Film and Screen Studies

Entry requirements

We will consider applicants with a 2:2 Honours degree or above in their first degree in a relevant subject area. While we normally only consider applicants who meet this criteria, if you are coming from a different academic background which is equivalent to degree level, or have relevant work experience, we would welcome your application.

Please also see our guidance on essential documentation required for an initial decision on taught programme applications.

Months of entry

September

Course content

For scholars and practitioners seeking to critically engage with global screen cultures, this MA offers interdisciplinary training in film theory, cutting-edge screen research and archival practice – enhanced by exclusive access to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum and research-led teaching by world class academics and through the Exeter Screen Studies Centre.

• Delve into cutting-edge methodologies, latest critical concepts and research trends in international film and screen studies.
• Benefit from the opportunity to acquire research skills and curatorial expertise with exclusive access to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum – the only university film museum in the UK with a world-class collection of film and screen materials.
• Benefit from innovative, research-led teaching, varied modules, and an interdisciplinary approach and introduction to the latest research and scholarship through membership of the Exeter Screen Studies Centre.
• Opportunities to network with industry professionals through our successful Creative Dialogues lecture series.
• Varied career opportunities such as cultural heritage, journalism, communications, film festival management, screenwriting, film and media industry, lecturing and teaching and Doctoral research.

You will be engaging with a broad range of topics, drawing on our strengths in teaching and research across film theory, film history and archival studies, transnational and world cinemas, feminist, queer and gender studies, star studies and transmedia adaptations. A wide choice of optional modules will enable you to tailor your studies to your research or career interests.

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum provides a unique opportunity to gain research skills and curatorial expertise. Our research-led taught modules will prepare you to develop an MA dissertation project catering to your unique research interests. You will also have the opportunity to design a project embedded in the material cultures of film and screen studies linked to the distinctive collections of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. You will be supported by a dissertation supervisor, workshop lectures and a dissertation conference.

You will be joining a vibrant research community through The Exeter Screen Studies Centre.

Information for international students

International students need to show they have the required level of English language to study this course. The required test scores for this course fall under Profile B2. Please visit our English language requirements page to view the required test scores and equivalencies from your country.

Fees and funding

We invest heavily in scholarships for talented prospective Masters students. This is in addition to the UK Government’s Postgraduate Loan Scheme. For information on how you can fund your postgraduate degree at the University of Exeter, please visit the postgraduate study pages on our website.