DigiPen Institute of Technology is a college located in Redmond, Washington which has a focus on art, computer science, and computer engineering with emphasis in creating video games.
DigiPen was founded in 1988 by Claude Comair in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The school relocated to Redmond, Washington, U.S. in January 1998.
In May 1996 the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board granted DigiPen the ability to award an Associate and Bac...
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DigiPen Institute of Technology is a college located in Redmond, Washington which has a focus on art, computer science, and computer engineering with emphasis in creating video games.
DigiPen was founded in 1988 by Claude Comair in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The school relocated to Redmond, Washington, U.S. in January 1998.
In May 1996 the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board granted DigiPen the ability to award an Associate and Bachelor of Science Degrees in Real-Time Interactive Simulation and an Associate of Applied Arts Degree in 3D Computer Animation. This made DigiPen the first university in the world dedicated to teaching how to create video games.
A sister campus in Singapore started in 2008.
DigiPen consists of two campuses, the Main Campus and the Art Campus.
The Main Campus is part of a rented building from Nintendo of America. The bottom floor is Nintendo of America's warehouse where games and game systems are shipped out. The top floor is mostly DigiPen,...
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