Admission

Requirements

To apply for DADIU, you must be a student at one of DADIU's member Educations and – for universities – participate in DADIU during your master.

Apply for your preferred role

When you sign up for DADIU, you are asked to choose your institution and which role you prefer. We recommend that you choose a 2nd priority as well.

You can apply as Art Director, Audio Designer, CG Artist, Game Director, Game & Level Designer, Producer, Programmer, Visual Designer and Composer.

Tell us about yourself

In the admission process you will be asked to answer 8 questions about yourself, your experience and your motivation for applying for DADIU.

All questions are mandatory and are a requirement so DADIU can assemble the best possible teams.

• Why do you want to apply to DADIU?
• What do you hope to learn from DADIU?
• Describe a game experience that changed how you think about games. Why?
• Write a short idea for a game, or describe a genre you are interested in?
• What is your prior experience with game production? You are welcome to include links to videos for games / prototypes with description of your own contribution.
• Describe why you have chosen your 1. priority role.
• What are your challenges and strengths when working in a team?
• Describe your openness to accepting a lead role on the team.

Also include a 1-page CV and if possible a portfolio (attachment or link).

Technical requirements

DADIU is generally BYOD - Bring Your Own Device. You will be expected to bring your own computer to the production, which can run the latest version of Unity.
Besides this DADIU will provide each team with 2 stationary Windows 11-computers with Xbox-controllers.
These two computers meets the target hardware requirements for the Graduation games.
Furthermore DADIU will provide educational licenses to Unity and Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Motion Builder & Autodesk 3Ds Max, and each team will get an online Git repository.

Relocation Grant

If you are to relocate to another city to participate in DADIU, you can apply for a one-time support grant of 5.000 DKK.
If you are on a Aalborg team, DADIU will cover all costs related to transportation and short-term accommodation in Copenhagen for events like Competence Week, DADIU Days and the Graduation Game Showcase.