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Digital Media and Creative Industries MA

Institution
University of Birmingham · School of English, Drama and Creative Studies
Qualifications
MA

Entry requirements

We normally require a 2:1 degree, or equivalent, in a subject relevant to Digital Media and Creative Industries

Months of entry

September

Course content

Turn your creativity into your career with our MA Digital Media and Creative Industries. Get the knowledge and skills you need to build a thriving career in the arts and cultural industries.

This MA will enhance your professional skills and give you the knowledge and expertise to progress, whether you're a graduate looking to pursue a creative career or someone who already works in the industry who's looking to lead and inspire.

Course highlights

Our interdisciplinary teaching draws on expertise and experience from across our arts and humanities departments to give you key insights into the sector.

Discover creative industries and the law, marketing in creative sectors and multi-media adaptation. You'll develop industry-specific skills, from digital advertising and marketing to media production, project design and delivery. Take your learning beyond the classroom and learn how to apply those skills by collaborating with our cultural partners on a live brief considering key issues in the creative sector.

  • Stand out in the sector. You'll gain hands-on experience with practice-based projects.
  • We're not just talking about careers; we prepare you for the next step in your creative career.
  • Learn from industry experts and collaborate with organisations like the Royal Shakespeare Company, Birmingham Rep, and Create Central.
  • Be part of Birmingham's rich cultural scene - explore literature, film, drama, and arts festivals; meet creatives and learn from those in the know.
Course delivery

At Birmingham, research and teaching go hand-in-hand. Lecturers and professors continue to research in their field, offering valuable expertise in Digital Media and Creative Industries across film, marketing, law and more.

  • Taught modules - each module represents a total of 200 hours of study time, including preparatory reading, homework and assignment preparation.
  • Seminars – modules are mainly taught by small group teaching.
  • Dissertation – for MA students, this can be a standard 12,000-word dissertation or a practice-based project where you work with industry on a particular area of their work. If you study the PGDip, you don’t complete a dissertation or practice-based project.

Information for international students

If you are an international student, you will need to demonstrate you have a suitable level of English proficiency, usually through the form of an IELTS or equivalent qualification.

For this course we require IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band, which is equivalent to:

  • TOEFL: 88 overall with no less than 21 in Reading, 20 Listening, 22 Speaking and 21 in Writing
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE): Academic 67 with no less than 64 in all four skills
  • Cambridge English: C1 Advanced - minimum overall score of 176, with no less than 169 in any component
  • LanguageCert ESOL SELT (UKVI): B2 'Communicator' with no less than 33 in each skill

Fees and funding

The College of Arts and Law is a vibrant community of students and academics, dedicated to ensuring that excellence is rewarded, and that fears about finance do not constrain current or prospective students. For this reason, in addition to University funding schemes, we offer our own College-specific funding initiatives.

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • MA
    part time
    24 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    full time
    12 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

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