But who is studying for these degrees and what can they expect to take from them?
"Since my thumbs could work a Gameboy, I was hooked - that was what got me into gaming," says Stuart Kosters, who helped to launch the university's new undergraduate course, and is lecturing on it.
The course, which costs £9,250 a year, will focus on the business of esports, teaching students how to host and promote events, create businesses and build online communities.
Mr Kosters, 30, who is himself studying for a masters, started running an esports society during his undergraduate degree in computer games design.
