Lusófona University, Lisbon, PortugalMap of Lisbon on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
All students.
Overview
Two-year game design master across Lisbon (Lusófona University), Genk and Helsinki (Aalto). Applications for the 4th intake 7 Oct 2026 to 8 Jan 2027; studies start 1 Sep 2027 in Lisbon.
- Field
- Arts, Media and Design
- Duration
- 24 months, 120 ECTS
- Degree
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Teaching language
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Universities
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
Eligibility
- Degree
- Final bachelor's or master's diploma at least EQF level 6 (or NFQ level 8), legally valid for international use (apostille or legalisation as needed).
- Subjects
- Relevant degree (Aalto lists 'relevant bachelor's'); academic or professional experience in game design, art, programming, sound or production is assessed.
- Other prerequisites
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Grades
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Final-year students
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- English
- IELTS 6.0 (each 6.0); TOEFL iBT 80 (L17, R18, S20, W17) or 4.0 on the new scale (each 4.0); PTE 56 (each 51); Cambridge 169 (each 162); LanguageCert 39 (each 25); Duolingo 110 in every skill. IELTS Academic, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C2/C1/B2, Trinity ISE II-IV, LanguageCert B2 Communicator; Duolingo as an alternative; or a degree from an inner-circle country.
- English exemptions
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Other languages
- Certificates issued from 2025 onwards and valid at application.
Documents
Passport or national ID Mandatory
Passport (or EU ID for EU citizens); validity until August 2029 recommended. PDF.
Photograph Mandatory
Recent headshot, JPG/PNG.
Bachelor's degree certificate / diploma Mandatory
Final diploma with official transcripts; certified translation with university stamp if not in English; legalised for international use.
Academic transcripts Mandatory
English language certificate Mandatory
Deadlines and scholarship
- Scholarship
- Scholarship availableCandidates are eligible for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship awarded on excellence.
- Applications open
- 7 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- 8 Jan 2027
- About the deadline
- 4th intake: applications 7 Oct 2026 to 8 Jan 2027; first semester starts 1 Sep 2027 in Lisbon.
Sources
The official pages the requirements, deadlines and scholarship status above come from.
- REPLAY Game Design Masters: home (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- Aalto University: REPLAY (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- REPLAY: Admissions and requirements (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- EACEA: Erasmus Mundus Catalogue (live capture 2026-10-22) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026