Danish Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment

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The Danish Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment (Danish: Det Danske Akademi for Digital, Interaktiv Underholdning), or DADIU, is a collaborative enterprise between different educational institutions offering a specialization in creating computer games. The secretariat is based at the National Film School of Denmark at Holmen in Copenhagen.

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Program

The program covers one semester (September–December). January is allocated for evaluation, optional reports and examinations at the local institution. [1]

Collaborators

The collaborating institutions are: [2]

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References

  1. "The Education". DADIU. Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  2. "Gasværket". AOK. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2010-01-04.