Howest - DAE

Digital Arts & Entertainment (DAE) is a state-of-the-art, yet accessible, English-taught Bachelor’s degree. Fully accredited, 3 years, amounting to 180 ECTS credits. DAE is taught at Howest, a modern and unconventional university of applied sciences, situated in a small but beautiful historic city in Flanders, Belgium, in the heart of Western Europe.

At DAE you can choose between 6 study majors:
• Game Development
• Game Graphics Production
• Independent Game Production
• Game Sound Integration
• 3D Animation Production
• VFX

It is an industry-approved and award-winning curriculum, with alumni in leading companies and studios all over the world, such as Blizzard, Bungie, Ubisoft, DICE, Rocksteady, Guerrilla Games, Larian, Unity, Studio Gobo, Sumo Digital, ILM, MPC, DNeg and many more. We offer an open, inclusive and international community where you will work on real-life, team-based and industry-assessed projects and assignments. We focus on a practically-oriented education where you receive training by qualified experts. This, together with international guest lectures by key industry speakers and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, makes for an ideal environment to become an expert in the industry.

At Digital Arts and Entertainment (DAE), our Game Graphics Production and VFX majors place a strong emphasis on procedural 3D modeling through extensive coursework using SideFX Houdini. Students are immersed in industry-relevant techniques, leveraging Houdini’s powerful procedural workflows to create complex environments, visual effects, and assets for games and film. Our curriculum is designed to foster technical artistry, preparing graduates to meet the high standards of today’s VFX and game development industries with a deep understanding of non-destructive, procedural content creation.