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One of Cape Town’s leading institutions in design education, preparing students for their creative careers.
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We're on the pulse of global trends constantly updating our techniques and technology to keep our students on the cutting-edge of design. We are a college that specialises in Game Development, Concept Art, Web Development and Graphic Design. We teach you all the software knowledge and industry skills in order to excel. We are also an Adobe certified training centre & offer short courses in the above fields.

03/11/2026

Did you know that team experience plays a big part in landing a first job in the creative industries? 🎮

Talent and tools get young creatives noticed. Experience of working in a team helps them get hired, and being a valued team member helps them keep the job.

On our Game & Interactive Media Development course, students build games together, the way a real studio does. Each takes a role that suits their strengths and interests: coding, 3D art or game design. Their lecturers mentor every team, giving honest feedback and helping them solve problems. Then members of the public play-test the game.

This is a 2025 student team and the underwater game they built together. 100% authentic student work.

If your son or daughter is thinking about a creative career, come and see it for yourselves.

📅 Open Day: Saturday 21 November, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
📍 186 Bree Street, Cape Town, or join on Zoom
👉 ada.ac.za/open-day

27/10/2026

What does one year of studying game and interactive media development actually look like?

Swipe through work made by first-year students on our Game & Interactive Media Development course at the Academy of Digital Arts. They start with the foundations, build their first game as a team three months in, take on a project for a real client seven months in, and finish with a specialisation that becomes the centrepiece of their portfolio.

These skills go well beyond games. Our graduates work as developers, 3D and technical artists and producers, in South Africa and for international studios. Others use them in architecture, advertising, simulation and VR.

If your son or daughter is thinking about a creative career in this field, come and see it for yourself.

📅 Open Day: Saturday 21 November, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
📍 186 Bree Street, Cape Town, or join on Zoom
👉 ada.ac.za/open-day

Alumni stories: ada.ac.za/our-student-stories

23/10/2026

Do you want to study with us, but live too far away? Crowds make you uncomfortable? Commute costs got you down? No problem! All of our courses are fully accredited and fully available to attend online. As long as you have a functional computer setup, you can join us from anywhere.

As a virtual student at ADA, you'll be a part of the classroom environment. Our lectures are hosted live on zoom, with cameras and microphones allowing you to see and hear everything that happens in the classroom. We encourage you to switch on your cameras and microphones too, so that you can ask questions, join in on discussions and even yap with your classmates. And if you ever feel like company, or just happen to be nearby, you can always pay us a visit on campus and join the in-person class with our hybrid options.

Apply today and find out how we can make studying with us easier for you!

22/10/2026

Did you know that game development is a real career path for creative young people? 🎓

Meet IKHAYA, an original game made by ten ADA graduates. After one year at ADA, they spent 16 months working as a real development team: designing, building, playtesting in public and shipping their game. The demo is playable now on itch.io.

Our alumni work as artists, developers and producers at studios in South Africa and around the world. Others take their game tech and interactive media skills into other industries.

Read their stories: https://www.ada.ac.za/our-student-stories

Is your son or daughter considering a creative career? Come and meet our lecturers and graduates at our Open Day on Saturday 21 November, at 186 Bree St, Cape Town, or online. Parents welcome!
Book your place: https://www.ada.ac.za/open-day

22/10/2026

For this assignment, our students took a break from Concept art and tried their hands at fully rendered, digital illustrations. These would be used as promotional materials, covers, loading screens and splash art in the Postproduction phase of any media.

Can you guess what IP these illustrations are from?

16/10/2026

Think your child is "just playing games"? 👀

Our Game & Interactive Media Development students built this game, Pixel's Perfect Day, in just 3 weeks, after only 7 months of study. They took it from their own concept to a playable prototype, working as a development team just like a real studio.

In creative and game-tech careers, employers look at what you can make. That's why every ADA game student finishes the year with a professional portfolio. The skills they learn take them into games, architecture, advertising, simulation and VR.

✅ CHE-accredited Higher Certificate, NQF Level 5
📍 Cape Town campus or study online

Parents welcome at our next Open Day. Bring your questions! Dates & booking: https://www.ada.ac.za/open-day

08/10/2026

The second gameplay demo for our Game Production Incubator project, IKHAYA, is out now and available at academy-of-digital-arts.itch.io

We are very proud of our game course Alumni who spent a lot of time working hard on their first major game title.

Coming with a lot of exciting new gameplay features the new version was released to the public on October 7th, 2026.

29/09/2026

Pointers with Pixel 🌟Go on a vehicle design journey with us & have a peek at what the Concept Art process can entail!

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186 Bree Street
Cape Town
8001

Opening Hours

Monday	08:30 - 20:30
Tuesday	08:30 - 20:30
Wednesday	08:30 - 20:30
Thursday	08:30 - 17:00
Friday	08:30 - 17:00

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+27213000298

Website

https://www.ada.ac.za/

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