C-HIGHER is at the forefront of game-based learning and game design education. Our Historical Game Design BA programme combines project-based learning with practical industry experiences. Believe it or not, there are only three lectures across six semesters. The rest is practice: seminars, projects and lab work, including expert-led workshops, game jams and job internships. Extra opportunities include Erasmus-funded international mobility (for student exchange and/or industry internship abroad) and 1-on-1 academic tutoring.
Our teaching team includes instructors with gamedev experience. Most of them work full-time outside the University, dedicating part of their valuable time to UG. This is the cadre of industry experts teaching in 2024/25 and/or 2025/2026:
- Paulina Michałowska, Senior Product Developer at Winning Moves
- Krzysztof Szafrański, Business Development Director at Rebel.pl
- Marcin Kopeć, Producer at Movie Games
- Piotr Pacynko, CEO at False Prophet (formerly – Lead Narrative Designer at CI Games)
- Alex Polin, Lecturer at PJATK (formerly – in various roles at Chronospace, Kurshi LLC, Corgy Games)
- Marcin Słowikowski, Co-founder and Designer at LarpVenture (formerly – Narrative Designer at SQRT3 Games)
- Bartosz Odorowicz, Programmes and Cooperation Coordinator at Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk (formerly – Phalanx Games, Trefl, Into the Unknown)
The strong presence of the tabletop game industry reflects the analogue focus of the first year – a focus that is shifting towards digital in the second year. Future plans include the launch of postgraduate and interdepartmental programs aimed at fostering a new generation of educators and designers specialising in history-themed games.
We welcome knowledge (and staff) exchange and partnerships with other game programmes around the world. Academic institutions we have collaborated with include:
- Quinnipiac University (USA)
- Central Connecticut State University (USA)
- University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
- Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
- Bahçeşehir University (Turkey)
- European Humanities University (Lithuania)
- Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics (Ukraine)
- Robert Elworthy Economics and Technological Institute (Ukraine)
- Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (Poland)
- WSG University in Bydgoszcz (Poland)