As the oldest school in the nation, the University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League school in Philadelphia with 165 research centers and institutes and a research budget of $814 million, as of 2010. The university was founded by Benjamin Franklin and maintains a focus on interdisciplinary studies, diversity and international study. The School of Engineering and Applied Science prepares students for leadership roles in engineering and technology in addition to other fields like medicine and law. The M.S. (master of science) degree in engineering with a concentration in computer graphics and game technology is designed for students seeking careers requiring multi-disciplinary skills such as technical animators and directors, designers and game programmers. Students may choose a core area of creative arts and design; computer science, systems and technology; product design, development and production; or business and entrepreneurship.
University of Pennsylvania
220 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-7246
upenn.edu
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is a research and academic health sciences campus which maintains a partnership with Indiana and Purdue Universities. IUPUI was ranked as the eighth best public university in the Midwest by Forbes Magazine in 2009. It has an internship and career focus with job placement assistance and numerous other resources. The School of Engineering and Technology offers unique degree programs in areas like motorsports engineering, biomedical engineering and computer graphics technology. The B.S. degree program in Computer Graphics Technology (CGT) offers concentration options in Technical Animation and Spacial Graphics, Manufacturing Graphics Communication and Interactive Multimedia Developer.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
799 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-2533
iupui.edu
The University of California in Irvine (UCI) is the home of Orange County's only university hospital, the region's largest libraries and 180 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. Three UCI researchers have been awarded Nobel Prizes and three graduates are Pulitzer Prize winners. The Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences is the first and among the fastest-growing of its kind in the University of California system. The school offers the B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering with concentration options in Game Culture and Technology and Engineering and Computer Science in the Global Context. Minors in Informatics, Information and Computer Science, Biomedical Computing and Statistics are also offered. This degree program prepares students for hardware infrastructure careers within industries like traffic management, earthquake monitoring, automotive control, flight control and smart homes.
University of California-Irvine
Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools
260 Aldrich Hall
Irvine, CA 92697
949-824-6703
uci.edu